Robert Wayne Howell

Background

Howell, Robert Wayne was born on November 26, 1916 in Houlka, Mississippi, United States. Son of Raleigh Wayne and Frances Ethel (Stacy) Howell.

Education

Student, George Washington University, 1934-1937; Bachelor of Science, Mississippi College, 1949; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1952.

Career

Clerk, administrative assistant, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington Clerk, administrative assistant, United States Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, Wyoming Clerk, administrative assistant, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, 1934-1943; business manager, Pineapple Research Institute, Hawaii., 1947; plant physiologist, United States Regional Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, 1952-1965; leader soybean investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland., 1965; chief oilseed and industrial crops research branch, United States Department of Agriculture, 1966-1971; professor agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1993; department chairman, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1982. Senior advisor Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) project Heilongjiang Academy Science, Harbin, China, 1982-1984. Research consultant Illinois Soybean Program Oper.

Board, 1982-1990.

Achievements

• Robert Wayne Howell has been listed as a noteworthy Agronomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Crop Science Society of America, American Society Plant Physiologists, American Soybean Association (honorary life), Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Virginia Blair, September 25, 1940. Children: Jacqueline Howell Choate, Richard James, Wayne Davis.

Father:

Raleigh Wayne Howell

Mother:

Frances Ethel (Stacy) Howell

Spouse:

Elizabeth Virginia Blair

child:

Wayne Davis Howell

child:

Jacqueline Howell Choate Howell

child:

Richard James Howell