Robert Phillip Ealy

Background

Ealy, Robert Phillip was born on July 6, 1914 in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles Gustav and Annie Emily (Johnson) Ealy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1941. Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1955.

Career

Landscape nurseryman, Paul's Garden, Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1932-1937; teaching assistant, Kansas State University, 1941-1942; assistant professor horticulture, Oklahoma State University, 1946-1955; associate professor, Oklahoma State University, 1955-1958; professor, Oklahoma State University, 1958-1961; professor, head department horticulture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1961-1963; professor, head department horticulture and landscape architecture, Kansas State University, 1963-1966; professor landscape architecture, Kansas State University, 1966-1982; professor emeritus, Kansas State University, since 1982; head department, Kansas State University, 1966-1979; associate dean, Kansas State University (College Architecture and Design), 1967-1974. Consultant landscape architect, since 1947, Kansas Rock Springs 4-H Ranch, National Council Graduate Schools in the United States. Member, secretary Kansas State Registration Board Landscape Architects, 1968-1976.

Achievements

• Robert Phillip Ealy has been listed as a notable Horticulture and landscape architecture educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member environmental concerns committee, City of Manhattan, Cemetary Board, chairman Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (president Missouri Valley chapter, trustee). Member Council Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (national secretary 1972-1974), International Federation Landscape Architects, Association Kansas Landscape Architects, Kansas State Horticultural Society, Kansas Arborists Association (honorary), Crafty Srs.

Plus (secretary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Tau Sigma Delta, Sigma Lambda Alpha.

Connections

Married Carol Lavina Smith, May 29, 1939.

Father:

Charles Gustav Ealy

Mother:

Annie Emily (Johnson) Ealy

Spouse:

Carol Lavina Smith