Background
Stith, Lee Street was born on August 30, 1918 in Tulia, Texas, United States. Son of Eugene Webster and Mary Catherine (Street) Stith.
Stith, Lee Street was born on August 30, 1918 in Tulia, Texas, United States. Son of Eugene Webster and Mary Catherine (Street) Stith.
Bachelor of Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1940. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1955.
Assistant county supervisor farm section United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 1940-1941. Plant breeder Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, El Paso, 1946-1955. Professor University Arizona, Tucson, 1955-1983.
Principal consultant Stith Consultant, 1983. Consultant Agrigenetics Research Associate, Ltd, Boulder, Colorado, 1983-1986, Seed Assn de Algodon, Lima, Peru, 1986-1987, B & M Cotton Company, San Simon, Arizona, from 1988.
Sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American Society Agronomy Crop Science Society of America, Masons, Blue Lodge, Order of Eastern Star.
Married Bettye Jo Stevens, February 2, 1947. 1 child, Peggy Lee.