Earl L. Bohanan

UT 1930-1970

Field crop management.

Allan G. Burg

UT - 1931-1949

Soil Chemistry.

Oliver W. Dynes

UT 1919-1940

Department Head and crop management. Oliver Wesley Dynes was born in Hornings Mills, Ontario march 10, 1881 and passed away May 6, 1940. He graduated from North dakota State College in 1907 where he served as Instructor and Associate professor in Agronomy 1907-1914. He obtained an M.S.A. from Cornell in 1912. He became Associate professor of Agronomy at UT in 1920, Professor in 1925 and became head of the department in 1928. He was also Associate Agronomist of the Experiment station in 1936.

He was considered a successful, sympathetic and understanding teacher. He was beloved to his student who dubbed him "Daddy Dynes". He furthered the development and distribution of pure seed and he was particularly helpful to many engaged in the development of corn hybrids.

Professor Dynes was a Mason and a Shriner. He was married to Carlotta Rowe and had children, Velma and Russell.

N.I. Hancock UT 1927-1963

Newman I. Hancock was a plant breeder and professor of agronomy with the UT Agricultural Experiment Station. He retired in 1962 after being at the university for 34 years. Hancock was recognized nationally as one of the outstanding plant breeders of his time when he developed new varieties of cotton, oats and barley. Hancock Variety was named in his honor.

Born February 15, 1892 in Fayetteville, he received his B. S. degree in Botany at UT in 1917 and did graduate study at Cornell University in 1928.

Hancock served as a county agent and Vo-Ag teacher in Arkansas and Tennessee for six years. He served as a plant breeder for three years for a commercial seed company. For two years he operated a commercial seed business in Memphis. He became head of the department in 1927 and served in this position until his retirement.

Leo J. Hardin

UT 1948-1967

Soil Chemistry

Troy H. Jones

UT 1941 -

Pomology.Troy H. Jones was born May 13, 1910 in Decherd, Tennessee and was married to Kathryn Virginia.

BS - 1933 Horticulture University of Florida
MS - 1935 Botany and Horticulture UT
1940-41 study on PhD at Michigan State

Prior to coming to UT, Jones served as state leader in Blister Rust Control with the USDA, assistant professor of agriculture at Arkansas State and associate professor of OHLD at Mississippi State.

He was Assistant Professor in Horticulture in 1941, promoted to Associate Professor in 1945 and made Professor in 1953.

Jones was the author of numerous publications in pomology and was an active member of the ASHS Pomology Society, Alpha Zeta and Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, Chapman Highway Civic League, Knox County Council for Retarded Children and the Church of Christ.

Professor Jones passed away in 1981 at the age of 71.

Oddest H. Long

UT 1938-1972

Soil fertility. O. H. Long was assigned as a young assistant to Harry Ogden in soybean research. he continued for years with the Agricultural Experiment station and completed work for his Ph.D. degree at an age when many people started preparing for retirement. Long accepted an assignment in India in 1967, working in the UT Agency for International Development program and returned to UT in 1971.

Thomas Jackson Longwell

Mr Longwell was born Oct. 17, 1911 in Sparta, Wis. He received a B. S. degree in soils from the University of Wisconsin in 1935 and a M S. degree in Agronomy from UT in 1961. After graduation, he was employed by the USDA in the Soil Conservation Service. He spent 18 years in soils research working with graduate students at UT.

He was the author of "The Soils of Tennessee". He retired from UT in 1972 as an assistant professor.

Thomas Longwell passed away November 27, 1992. He was preceded in death by his wife Frances.

Joseph Matthews

Ludwig S. Mayer

UT - 1922-1945

Corn breeding.

Charles A. Mooers

UT 1893-1946

The death of Charles Mooers, Emeritus Director of the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment station on August 2, 1970, marked the end of a long and distinguished career in agricultural research and administration. When Mooers was appointed Assistant Chemist in 1893, there were only 7 other professional members on the staff of the fledgling institution. Mooers was associated with the Station almost from its beginning and continued for the next 53 years. He served not only as chemist, but also as Agronomist in 1905 and, from 1923 until his retirement in 1946, as Director.

