Background
Dawson, Ray Fields was born on February 13, 1911 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Emmett Hamilton and Elsie (Fields) Dawson.
agriculturist educator consultant research scientist
Dawson, Ray Fields was born on February 13, 1911 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Emmett Hamilton and Elsie (Fields) Dawson.
Bachelor of Arts (Rector scholar), DePauw University, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy (Hooker fellow), Yale, 1938.
National Research Council fellow, Columbia University, 1938-1939;
instructor, De Pauw U., 1939-1940;
assistant professor, U. Missouri, 1940-1942;
assistant professor, Princeton University, 1942-1945;
assistant professor, associate professor, professor, Torrey professor, Columbia University, 1945-1966;
professor director international programs, College Agriculture and Environmental Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1966-1976;
professor emeritus, College Agriculture and Environmental Science, Rutgers University, since 1976;
director, Lancaster laboratories, Inc., 1961-1985;
director emeritus, Lancaster laboratories, Inc., 1985-1988;
research associate, 1989-1995. Consultant Upjohn Company, 1958-1979, Philip Morris, United States, 1962-1990. Technical supervisor agricultural development project Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, 1958-1990, agricultural feasibility surveys India, Trinidad, W. Indies, Surinam, Africa.
Research collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1952-1965. Guest scientist Experimental Plantations, Inc., Guatemala, 1945.
Conservation to president Foundation Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, 1993-1998, contributor private art collection to Ludwig Von Mises Library., 1994. Member American Chemical Society (emeritus), American Society Plant Physiologists (emeritus), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Dunham, August 11, 1942.