Addison Davis Owings

Background

Owings, Addison Davis was born on February 8, 1936 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Anno Domini and Elizabeth Lynn (Steadman) Owings.

Education

Student Hinds Junior.

Career

Assistant agronomist, cotton, Delta Br.of Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, Stoneville, 1957-1959. Instructor agriculture Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, 1963-1964, assistant professor agriculture, 1964-1967, associate.prof. agriculture, department head, 1967-1970, professor agriculture, 1970-1989, head department, 1970-1983. Member agricultural advising committee Louisiana Bankers Association, 1968-1980, agriculture advising committee United States Republican West. Henson Moore, 6th District Louisiana, 1975-1980.

Elder First Presbyterian Church, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, 1973-1986, deacon, 1968-1973, secretary, 1969-1973, clerk of session, 1973-1986, trustee, 1971-1973, 82-84, Sunday School teacher,1967, Sunday School superintendent, 1969-1983, 87-88, secretary building committee, 1973, board of directors SLU Presbyterian Campus Ministry, 1985-1987.

National Defense Education Acting fellow, 1959-1963. Recipient Congress of Freedom Liberty award, 1973.

Named Honorary State Farmer, Louisiana Association Future Farmers American, 1969.

Achievements

• Addison Davis Owings has been listed as a noteworthy agronomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Agronomy, Louisiana.Assn. Agronomists, American Farm Bureau Federation, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (state liaison representative 1981-1984), American Quarter Horse Association, Alpha Zeta, Delta Tau Alpha (honorary). Member VoAg textbook adoption committee State of Louisiana, 1979.

Interests

• Woodworking, math tutoring, cotton, forage crops, plant breeding.

Connections

Married Kay Grace; children: Allen Davis, Don Frazier.

Father:

Anno Domini Owings

Mother:

Elizabeth Lynn (Steadman) Owings

Spouse:

Kay Grace

child:

Don Frazier Owings

child:

Allen Davis Owings