Eric Keith Leggett

Background

Leggett, Eric Keith was born on May 13, 1999 in 30Concord, NSW, Australia. Son of Ernest Henry and Annie Elizabeth (Lee).

Education

Diploma in Agriculture, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 1946-1948; Diploma in Dairying, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 1944; Bachelor, U. New England, NSW, Australia, 1970; Master of Arts, U. Sydney, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. NSW, Australia, 1984.

Career

Tester, grader, pasteuriser, operator, Tenterfield Co-op Butter Factory Proprietary Ltd., 1949-1951; conductor, Concord (Sydney) Nursery, 1951-1955; production manager, Inverell Pasteurised Milk Company, 1955-1961; dairy officer, Department of Agriculture, Macksville, NSW, Australia, 1961-1965; district agronomist, Department of Agriculture, Macksville, NSW, Australia, 1965-1969; assistant principal agronomist (vegetables), NSW Department of Agriculture, Australia, 1970-1973; assistant principal agronomist (pastures), NSW Department of Agriculture, Australia, 1973-1975; principal agronomist (remote sensing), NSW Department of Agriculture, Australia, 1975-1981; owner, partner, Merric Nursery, Mangrove Mountain, NSW., Australia, since 1983. Member NSW Department Agriculture Trade Mission to Libya, 1974. Chairman N.S.W.Remote Sensing Committee, 1975-1981, Australian Remote Sensing Committee, 1976-1981.

Director coop research project with National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment, New South Wales, 1977-1981. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Eric Keith Leggett has been listed as a noteworthy Orchid grower consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Concord Horticultural and Home Garden Society (convenor, foundation president since 1952), Society for Czechoslovakia Philately, The Australian Orchid Growers and Exporters Association (chairman 1985-1994), Woy Woy Rotary Club (president 1983-1984, Paul Harris Fellow 1987).

Interests

• Avocations: orchid breeding and showing, philately, travel, reading, research.

Connections

Married Marguerite Elaine Goldman, November 23, 1957. Children: Lee-Ann Ellen, Keith Eric Andrew, Ross Stewart, David Bruce Wallace.

Father:

Ernest Henry Leggett

Mother:

Annie Elizabeth (Lee) Leggett

Spouse:

Marguerite Elaine Goldman

child:

Keith Eric Andrew Leggett

child:

David Bruce Wallace Leggett

child:

Ross Stewart Leggett

child:

Lee-Ann Ellen Leggett