Background
Mccall, Max Adams was born on October 20, 1888 in Jamestown, Kansas, United States. Son of Andrew Rogers and Mary Pamelia (McKee) Mccall.
Mccall, Max Adams was born on October 20, 1888 in Jamestown, Kansas, United States. Son of Andrew Rogers and Mary Pamelia (McKee) Mccall.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Oregon Agricultural College, 1910. Master of Science, Washington State College, 1922. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1932.
Sellers; married second, Bemadine Haller, December 27, 1920;Adams. Instructor high school, Davenport, Washington, 1910-1911, Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1912, high school of Klamath County, Oregon, 1912-1914. County agricultural agent Klamath County, 1914.
Dry farm specialist Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and superintendent Adams Branch Station, Lind, Washington, 1914-1924.
Agronomist, senior agronomist, principal agronomist in charge cereal agronomy, division of cereal crops and diseases, Bureau Plant Industry, Soils and Agriculture Engineering, United States Department Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1924-1929, in charge of division 1929-1946. Assistant chief of Bureau and head agronomist from 1935, in charge from 1946.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president December 10, 1946), American Society Agronomy (ex-president), American Society Plant Physiology. American Phytopathol. Society, American Genetic Association, Washington Botanical Society, Washington Academy Science, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma.
Club: Cosmos.
Married Marjorie Sellers, November 14, 1914 (died 1918). Married second, Bemadine Haller, December 27, 1920.