Background
Dickson, Donald Ward was born on December 9, 1938 in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Hooper Dickson and Allie Belle (Brown) Hayes.
Dickson, Donald Ward was born on December 9, 1938 in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Hooper Dickson and Allie Belle (Brown) Hayes.
Bachelor of Science, Austin Peay, 1963; Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1968.
Plant pathologist, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1968-1970; nematologist, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1970.
Chairman Boys Club of Alachua County, Gainesville, 1984. Member Society Nematologists (president 1981-1982, Ciba Geigy award 1988, Fellows award 1991), Organisation Tropical American Nematologists (Rhone Poulence awardfor excellence 1993), Peanut Research and Education Society, Council Agricultural Science and Technology, Gamma Sigma Delta (president 1993-1994, Senior Faculty award 1991).
Married Gloria Pauline Larkins, September 15, 1962. Children: Kimberly Renee, Jeffrey Ward.