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Phillips, Ralph Wesley was born on February 7, 1909 in Parsons, West Virginia, United States. Son of Elijah N. and Margaret Catherine (Auvil) Phillips.
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Ralph Wesley Phillips, American physiologist. Recipient Order of Merit, Government of Italy, 1966. Decorated Order of Merit (Italy). Fellow American Society Animal Science (founding editor Journal Animal Science 1942-1949); member American Genetic Association (president 1967), Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Berea College, 1930. Doctor of Science (honorary), Berea College, 1952. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1931.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1934.
Career
Professor, head animal husbandry department, Utah State University, Logan, 1939-1941; in-charge animal genetic investigations, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1941-1946; executive director international organization affairs, USDA, Washington, 1957-1978 chief animal production and health branch, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Washington, 1946-1949; deputy director agriculture division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Washington and Rome, 1949-1957; department director general, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Rome, 1978-1981; retired, 1982. Science secretary for agriculture United Nations, Geneva, 1962-1963. Consultant to goverments of China and India, unites states department State, 1943-1944.
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Membership
Decorated Order of Merit (Italy). Fellow American Society Animal Science (founding editor Journal Animal Science 1942-1949). Member American Genetic Association (president 1967), Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Mary Pozzi, June 1, 1934 (deceased February 1981). 1 child, Maria Diana Phillips Yates. Married Ellen Dodds Herron, November 1, 1983.
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American