He was born december 8, 1869 in Solon, Maine. He completed a year of college in North dakota before entering UT. During his senior year, he played right guard on UT's first football team. He received his B. S. in chemistry in 1893 and immediately began work at the Station. He completed and published one of the first soil surveys in the south. in 1916.He also studied cowpeas and soybeans as seed and hay crops for Tennessee and extensive studies of corn varieties on various soils. He was a charter member of the American Society of Agronomy, organized in 1907.Director Mooers was instrumental in establishing Branch research Stations in important physiographic areas of the state. Despite his interest in soils and crops, he encouraged comparable development of other areas of agricultural research.

Dr. Mooers was an avid hiker in the Smoky Mountains and continued this pursuit until well past his 75th birthday. He attended church on his 99th birthday.

Walter MacIntire

UT 1912-1955

Dr. W. H. MacIntire, one of the nation's foremost soil chemists, retired in August 1955 after 43 years of outstanding service.

A native of North Carolina, he received degrees from North Carolina State College, Pennsylvania State College, Cornell University and Clemson College. He joined the UT Agricultural Experiment Station in 1912 as a soil chemist, soon became head of the Soil Chemistry department and served in that position until retirement.

He was responsible for an extensive program of research in soil fertility. Under his leadership, a program of fertilizer development reached its greatest progress in cooperation with TVA. One of his most important contributions was his proposal that dolomite replace sand as the filler in fertilizer. He also suggested that the TVA byproduct calcium silicate slag be utilized as a liming material.

He received the Herty Gold medal for his outstanding contribution to chemistry in the south. He was a fellow of the ASA, the SSA and the AAAS.

Beryl C. Nichols

UT 1939-1981. Tobacco physiology and fertility. Nichols was a well known agronomist, botanist and research leader with the UT Tobacco Experiment Station. He was named Tobacco Science Man of the year in 1979. He received a B. S. degree in agronomy from UT in 1941 and did graduate work at NC state.
 Col. Nichols fought in the European theatre during World War II. He continued serving in the armed forces from 1945-1975 with the 121"ARCOM Battalion and became the highest ranking member of the Army reserve in East Tennessee

Beryl Nichols was an excellent amateur photographer specializing in wildflower and scenic photography.

Col. Nichols passed away May 26, 2000 at the age of 82. He was married to Lillian Nichols and had 4 children, Sarah, Kathryn, Richard and Beryl.

Harry P. Ogden

UT - 1922-1941

"Father of Today's Soybean Foundation Stock" Harry Purple Ogden possessed an insatiable curiosity and determination that lead him to experiment with soil, fertilizers, forage plants and garden crops at age 13. Soybeans were a relatively unimportant cash crop in Tennessee until Ogden developed its possibilities through increased yield and better adaptation to modern harvesting methods. Soybeans proved their value as a cash crop before the end of World war II, due to the efforts of this man. At the time of his death, he was to make a major breakthrough with winter peas and lespedeza serecea. The Ogden soybean, released by UT in 1938, was "king for a long, long time." he also produced the Volstate bean.

Ogden was born in 1988. living near the Experiment Station, he met Director Mooers, was given a rain gauge and weather record blanks by Mooers and asked to keep accurate records of rainfall and temperature at the age of 12. He graduated from UT in 1913 and taught chemistry and agriculture in Clarksville. He began extension work in 1915 as County Agricultural Agent. He also represented the UT Ag Experiment Station as Assistant Agronomist in 1926 in Cooperative Experiment programs in Murfreesboro and later became Associate Agronomist.

Harry Ogden was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Zeta. He was posthumously entered in the Tennessee Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1974. He passed away from cancer September 22,1940 at the age of 52. He was married to Elsie Kay Lapsley and had 3 children, Samuel, Harry and Mary..

