Background
Williams, Gerald Gordon was born on December 10, 1917 in Victoria County, Texas, United States. Son of Daniel Herbert and Myrtle Bethula (Killebrew) Williams.
Williams, Gerald Gordon was born on December 10, 1917 in Victoria County, Texas, United States. Son of Daniel Herbert and Myrtle Bethula (Killebrew) Williams.
Bachelor in Education, Psychology and Math, Pepperdine U., Los Angeles, 1943; Bachelor of Science in General Agriculture, University of California, Davis, 1948; Master of Science in Agronomy, University of California, Davis, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy, Purdue University, 1954.
Assistant researcher, Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1950-1953;
assistant professor, Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1953-1955;
director irrigation research and development, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Little Rock, 1955-1957;
supervisor, Southern Piedmont Soil and Water Conservation Station, Watkinsville, Georgia, 1957-1961;
director agricultural development division, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1961-1981;
chief of party, Sml. Farmer Livestock Project, Heifer Project United States Agency for International Development, Cameroon, W. Africa, 1981-1984;
international agricultural development consultant, Florence, Alabama, since 1985. Board directors Heifer Project International, Little Rock, 1978-1981, Carver Research Foundation, Tuskegee U., Alabama, 1977-1981.
Agricultural consultant World Hunger Task Force, Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 1973-1978.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Soil Science Society of America, American Society Agronomy, Plant Science Society of America, International Soil Science Society, Soil and Water Conservation Society of America.
Married Ella Florence Williams, May 17, 1941. Children: Woody, David, James, Michelle, John, Grant, Shannon.