Helen Hart

Helen Hart (September 2, 1900 – May 2, 1971) was an American plant pathologist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. Hart was the first woman president of the American Phytopathological Society, and was instrumental in making the University of Minnesota's Department of Plant Pathology a world-leader in stem rust. She enrolled in Lawrence College in the fall of 1918, then transferred in 1920 to the University of Minnesota where she resided for most of her professional career. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in botany in the spring of 1922. In 1933, Helen Hart became a full-time instructor. She became a full-time professor in 1947 and Professor Emeritus in 1966. In 1955, Hart became the first woman president of the American Phytopathological Society. She was also elected as the first woman Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in 1965.

She died in 1971 at Grants Pass, Oregon.