Landis Lee Boyd

Background

Boyd, Landis Lee was born on December 1, 1923 in Orient, Iowa, United States. Son of Harold Everett and Edith Elizabeth (Lauer) Boyd.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1947. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, 1959.

Career

Senior research fellow, Iowa State College, 1947-1948, 54-55; from assistant professor to professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1948-1960; coordinator graduate instruction, Cornell Univercity, 1958-1964; engineering design analyst, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, 1962-1963; member of faculty, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 1964-1978; professor agricultural engineering, head Department, University Minnesota at St. Paul, 1964-1972; assistant director Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Minnesota at St. Paul, 1972-1978; director College Agriculture Research Center, University of Minnesota at St. Paul associate dean, College Agriculture, Washington State University, Pullman, 1978-1985; executive director Western Association Agricultural Experiment Station Dirs., Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1985-1992; Adjunct Professor bioresource and chemical engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1985. Visiting scholar Center Study Higher Education. Visiting faculty-in-residence, intern Office Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, 1968.

(Federal Executive Institute),1975. Cons. Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), La Molina, Peru, 1964, 69. Part-time consultant in field, since 1948.

Achievements

• Landis Lee Boyd has been listed as a noteworthy agricultural engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Superintendent farm building project New York State Fair, 1956, 57. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (graduate paper award 1949, MBMA award 1969, vice president-regions 1970-1973), Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Rotary (Paul Harris fellow, leader group study exchange to district 4850 in Argentina 1994).

Connections

Married Lila Mae Hummel, September 7, 1946. Children– Susan Lee, Barbara Edith, Shirley Rae, Carl Steven, Philip Wayne.

Father:

Harold Everett Boyd

Mother:

Edith Elizabeth (Lauer) Boyd

Spouse:

Lila Mae Hummel

child:

Barbara Edith Boyd

child:

Susan Lee Boyd

child:

Carl Steven Boyd

child:

Shirley Rae Boyd

child:

Philip Wayne Boyd