Background
Byerly, Theodore Carroll was born on May 3, 1902 in Melbourne, Iowa, United States. Son of William Henry and Lulu May (Crook) Byerly.
government official zoology educator
Byerly, Theodore Carroll was born on May 3, 1902 in Melbourne, Iowa, United States. Son of William Henry and Lulu May (Crook) Byerly.
Bachelor of Arts Iowa, 1923. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1926.
Instructor zoology, University of Michigan, 1926-1928;
instructor zoology, Hunter College, 1928-1929;
instructor zoology, Peabody College, 1927-1928;
instructor zoology, Howard U., 1929-1930;
physiologist division animal husbandry, Bureau Animal Industry, Department Agriculture, from 1929;
senior poultry husbandman charge poultry husbandry investigation, Bureau Animal Industry, Department Agriculture, from 1941;
chief animal husbandry division, Bureau Animal Industry, Department Agriculture, from 1947;
assistant director livestock research, Agricultural Research Service, 1955-1957;
deputy administrator, Agricultural Research Service, 1957-1962;
administrator cooperative state experimental station service, Agricultural Research Service, 1962-1963;
administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, 1963-1969;
coordinator environmental quality activities, Department Agriculture, 1969-1973;
consultant, Department Agriculture, from 1973;
professor, U. Maryland., 1937-1941;
Adjunct Professor, U. Maryland., 1976-1987. Consultant Winrock International Center Livestock Research and Training, 1975-1982. Chairman division biology and agriculture NCR, 1963-1965.
Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1954-1960. Chairman United States delegation International Conference Rational Use Biosphere, 1968, National Committee for Man and Biosphere, 1968-1979. Technical adviser to the United States delegation United Nations Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 1972.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Poultry Science Association (Borden award 1943, president 1960-1961), American Society Animal Science. Member American Institute Biological Sciences (Distinguished Service award 1979), American Society Zoologists (emeritus), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (emeritus), Academy Medicine, District of Columbia, American Poultry History Association (Hall of Fame 1983), World Affairs Council, Friends Agricultural Research Beltsville, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Helen Frances Freeman, May 31, 1929 (deceased). Children: Carroll (Mistress N. Holcomb), David, Nora (Mistress Technical Director Bolita). Married Imogene J. McCarthy, August 7, 1967.