Ray Otto Hammons

Background

Hammons, Ray Otto was born on October 2, 1919 in Wesson, Mississippi, United States. Son of William D. and Frances Lou (Douglas) Hammons.

Education

Associate of Arts, Copiah Lincoln Junior College, Wesson, Mississippi, 1941. Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State College-State College, 1947. Master of Science, Mississippi State College-State College, 1948.

Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1953.

Career

Research instructor North Carolina State University, 1949-1953. Assistant professor Purdue University, 1953-1955. Geneticist Agriculture Research Service United States Department Agriculture, Tifton, Georgia, 1955-1975, research leader crops Agriculture Research Service, 1972-1984, supervisor research geneticist Agriculture Research Service, 1975-1984.

Collaborator Department Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service, since 1984. Consultant in field, speaker in field.

Achievements

• Ray Otto Hammons has been listed as a noteworthy research geneticist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Leader People-to-People Delaware to China, 1985. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Fellow American Society Agronomy (visiting scientist 1981), American Peanut Research and Education Society, Crop Science Society of America.

Connections

Married Ann R. Howell, September 13, 1942. Children: Mary Harmon, Lynda Eidson, Sue Hammons Bryner, Ray O. (deceased).

Father:

William D. Hammons

Mother:

Frances Lou (Douglas) Hammons

Spouse:

Ann R. Howell

child:

Mary Harmon Hammons

child:

Sue Hammons Bryner Hammons

child:

Ray O. Hammons (deceased)

child:

Lynda Eidson Hammons