Background
Weir, Billy Louis was born on April 12, 1938 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of William Louis Weir and Mary Elvira (Blackstock) Goss.
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Billy Louis Weir
Edit Profileresearcher agricultural educator
Billy Louis Weir, American Agricultural educator, researcher. Achievements include research in the conversion of cotton harvesters to spindle pick narrow rows establishing 30 inch cotton culture, on potassium deficiency symptoms in cotton, on use of growth regulator Pix on cotton. Recipient various grants.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Texas A & I, 1964; Master of Science, University of California, Davis, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1977.
Career
Oper. room technician, Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1957-1962; laboratory technician, Southwestern Oil Refinery, Corpus Christi, 1962-1966; farm advisor cooperative extension, University of California, Merced, since 1966. With non-point source pollution California Department Water Resources, Sacramento, since 1981. Board supervisors Agricultural Land Conservation, Merced, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member Kiwanis International, Chicago, 1975-1988. Board directors church board of trustees, Atwater, California, 1978-1991. Board directors California Association Farm Advisors and Specialists, 1980-1991.
Member American Society Agronomy, Soil Science of America, Crop Science Society American, National.Assn. County (chair scholarship committee 1984-1989).
Connections
Married Carol AnnMyers, August 25, 1961. Children: Deborah Leann, Daniel Louis.
