Background
Garner, Chester Alexander was born on September 25, 1897 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of Abner Anderson and Effie Almyra (Alexander) Garner.
Garner, Chester Alexander was born on September 25, 1897 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of Abner Anderson and Effie Almyra (Alexander) Garner.
Diploma in violin, Music Conservatory, Indianapolis, 1916; Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture, Purdue University, 1921; Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1924; postgraduate, University of Illinois, 1925-1926; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1928.
Manager muck soil experimental stations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington and New York, 1922-1925;
professor olericulture, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1925-1926;
federal and state plant quarantine guardian, Los Angeles, 1926-1929;
involved with domestic and foreign commerce, El Centro, Fullerton, Los Angeles, California, 1928-1933;
contractor-consultant agricultural industries, United States and abroad, 1933-1940;
agronomist engineer, unites states department Defense, Los Angeles, Arizona, Puerto Rico, 1940-1943;
civilian chief to Admiral Ingram, Region 6, Bahia, Brazil, 1943;
coordinator, Inter-American Affairs, Brazil, 1944;
contractor-consultant, Biological Controls, Stamd. Oil, Colombia, Los Angeles, Ventura, 1944-1973. Board director-entomogist Rotenone Chemical Company, Los Angeles, 1930-1940.
Chairman Institute Tropical Research Harvard University, Barro, Colorado, Panama, 1939-1940. Raw products explorer American Colombian Corporation, Lands O'Loba, Colombia 1940. Executive consultant Canengco Ltd.
Engineers, Montreal, Canada, 1955-1956. Manager Muck Soil Experimental Station, Williamson, New York, South Bend, Indiana.
Sponsor foreign graduate student exchange program, Los Angeles, 1973-1974. Exporer for antitumor plants National Cancer Institute, India, Fiji, Australia and West Indies, Colorado, Mojave Desert, 1977-1986. Musical volunteer Motion Picture Country House, Calabasas, California, since 1980.
Church organist. With United States Army, 1917-1918. Member Earthwatch, World Wildlife Fund, Smithsonian Institute (associate), Platinum Club, Biomedical Foundation (president, chief executive officer since 1977), Humana Hospital Srs. (Woodland Hills chapter), Motion Picture Guild Arts and Crafts, Alpha Gamma Rho (Delta chapter), Aborist Woodland Hills Country Club, Taipan Passport Club.
Married Frances Johanna Schotthoeffer, September 21, 1923 (deceased). Children: Edmund Gale, Joan Lenore.