Background
Rogers, Colonel Hoyt was born on January 6, 1906 in Mullins, South Carolina, United States. Son of Colonel Cross and Mary (Page) Rogers.
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Colonel Hoyt Rogers
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Colonel Hoyt Rogers, American agricultural consultant. Recipient Distinguished Service award South Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association, 1969, North Carolina State University, 1976, Distinguished Alumnus award Clemson University, 1982; named Man of Year, Progressive Farmer, 1969, Man of Year, Famer Cooperatives, 1972, Man of Year, Mullins Chamber of Commerce, 1977, Manitoba of Year in Agriculture, North Carolina State University, 1976.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Clemson College, 1926. Master of Science (Research fellow), U. Kentucky, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology (Teaching research fellow), Rutgers University, 1930.
Career
Instructor biology Arkansas State College, Jonesboro, 1927-1928. Instructor botany Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1928-1929, assistant research plant physiologist, 1929-1931. Plant pathologist Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Temple, 1931-1942.
Plant pathologist tobacco and cotton research Coker's Pedigreed Seed Company, Hartsville, South Carolina, 1942-1960, vice president, 1960-1972. Consultant United States and foreign agriculture, since 1972. Member board review tobacco North Carolina State University.
Member faculty advisory committee plant pathology and physiology and board visitors Clemson University, 1972-1974.
Achievements
Membership
Member board review tobacco North Carolina State University. Member faculty advising committee plant pathology and physiology and board visitors Clemson University, 1972-1974. Named Manitoba of Year, Progressive Farmer, 1969, Manitoba of Year, Farmer Cooperatives, 1972, Manitoba of Year, Mullins (South Carolina.) Chamber of Commerce, 1977, Manitoba of Year in Agriculture, North Carolina State University, 1976.
Member American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American, Botanical Society American, American Phytopathol.
Society, American FarmBur., South Carolina. Farm Bureau, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Justine Frances Harris, September 27, 1927. Children: James H., Richard L. Instructor.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Service award South Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association, 1969, North Carolina State University, 1976, Distinguished Alumnus award Clemson University, 1982. Named Man of Year, Progressive Farmer, 1969, Man of Year, Famer Cooperatives, 1972, Man of Year, Mullins Chamber of Commerce, 1977, Manitoba of Year in Agriculture, North Carolina State University, 1976.Recipient Distinguished Service award South Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association, 1969, North Carolina State University, 1976, Distinguished Alumnus award Clemson University, 1982. Named Man of Year, Progressive Farmer, 1969, Man of Year, Famer Cooperatives, 1972, Man of Year, Mullins Chamber of Commerce, 1977, Manitoba of Year in Agriculture, North Carolina State University, 1976.