Major Franklin Spaulding

Background

Spaulding, Major Franklin was born on September 18, 1900 in Clarkton, North Carolina, United States. Son of McIver and Elsie (Blanks) Spaulding.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, North Carolina A. and T. College, 1925. Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1927, Master of Science, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts State College, 1935.

Career

Professor agronomy North Carolina A. and T. College, 1928-1937, director agriculture, 1929-1937. Professor agronomy and plant physiology Prairie View State College, 1937-1938. Research professor Tuskegee Institute, 1938-1940, professor agronomy, 1942-1945.

Professor, director agriculture Langston University, Oklahoma, 1940-1942.

Professor agriculture, head department Tennessee A. and I. State University, 1946-1958, dean School Agriculture and Home Economics, since 1953. Lecturer Rosenwald School Negro Extension Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, South Carolina.

State College, 1930. Laboratory assistant Massachusetts State College, 1932-1935.

Achievements

• Major Franklin Spaulding has been listed as a noteworthy university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society, International Society Soil Science, American Grassland Council, Science Fertility Society Special research decomposition plant tissues, their effects on plant growth in sand and soil.

Connections

Married Ella West. Walker, August 13, 1956. Children: Robert Boyd Hunter, Gena Maria Hunter.

Father:

McIver Spaulding

Mother:

Elsie (Blanks) Spaulding

Spouse:

Ella West. Walker

child:

Robert Boyd Hunter Spaulding

child:

Gena Maria Hunter Spaulding