Background
Lewis, RObert Donald was born on November 4, 1897 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edgar Darwin and Harriet Augusta (Smith) Lewis.
Lewis, RObert Donald was born on November 4, 1897 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edgar Darwin and Harriet Augusta (Smith) Lewis.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1926.
Instructor agronomy, Pennsylvania State College, 1919-1922;
fellow agriculture, Cornell Univercity, 1922-1923;
assistant plant breeding, Cornell Univercity, 1923-1924;
instructor, Cornell Univercity, 1924-1926;
assistant professor extension division, Cornell Univercity, 1926-1930;
professor agronomy extension, Ohio State University, 1930-1939;
resident teacher, Ohio State University, 1933-1939;
professor, vice department chairman agronomy, Ohio State University, 1939-1940;
chairman, Ohio State University, 1940-1946;
associate agronomy research Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Ohio State University, 1939-1946;
co-operative agent division cereal crops and diseases, Bureau Plant Industry Department Agriculture, 1936-1946;
director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1946-1962;
senior consultant Ford Foundation Faculty Agriculture, U. Aleppo, Syria, 1962-1990. Chairman Southern Agriculture Experiment Station Dirs., 1955-1957. Chairman task group on New andSpl.
Crops President' Commision on Industrial Use Agricultural Products, 1956-1957. Secretary-treasurer Ohio Seed Improvement Association, 1930-1939. Advisory trustee Ohio Hybrid Seed Corn Producers, 1937-1946.
Member Agriculture Experiment Station Committee on Organisation and Policy, 1946-1950. Chairman National Advisory and Coord. Committee on New Plants, 1952-1955.
Member Agricultural Research Svc. Committee of Nine, 1953-1955. A.R.A. Rice advising committee, 1952-1962.
Served in S.A.T.C., 1918. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (chairman crops section 1935), Texas Academy of Sciences. Member Genetics Society of America, Association Land Grant Colleges and Universities (chairman experimental station section 1959), American Society Range Management, International Crop Improvement Association, Corn Improvement Conference, Masons, Kiwanis, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Adelaide Florence Mason, September 2, 1922. Children: Charles Milton, William Mason.