Background
Shaw, Byron Thomas was born on September 7, 1907 in Paradise, Utah, United States. Son of Harry Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Thomas) Shaw.
consultant Agricultural science researcher
Shaw, Byron Thomas was born on September 7, 1907 in Paradise, Utah, United States. Son of Harry Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Thomas) Shaw.
Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1930; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Utah State University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1940.
Teacher mathematics and science, area high schools, Idaho., 1930-1937; instructor truck crops, University of California, Davis, 1940; professor agronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1941-1943; agronomist, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1943-1947; deputy administrator Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Washington, 1947-1952; administrator Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Washington, 1952-1965; private practice, since 1965. Vice chairman, chairman interdependent commission on research and development, government-wide, 1954-1958. Member United States delegate 8th and 10th conferences Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), United Nations, Rome, 1955, 59, United States delegate Committee of 21, Bogata, Columbia, 1960.
Board directors graduate school United States Department of Agriculture, 1952-1963. Member board consultant Rockefeller Foundation, New York, 1962-1965. Public trustee The Nutrition Foundation, New York, 1963-1965.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil Science Society (chairman, Soil Physics award 1946), American Society Agronomy. Member (honorary) American Veterinary Medical Association.
Married Jane Elizabeth Dunn, August 17, 1935 (deceased August 1940). 1 child, Lawrence Hugh. Married Ruth Curry, January 30, 1943 (deceased January 1962).
Married Marilyn Cecile Pickett, September 25, 1966. 1 child, Alan Cecil.