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Catherine Gross Duncan : ウィキペディア英語版 | Catherine Gross Duncan Catherine Gross Duncan was an American mycologist from the early 20th century. Her major area of focus was wood-decay fungi.〔 ==Early life==
Catherine Gross was born on April 4, 1908 in the town of Manilla, Indiana. In 1931, she received her A.B. Degree in botany from the Depauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She went on to earn her M.S. and her P.h.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1933 and 1935 respectively. During her graduate career, she specialized in plant cytology and agricultural bacteriology under the supervision of Charles E. Allen and W.D. Frost. A fellow student, Robert E. Duncan was also studying in Allen’s lab. She was married to Robert E. Duncan and had a daughter, Dana Duncan.〔 Both she and Robert worked at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.〔 Shortly after graduating, her first position was as an assistant professor at Hood College, where she served until 1942.〔 In December 1942, she joined the Forest Products Laboratory (a division of the United States Forest Service) at Madison, Wisconsin in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin. Originally, she was recruited by the Laboratory to aid in the war effort. However, after the war, she stayed on for the remainder of her career. She eventually rose to the rank of principal pathologist at the lab in the Wood Fungi and Insects Research, where she served until her death in 1968.〔 She was very dedicated to her work, often working on the weekends and extended hours. She is also mentioned to have an innate curiosity of all facets of biology.〔 She also had the ability to be easy-going, yet also exacting in her own work.〔
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