Background
Collings, Gilbeart Hooper was born on January 13, 1895 in Crewe, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas James and Helen Thomas (Luke) Collings.
Collings, Gilbeart Hooper was born on January 13, 1895 in Crewe, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas James and Helen Thomas (Luke) Collings.
Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1915. Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1925.
Fellow in agronomy, University of Illinois, 1916-1918. Instructor French to American soldiers, World War I, 1918. Assistant agronomist South Carolina.
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1918-1923.
Assistant professor agronomy, Clemson (South Carolina.) Agricultural College, 1918-1925. associate professor, 1925-1929, Acting head agronomy department 1929-1930, associate professor agronomy 1930-1938, acting professor of agronomy, 1938-1939, professor soils, 1939-1960, head department agronomy, 1955-1958, head department agronomy and soils, 1958-1960, emeritus, since 1960. Instructor history American soldiers World World World War II, 1943-1944.
Agronomist, South Carolina Agricultural Experimental Station, 1944, 55, 60, emeritus, since 1960. Organizer Collings & Associates, fertilizer consultant, 1945.
Representative South Carolina.
Agricultural Experiment Station charge state soil surveys, 1946-1956. Director Buffalo Coal Corporation, 1923-1934, Wilson-Berger Coal Corporation, 1931-1942. Director Mary Helen Coal Corporation, since 1931, vice president, 1951-1953.
Director Virginia-Jellico Coal Corporation, 1940-1955, vice president, 1941-1955.
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Fellow in agronomy, University of Illinois, 1916-1918. Member South Carolina Agricultural Council, since 1960. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (member of council, 1948-1949), American Society Agronomy.
Member South Carolina.
Academy, Science (secretary-treasurer, 1938-1940. Member of council, 1940-1946, president 1947).
International Society Soil Science, Soil Conservation Society of America (charter. Mason, Kiwanian.
Married Hazel Winifred Cover, December 9, 1917. Children: Gilbeart Hooper, Hazel Cover, Thomas Albert.