Background
Whatley, Thomas Jewel was born on February 18, 1918 in Linville, Alabama, United States. Son of Tom and Tula (Watts) Whatley.
educator Agricultural economist
Whatley, Thomas Jewel was born on February 18, 1918 in Linville, Alabama, United States. Son of Tom and Tula (Watts) Whatley.
Bachelor of Science, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1941; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1953.
County supervisor, Farm Security Administration, Marion, Alabama, 1942-1943; assistant agricultural economist, department agriculture economics and rural sociology, U. Tennessee, 1947-1953; associate agriculture economist, U. Tennessee, 1953-1956; agriculture economist, U. Tennessee, 1956-1958; acting head Department, University Tennessee, 1958-1959; head Department, University Tennessee, since 1959; distinguished service professor, U. Tennessee, since 1964; assistant dean, Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972-1976; associate dean, Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, since 1976. Member Committee of Nine, Department Agriculture, 1976-1981, chairman, 1979.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Agricultural Economic Association, Southern Agricultural Economic Association (president 1970), American Society Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Tennessee Society Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho.
Married Lila Nell Rawlinson, June 18, 1948. Children— John Thomas, Beth Anita.