Background
Morgan, John Harcourt Alexander was born on August 31, 1867 in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Rebecca (Truman) Morgan.
Morgan, John Harcourt Alexander was born on August 31, 1867 in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Rebecca (Truman) Morgan.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, U. Toronto, 1889. Graduate work, Cornell Univercity, 1891-1898, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 1895. Doctor of Laws, Emory and Henry University, Southwestern University, 1920, U. Western Ontario, 1939.
Doctor of Science, Clemson Agricultural College, 1937.
Entomologist, horticulturist, Louisiana State University and Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1889-1894. Zoölogist, entomologist, same, 1894-1904. Entomologist Louisiana Experiment Station and crop pest commissioner, February 1904-January 1905.
Director University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station and professor zoölogy and entomology, 1905-1919, dean College Agriculture, 1913-1919, president, July 1, 1919-1933, University of Tennessee.
Member Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1948, chairman, 1938-1941. Conductor farmers’ institutions in Louisiana, 1895-1904.
Special field agent Bureau Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, 1904. Food administrator Tennessee, 1917.
Assistant commissioner Louisiana, Atlanta Exposition, 1895.
Director Gulf Biological Station, 1900-1905. Tennessee State entomologist, 1905-1919. Member American Common for Study of Rural Credits and Cooperation, 1913.
Chairman Secretary of Agriculture’s committee of scientists to investigate Mediterranean fruit fly situation in Florida and advise concerning its control, 1929.
Member of advisory council of Agriculture Committee of America Bankers Association, 1930-1931. Member commission on Capper Award for outstanding service to agriculture, 1930-1931.
Member National Land-Use Planning Committee Received American Farm Bureau Federal award for distinguished service to agriculture, 1937, man of the year award, The Progressive Farmer, 1940. Trustee The Berry Schools.
Member board advisory, (V.P.I.) Institute Rural Affairs.
Member Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1948, chairman, 1938-1941. Conductor farmers’ institutions in Louisiana, 1895-1904. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Promotion Agricultural Science.
Member American Fisheries Society, American Association Economics Entomologists (president 1907), Entomological Society of Washington, Entomological Society American, Tennessee Academy Science, Association Land Grant Colleges Universities (president 1927), American Country Life Association Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Zeta.
Mason.; Rotarian.
Married Sara Elizabeth Fay, June 25, 1895.