Background
Marlowe, Thomas Johnson was born on September 15, 1917 in Fairview, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alonzo Garland and Nellie Ann (Bass) Marlowe.
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Thomas Johnson Marlowe
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1940. Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Breeding and Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1954.
Career
Teacher agricultural education, North Carolina, 1940—1942. Extension livestock specialist Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1949—1950. Assistant professor animal husbandry Mississippi State University, 1951—1952.
Associate professor animal husbandry Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1954—1964. Professor animal science, 1964—1984. Professor emeritus, from 1984.
Consultant American Angus Association, 1957—1961. Past president Blacksburg United Methodist Men, 1958—1959, 1965—1966. President Blacksburg Parent-Teachers Association, 1964—1965, 1971—1972.
Developer 1st state beef cattle performance testing program in United States, 1954—1959. Served United States Army, World World War II, lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve, retired.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Society Animal Science (honorary. President 1975-1976, Distinguished Service Award Southern section 1978, Animal Industry Service award 1983). Member: American Association of University Professors, Officers Association United States, Beef Improvement Federation, Virginia Academy of Sciences (member council 1979-1985), Council Agricultural Science and Technology (board directors 1979-1980), American Genetics Association, American Institute Biological Sciences (director 1974-1977), Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Christine Odell Williamson, March 3, 1945. Children: Michael Thomas, Donald Ray, Ronald Jay, Melody Anne.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient Superior service award, Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, 1978, R.C. Carter Memorial award, Virginia Shorthorn Breeders, 1981, Distinguished Service award, Virginia Cattlemen's Association, 1984.Recipient Superior service award, Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, 1978, R.C. Carter Memorial award, Virginia Shorthorn Breeders, 1981, Distinguished Service award, Virginia Cattlemen's Association, 1984.