Background
Holt, Donald A. was born on January 29, 1932 in Minooka, Illinois, United States. Son of Cecil Bell and Helen (Eickoff) Holt.
agronomist consultant researcher university administrator
Holt, Donald A. was born on January 29, 1932 in Minooka, Illinois, United States. Son of Cecil Bell and Helen (Eickoff) Holt.
Graduate, Joliet Junior College, 1952. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science, Master of Science in Agronomy, University Illinois. Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy, Purdue University.
Farmer, Minooka, Illinois, 1956-1963. Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor then professor agronomy Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1964-1982. Professor, head department agronomy University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1982-1983, director Illinois Agriculture Experiment Station, associate dean College Agriculture, 1983-1996, senior associate dean College Agriculture, consultant environmental science, 1996-2002, retired, 2002, professor emeritus, since 2003.
Interim director National Soybean Research Laboratory, 2003—2003. Consultant Deere and Company, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1978, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1979, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, 1978-1979, Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon, 1981-1990.
Town Board commissioner, Otterbein, Indiana, 1972-1976. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (president 1988), Crop Science Society of America. Member Agricultural Research Institute (president 1991), American Forage and Grassland Council, Illinois Forage and Grassland Council, Gamma Sigma Delta (international president 1974-1976).
Married Marilyn Louise Jones, September 6, 1953. Children: Kathryn A. Holt Stichnoth, Steven Paul, Jeffrey David, William Edwin.