Background
Gregg, Billy Ray was born on August 31, 1930 in Taylorsville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Hinds and Lillie Mae (Moore) Gregg.
consultant seed industry executive
Gregg, Billy Ray was born on August 31, 1930 in Taylorsville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Hinds and Lillie Mae (Moore) Gregg.
Associate of Arts, Perkinston (Mississippi) Junior College, 1950; Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1954; Master of Science, Mississippi State University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Mississippi State University, 1968; postgraduate, Washington State University, 1957-1963.
Assistant professor, Washington State University, Pullman, 1956-1963;
manager, Alabama Crop Improvement Association, Auburn, Alabama, 1964-1966;
seed technologist, Mississippi State University, 1966-1968;
chief party/processing specialist seed improvement project, United States Agency for International Development, New Delhi, India, 1968-1972;
chief party and seed specialist seed project, United States Agency for International Development, Brasilia, Brazil, 1972-1974;
chief, seed industry development specialist, United States Agency for International Development, Bangkok, 1977-1987;
seed industry development specialist, United States Agency for International Development, Cairo, 1987-1993;
chief party and seed industry specialist, Inter-American Development Bank and GOB Agiplan Project, Brasilia, 1974-1976;
seed industry specialist, International Plant Breeders, Maringa, Parana., Brazil, 1976;
seed industry specialist, Interam. Agricultural Science Institute, Brasilia, 1976-1977;
seed industry development specialist international programs, Mississippi State University, since 1993. Consultant/advisor on seed technical matters, management, quality control and industry development national goverments, private companies, World Bank, Interam.
Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, United States Agency for International Development in more than 80 countries, 1960-1995.
With United States Army, 1950-1952. European Theatre of Operations. Member Kiwanis International (director, Kiwanian of the Year 1968), Agricultural Science Society Thailand (honorary), Washington State Crop Improvement Association (honorary life), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Theta Kappa.
Married Mary Frances Barber, August 12, 1950 (divorced January 1987). Children: Kathryn, Patricia, Lisa. Married Orawan Chonlavorn, December 20, 1988.
1 child, Nathan Paul.