Background
Butler, James Lee was born on January 8, 1927 in Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Lawson and Dora Mae (Fox) Butler.
researcher agricultural engineer
Butler, James Lee was born on January 8, 1927 in Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Lawson and Dora Mae (Fox) Butler.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1950. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1958.
Assistant agricultural engineer, U. Georgia, Experiment, 1951-1956; associate agricultural engineer, U. Georgia, Experiment, 1958-1960; graduate assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1956-1958; agricultural engineer, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Tifton, Georgia, 1960-1962; research investigations leader, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Tifton, Georgia, 1962-1980; research leader, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Tifton, Georgia, 1985-1989; manager, Southern Agricultural Energy Center, Tifton, 1980-1985.
Served to corporal Air corpus, United States army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (board directors 1980-1982, 87-89, best paper award 1960, Georgia section Engineer of Year 1981, trustee ASAE Foundation since 1989). Member American Peanut Research and Education Society (president 1982-1983, Bailey award 1978), National Society of Professional Engineers, Council Agricultural Science and Technology.
Married Jane Isabell Hollis, November 20, 1948. Children: Kathryn Jo, Nancy Lee, Benjamin Hollis.