Background
Bennett, Francis William was born on December 25, 1926 in Pomona, Kansas, United States. Son of John William and Lena Serelda (Wells) Bennett.
consultant agricultural engineer
Bennett, Francis William was born on December 25, 1926 in Pomona, Kansas, United States. Son of John William and Lena Serelda (Wells) Bennett.
Student, Ottawa University, 1947—1950. Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1952. Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1963.
With sales & product application department Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois, 1952—1957. Career officer United States Agency for International Development, India, Sudan, Sri Lanka, 1957—1961, program operations consultant Nairobi, Kenya, 1975—1978. Assistant professor, administrator West Virginia University, Soroti, Uganda, 1964—1966.
Program director agricultural engineering Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1966—1968. Agricultural engineering advisor University Tennessee, Bangalore, India, 1969—1971. Program director Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1972—1975.
Management 7 development consultant Engineering Consultant Inc., Denver, Bangkok, 1978. Program design consultant Pacific Consultant Inc., Nairobi, 1979. Division manager W.G. Jaques Company, Des Moines, 1979—1982.
Trade consultant Avanti International Inc., Houston, 1982—1983. President, owner Export Trading Link Inc., Williamsburg, Kansas, since 1983. Served with United States Navy, 1946-1947, PTO.
Member of American Society Agricultural Engineers, Williamsburg Wildlife, Lions, Masons.
Married Eloise Ruth Hanson Bennett, August 15, 1953. Children: Gregory Stephen, Randall Wiliam, Roderick Paul, Stanley Harold.