Background
Smith, Rodger Chapman was born on July 18, 1915 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dwight Ingham and Mae Bell (Chapman) Smith.
Smith, Rodger Chapman was born on July 18, 1915 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dwight Ingham and Mae Bell (Chapman) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1938.
Supervisor Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Inc., West Springfield, Massachusetts, 1938—1942. Head fertilizer research and development, 1946—1962. Manager agricultural technical services AMAX Coal Company Chemical Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1962—1972.
Director market development, 1972—1983. Chemical marketing consultant, from 1983. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Member of American Society Agronomy, American Institute Chemists, American Chemical Society, Orchards Golf (South Hadley.
Married Muriel Caroline Boettcher, August 31, 1940. Children: Rodger Stoughton, Carolyn Mae,, David Chapman.