Background
Farrell, Francis David was born on March 13, 1883 in Smithfield, Utah, United States. Son of George Lionel and Amanda (Steele) Farrell.
Farrell, Francis David was born on March 13, 1883 in Smithfield, Utah, United States. Son of George Lionel and Amanda (Steele) Farrell.
Bachelor of Science, Utah State College, 1907. Agr.D., University of Nebraska, 1925. Doctor of Laws, Washburn University, 1943.
Scientific assistant in cereal investigations, unites states department of Agriculture, Washington, 1907-1910. Associate professor irrigation and drainage, University of Idaho, 1910-1911. Agronomist in charge of cereal cultivation experiments, 1911-1912, assistant agriculturist in western irrigation agriculture investigations, 1912-1914, agriculturist in charge of agricultural development on government reclamation projects, 1914-1918, unites states department of Agriculture.
Dean division of agriculture, and director Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State College, 1918-1925, president of the college 1925-1943, president emeritus and professor of rural institutions, from July 1, 1943.
Consultant on agricultural education, University of Minnesota, 1944-1945, University of California, 1946-1947. Chairman Kansas Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture, 1925-1949.
Member Kansas State Board of Education, 1925-1941. Member Kansas State School Bk. Commission, 1925-1933, and 1937-1941.
Member agricultural advisory council American Bankers Association, 1925-1943.
Member of advisory council National Broadcasting Company, 1926-1945. Member advising committee on national affairs, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1947-1949.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Kansas State Historical Society (president, 1954-1955), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi.
Club: Rotary.
Married Mildred Jenson, September 16, 1913. Children: Frances, James David.