Loyd Earl Powell

Background

Powell, Loyd Earl was born on October 17, 1928 in Ravenwood, Missouri, United States. Son of Loyd Earl and Myrtle Emma (Freeman) Powell.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, U. Missouri, 1951; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1955.

Career

Assistant professor, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell Univercity, Geneva, 1955-1961; associate professor pomology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1961-1974; professor pomology, Cornell Univercity, 1974-1991; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1991. Chairman 4th International Symposium on Growth Regulators in Fruit Production, 1981. International chairman Working Group on Growth Regulators in Fruit Production, 1981-1985.

Research associate biology Yale University, 1962-1963. North Atlantic Treaty Organization visiting professor U. Pisa, Italy, 1974.

Achievements

• Loyd Earl Powell has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Society Horticultural Science (J.H. Gourley award 1974, president N.E. sect.1979-1980). Member American Society Plant Physiologists (president N.E. section 1981-1982), Scandinavian Society Plant Physiologists.

Connections

Married Betty Elaine Balduf, August 4, 1956. Children: David, Brian, Eric.

Father:

Loyd Earl Powell

Mother:

Myrtle Emma (Freeman) Powell

Spouse:

Betty Elaine Balduf

child:

David Powell

child:

Eric Powell

child:

Brian Powell