Charles Henry Hendershott

Background

Hendershott, Charles Henry was born on October 13, 1923 in Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Bertya Mae (Cooper) Hendershott.

Education

Bachelor of Agricultural Science, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1951, Master of Science, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1959.

Career

February 1960); children— Charles Larry, David Lynn, Carol Ann Hendershott Hallack, Ronald Wayne, Barbara Kay Hendershott Neal. Married second, Mary Edith Young, June 24, 1960. Assistant professor agriculture U. Arkansas, 1952-1957.

Assistant professor Florida Citrus Commission, Lake Alfred, 1959-1963, associate professor 1963-1964.

Associate professor of University Florida, 1964-1967, professor, since 1967. Head department horticulture U. Georgia, Athens, 1967-1975, professor horticulture, since 1975, chairman division horticulture, 1975-1979.

Consultant, research advisory Agricultural Experiment Station, Aguadulce, Panama, 1954-1957.

Achievements

• Charles Henry Hendershott has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Horticultural Science (Gourley award for Outstanding Paper 1955). Member American Society Plant Physiologists, American Institute Biological Science, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta.

Connections

Married Ollie Virginia Layne, May 5, 1944 (divorced February 1960). Married second, Mary Edith Young, June 24, 1960. Children: Charles Larry, David Lynn, Carol Ann Hendershott Hallack, Ronald Wayne, Barbara Kay Hendershott Neal.

Father:

Charles Henry Hendershott

Mother:

Bertya Mae (Cooper) Hendershott

Spouse:

Mary Edith Young

Spouse:

Ollie Virginia Layne

child:

David Lynn Hendershott

child:

Ronald Wayne Hendershott

child:

Charles Larry Hendershott

child:

Barbara Kay Hendershott Neal Hendershott

child:

Carol Ann Hendershott Hallack Hendershott