Donald Grant Hanway

Background

Hanway, Donald Grant was born on August 6, 1918 in Broadwater, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank Pierce and Emma Terrissa (Twist) Hanway.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1942; Master of Sciences, University Nebraska, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1954.

Career

Teacher, rural schools, Morrill County, Nebraska, 1936-1940; member of faculty department agronomy, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1947-1984; chairman faculty department agronomy, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1955-1976; professor emeritus, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1984; also extension agronomist, chief of party university mission to Ataturk University, University Nebraska, Erzurum, Turkey, 1965-1967. Agronomic consultant, Nigeria, Columbia, Morocco, Tunisia. Member Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board, 1987-1990.

Achievements

• Donald Grant Hanway has been listed as a noteworthy agronomist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Nebraska Commision on Status of Women, 1986-1989. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society.

Member Soil Society American, Soil and Water Conservation Society, American Institute Biological Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Blanche Elizabeth Larson, September 26, 1942 (deceased August 1996). Children— Donald Grant, Wayne Edward, Janice Kay.

Father:

Frank Pierce Hanway

Mother:

Emma Terrissa (Twist) Hanway

Spouse:

Blanche Elizabeth Larson