Background
Sr., Donald Grant Hanway, was born on August 6, 1918 in Broadwater, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank Pierce and Emma Terrissa (Twist) H.
Sr., Donald Grant Hanway, was born on August 6, 1918 in Broadwater, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank Pierce and Emma Terrissa (Twist) H.
Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1942. Master of Science, University Nebraska, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1954.
Teacher rural schools, Morrill County, Nebraska, 1936-1940. Member faculty department agronomy University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1947-1984, chairman faculty department agronomy, 1955-1976, professor emeritus, since 1984, also extension agronomist, chief of party university mission to Ataturk University Erzurum, Turkey, 1965-1967. Agronomic consultant, Nigeria, Columbia, Morocco, Tunisia.
Member Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board, 1987-1990.
Member Nebraska Commission 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 Science Society of America, Soil and Water Conservation Society, American Institute Biological Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Blanche Elizabeth Larson, September 26, 1942 (deceased August 1996). Children: Donald Grant, Wayne Edward, Janice Kay. Married Susanne Ruth Pennington, April 10, 1999 (deceased September 2004).