Background
Porter, Kenneth Boyd was born on April 10, 1918 in Stafford, Kansas, United States. Son of Lee Etherton and Bertha Sara (Boyd) Porter.
Porter, Kenneth Boyd was born on April 10, 1918 in Stafford, Kansas, United States. Son of Lee Etherton and Bertha Sara (Boyd) Porter.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1940. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1957.
Agricultural extension agent, Kansas Extension Svc., 1940-1941; wheat breeder, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Amarillo and Bushland, 1947-1988; associate agronomist, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Amarillo and Bushland, 1947-1960; agronomist, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Amarillo and Bushland, 1960-1975; professor, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Amarillo and Bushland, 1976-1988; professor emeritus, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Amarillo and Bushland, since 1988.
Captain United States Army, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Society Agronomy (Achievement award 1981), Crop Science Society of America.
Married Marion May Miller, March 24, 1951.