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The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States insular areas.It is the successor to the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, which administered certain territories from 1902 to 1939, and the Office of Territorial Affairs (formerly the Division of Territories and Island ...
The department was created on March 3, 1849. It is headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. The department is headed by the secretary of the interior, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current secretary is Deb Haaland.
Elmer Drew Merrill. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. [1] He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through the course of his career he authored nearly 500 publications, described ...
USDA. University of Tennessee. Author abbrev. (botany) Scribn. Frank Lamson-Scribner (April 19, 1851 – February 22, 1938) was an American botanist and pioneering plant pathologist. He was the first United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist hired to study plant disease in economic plants and first USDA agrostologist. [1]
The Department of Agriculture (abbreviated as DA; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the promotion of agricultural and fisheries development and growth. [3] It has its headquarters at Elliptical Road corner Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.
The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) was created by virtue of Executive Order 116 signed in 1987. It is mandated to ensure that agricultural research are coordinated and undertaken for maximum utility to agriculture. The EO requires the Bureau to tap farmers, farmers’ organizations and research institutions especially state colleges and ...
February 23, 1968 (age 56) Puerto Rico. Education. University of Puerto Rico (BA) Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (MA) Carmen G. Cantor (born February 23, 1968) is an American diplomat who is serving as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs. She previously served as the United States ambassador to the Federated ...
Dean Conant Worcester, D.Sc., FRGS (October 1, 1866 – May 2, 1924) was an American zoologist, public official, and authority on the Philippines. He was born at Thetford, Vermont, and educated at the University of Michigan (A.B., 1889). Worcester's involvement with the Philippines began in 1887 when he joined a scientific expedition to the ...