Background
Evvard, John Marcus was born on November 6, 1884 in Saunemin, Illinois, United States. Son of John B. and Mary (Leitel) Evvard.
Evvard, John Marcus was born on November 6, 1884 in Saunemin, Illinois, United States. Son of John B. and Mary (Leitel) Evvard.
Bachelor of Science, University df Illinois, 1907. Master of Science in Agriculture, University of Missouri, 1909. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Arizona, 1927.
Assistant city editor Pontiac Daily Sentinel, 1904. Assistant to dean and director Missouri Agricultural College and Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1910. Assistant chief, animal husbandry, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 1910-1914.
Charge animal husbandry section and chief in swine production, 1911-1930, chief in beef cattle and sheep production, 1919-1930, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.
Associate professor animal husbandry, 1916-1918, professor, 1918-1930, Iowa State College Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, chief in nutrition, 1914-1919. Special assistant in the Office of Secretary of Agriculture, 1922-1923.
Staff of America Institute of Agriculture, 1922-1923. Vice president McMillen Company, Allied Mills, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1930-1933.
Research consultant Soya Products, Incorporated., Chicago, since 1932.
Advisory to executive staff Allied Mills, Incorporated., since 1933. President Universal Supply, Incorporated., Phoenix, 1933-1936. Professor and head of department of agriculture, Arizona State College, Tempe, (part time), 1935-1937.
Contributing editor Chester White Journal, 1920-1930, correspondent editor Farm and Fireside, 1924-1930.
Chairman swine commission United States Food Administration, 1917-1918. Member United States Livestock Industrial Committee, 1917.
Member Farmers’ Livestock Marketing Committee of 15.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Iowa Academy Science. Member American Society Animal Production (ex-president), Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Delta Chi, Lambda Gamma Delta. Advanced Unitarian.
Married Mattie Casey Cooper, August 10, 1911. Children: Mary Margaret Batman, John Cooper, Martha Jane Shemer.