Background
Payne, Montgomery Ashby was born on July 28, 1906 in Winterville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Beckwith Benjamin and Frances Cameron (Montgomery) Payne.
Payne, Montgomery Ashby was born on July 28, 1906 in Winterville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Beckwith Benjamin and Frances Cameron (Montgomery) Payne.
Bachelor of Science, University of the South, 1927. Master of Forestry, Yale, 1929; graduate student Tulane University, 1938-1939.
Project, American Forestry Association, 1929-1930. Helped organize Forest Service of Brazil, 1930-1931, extension forester Mississippi Agricultural Extension Service, Mississippi State College, 1939-1944. Regional consultant Forest Resource Appraisal, American Forestry Association, 1944.
Professor forestry and head department Mississippi State College, 1945-1950.
Cotton planter, consultant forester from 1951.
Member Society American Foresters (past chairman Gulf States section), Forest Products Research Society, Association Southern Agricultural Workers (past chairman forestry section), Mississippi Forestry Association (member Executive Committee), Delta Council (forestry committee), Kappa Alpha. Mason. Winterville Master of Science.
Married Ivy Elizabeth Cunningham, June 7, 1941.