Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher

Background

Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb was born on September 10, 1875 in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Kimball and Anna (Holton) Fletcher.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1896. Master of Science, Cornell, 1898, Doctor of Philosophy, 1900.

Career

Professor horticulture and horticulturist, Experiment Station of Washington Agricultural College, Pullman, 1900-1902. Same, West Virginia University, 1902-1903. Assistant professor extension teaching in agriculture, Cornell Univercity, 1903-1905.

Professor horticulture.

Michigan Agricultural College, 1905-1908. Director Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908-1916.

Professor horticulture, Pennsylvania State College, 1917-1937. Also vice dean and director research, 1927-1939, dean School Agriculture, 1939-1946, dean emeritus since 1946.

Achievements

• Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher has been listed as a noteworthy horticulturist by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Life is not about things. Life is relationships. Foremost of those relationships is the one we hold with Jesus Christ.

Membership

Member Phi Kappa Phi (Massachusetts Agricultural College), Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Rolston, June 28, 1905. Children: Robert Holton, Richard Rolston, Stevenson Whitcomb, Peter Whitcomb, John Emmett, Margaret, Emmett Hine.

Father:

Charles Kimball Fletcher

Mother:

Anna (Holton) Fletcher

Spouse:

Margaret Rolston

child:

Margaret Fletcher

child:

Peter Whitcomb Fletcher

child:

Emmett Hine Fletcher

child:

Robert Holton Fletcher

child:

Richard Rolston Fletcher

child:

John Emmett Fletcher

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Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher