Background
Rather, Howard Christian was born on September 17, 1895 in Bay Portuguese, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Robert and Mary Ann (Bueschlen) Rather.
Rather, Howard Christian was born on September 17, 1895 in Bay Portuguese, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Robert and Mary Ann (Bueschlen) Rather.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1917.
1 son, Henry Lee. Agricultural extension agent, Marquette, Michigan, 1917. Salesman R. H. Jones Advertising Company, Cincinnati, 1919. Extension specialist farm crops Michigan State College, 1920-1928 (including director European corn borer control campaign in Michigan for United States Department of Agriculture, 1926-1928), professor farm crops and head department, 1928-1944, dean Basic College, since 1944.
Served as Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Society Agronomy. Member Society Advancement Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Kiwanian (president 1943, district lieutenant governor 1946).
Married Emilie McKnight, June 1922 (died August 1923). Married second, Hazel Cobb, October 23, 1926.