Millard Markle

Wadhi, M., Mohan, Ram H. J. 1967.
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On the advice of another noted teacher of botany, Millard Markle of Earlham, he decided to 'further his interest in plants by pursuing graduate studies in botany at the University of Chicago.There he earned the M.S. in 1911 and the Ph.D. in 1913.

Petry's first post was an Instructorship at Syracuse in 1914.He was raised to Assistant Professor in 1916 and Associate Professor in 1919.From 1922 to 1924 he was on leave from Syracuse as Acting Assistant Professor of Botany at Cornell.During the years 1919 to 1925 he served as Director of Summer Session at Syracuse.In 1925, he was appointed Professor of Botany at Cornell where he remained until his retirement in 1955.

Particularly valuable was his effectiveness in the teaching of introductory botany.An inveterate traveller and observer of all aspects of the environment, he felt that facts should be used as tools in the solution of problems rather than as things to be memorized and stored away.As a result, his lectures emphasized ways of learning and using rather than memorizing.His students were encouraged to think.