Background
Gainey, Percy Leigh was born on March 9, 1887 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Abraham and Amelia (McNab) Gainey.
Gainey, Percy Leigh was born on March 9, 1887 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Abraham and Amelia (McNab) Gainey.
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State College, 1908, Master of Science, 1910. Master of Arts, Washington University, 1911, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926.
Teacher University of Missouri, 1911-1914. Teacher, Kansas State College, Manhattan, head department bacteriology 1946-1957, soil bacteriologist, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914-1957. Received Chilean Nitrate Ednl. award for research in soil science, 1929.
Member Kansas Academy of Science, Society American Bacteriologists, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta.
Married Grace Trueman Deaton, December 25, 1913. Children: Janis Leigh, Phillip McNab.