Background
Thompson, Anson Ellis was born on April 9, 1924 in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Son of Anson Victor and Ellis Elizabeth (Rust) Thompson.
Thompson, Anson Ellis was born on April 9, 1924 in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Son of Anson Victor and Ellis Elizabeth (Rust) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Oregon State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1952.
Graduate teaching assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1951; from assistant professor to professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1951-1971; professor, head Department, University Arizona, Tucson, 1971-1976; field staff plant science, Rockefeller Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1976-1979; national research program leader, USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland., 1979-1983; research geneticist, USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Phoenix, since 1983. Chief of party and advisor on U. adminstrn, Pantnagar, U.P. India, 1967-1969. Visiting professor U. Kentucky International Cooperative Administration Contract Team, Bogor, Indonesia, 1958-1960.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Horticultural Science (vice president international affairs 1983-1984, Asgrow award in Vegetable Crops 1966, Charles G. Woodbury award in Raw Products Research 1965). Member Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (president elect 1988-1989, president 1989-1990), Society Economics Botany, International Society Horticultural Science, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.
Married Ruth Warris, June 6, 1945. Children: Rebecca, Diane, Reid, Annual.