Dr. B. S. Pickett

Dr. Pickett was originally from Ontario, Canada. He received his B.S. degree and M. S. degree from Iowa State and doctorate from Michigan State. He taught at the University of Georgia in Athens before coming to UT where he was head of the department of horticulture for many years. Dr. Pickett passed away in February 1992.

Frederick D. Richey

UT - 1947-1954

A graduate of the University of Missouri, Dr. Richey joined the USDA in 1911 and in 1922 was appointed Agronomist in Charge of Corn Investigations in the Bureau of the Plant Industry. he became chief of the bureau in 1934. The USDA Distinguished service award was given to Dr. Richey in 1948.

Dr. Richey worked for the USDA as the head of the cooperative corn breeding work in the south stationed at UT. He supervised development of adapted corn varieties known well by Tennessee farmers. Among them are Dixie 17, Tennessee 29 and 31 and Dixie 44 and 22. He continued his work as Associate Agronomist with the UT Agricultural Experiment Station until he retired in the spring of 1954.

Dr. F. D. Richey, whose 43 years spent in corn breeding research earned him national recognition for putting the hybrid corn industry where it is today, died September 11, 1954.

James Robinson

W. E. Roever

Kenneth B. Sanders

UT 1925 - 1973

Mr. Sanders was born March 2, 1905 in South Carolina and was a 1925 graduate of Clemson University. He earned hi M.S. from Michigan State in 1931. He was a Soil Chemist and his research was in soil erosion, fertilizer use and plant mineral composition.

Mr. Sanders was a 63 year member of the ASA. He was a lifelong hiking enthusiast.

Kenneth Sanders passed away February 5, 1993 at the age of 87. He was married to Mabel Joyner and had two sons, Alvin and Neal.

William M. Shaw

UT 1920-1959

Soil Chemistry.

A. J. Sterges

UT 1948-1962

Soil Chemistry.

Judson K. Underwood

UT 1931-1964

Forage and turfgrass management. Mr. Underwood was an agrostologist of some renown and was official Agricultural Experiment Station agrostologist for many years. He worked on plant disease problems and was instrumental in developing a purple seeded red clover with superior characteristics. He was also interested in weeds and their control. He served as Honorary Curator of the University of Tennessee Herbarium.

W. O. Whittle

UT 1935-1946

Soil Survey.

Eric Winters

UT 1938-1972

. Dr. Eric Winters became an Associate professor of Agronomy in 1938, became head of the Agronomy department in 1955. He was made Associate director of the Experiment Station in 1955 and served until 1972. His specialties were soil formation and classification. He was an excellent teacher and known for his meticulous reviews of manuscripts. he directed many graduate students who went on to have distinguished careers. He was a leader in organizing the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council at UT.

Eric was born in Chicago May 29, 1904. He earned his B. S (1927). and M. S.(1930) degrees and a Ph.D.(1938) in soils from the University of Illinois. He was Assistant and Associate Agronomist at the University of Illinois from 1927 to 1938. He spent a semester in research at the University of Missouri and a semester as instructor at the University of Wisconsin. He was a Fellow of ASA and SSSA. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Zeta.

Winters retired in 1972 after a 34 year career. He died February 12, 1993 in Silver Springs. MD. He had 3 children Ronald, Susan and Joe.

Charles F. Vanderford

UT 1889-1899

Soil classification and fertility. Professor Charles Vanderford was considered a pioneering Agronomist, though he never had the advantages of college training. Professor Vanderford collected and preserved soil profiles representing the major soils of Tennessee. These profiles were used as an exhibit at the Paris Exposition(World fair) in 1900. He was the first person in the US to take a soil monolith. The exhibit was designed to illustrate the soil survey of tennessee made by major Vanderford in 1895-96. A gold medal was awarded for this exhibit honoring Charles Vanderford, deceased in 1899, and brought international recognition to the Tennessee Experiment Station.