Background
Hammond, Lewis Maynard was born on July 22, 1918 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frank Lewis and Bertha Louise (St. John) Hammond.
Hammond, Lewis Maynard was born on July 22, 1918 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frank Lewis and Bertha Louise (St. John) Hammond.
Student, Washington State College, 1938-1939; student, University California Santa Barbara, 1940-1941; Certified in Tropical Agriculture, U. Florida, 1972-1973.
Intelligence clerk, United States Army Air Corps, Australia, 1942-1944; nursery man, owner, Ingelwood (California) Nursery, 1945-1961; landscape contractor, self-employed, Santa Barbara, California, 1966-1972; agricultural teacher, Agency for International Development, Sandoa, Zaire, 1961-1965; agricultural missionary, National Council Churches, Juba, Sudan, 1974-1977; agricultural missionary, United Methodist Church, Gbarnga, Liberia, 1977-1983; retired, since 1984.
Member City Beautiful Chamber of Commerce, Inglewood, 1946-1960, Channel City Club, Santa Barbara, 1965-1972, United Methodist Church, since 1926. President Methodist Men, Inglewood, 1948-1960. Member California Association Nurserymen, California Association Landscape Contractors, Toastmasters International.
Married Elizabeth Annette Whiting, July 16, 1944. Children: Louise Grace, Ruth Anne, Daniel Bruce, James Allen. Married Joyce S. Whiteing, June 13, 1993.