Background
Keener, Harry Allan was born on December 22, 1913 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin Hodson and Mary Ann (Kelley) Keener.
Keener, Harry Allan was born on December 22, 1913 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin Hodson and Mary Ann (Kelley) Keener.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1941. Master of Science, West Virginia University, 1938.
Graduate assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1936-1938; graduate assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1938-1941; instructor to professor, U. N.H., Durham, 1941-1978; director agricultural experiment station, U. N.H., Durham, 1958-1978; dean College of Life Science and Agriculture, U. N.H., Durham, 1961-1978; professor and dean emeritus, U. N.H., Durham, since 1978. Board collaborators United States Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Ithaca, New York, 1956-1959, United States Pasture Research Laboratory, University Park, 1952-1962. Member N.H.Soil Conservation Committee, 1958-1978.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Elizabeth Margaret Hartley, July 26, 1941. Children: Allan Wayne, William Franklin.