Background
Barham, Warren Sandusky was born on February 15, 1919 in Prescott, Arkansas, United States. Son of Clint A. and Hannah Jane (Sandusky) Barham.
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Warren Sandusky Barham
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, U. Arkansas, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1950.
Career
Graduate assistant in plant breeding, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1942-1945; associate professor horticulture, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1949-1958; director raw material R & D, Basic Vegetable Products, Inc., Vacaville, California, 1958-1976; professor, head department horticultural science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1976-1982; vice president, Castle & Cook Techniculture, Watsonville, California, 1982-1984; director watermelon R & D, Tom Castle Seed Company, Morgan Hill, California, 1984-1986; Chief Executive Officer, Barham Seeds Inc., Gilroy, California, since 1987; vice president, Kyle and Barham LLC, La Quinta, California, since 1996. Consultant Basic Vegetable Products, Inc., Vacaville, 1976-1978, United States Agency for International Development, Central American, 1977, Egypt and United States, 1980-1982, Gentry Foods & Gilroy Foods, 1978-1993, Federal Republic Germany Government, Ethiopia, 1984. Industry representative advising committee Onion Research Program USDA, 1960-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors, president Vacaville School Board, 1964-1974. Sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Society Horticultural Science (president 1982, board directors 1979-1983).
Member Sonsin Retirement (board directors 1992-1995, vice president 1993, president 1994), Rotary Inernat. (board directors 1964), Elks Club.
Connections
Married Margaret Alice Kyle, December 27, 1940 (deceased 1997). Married Evelyn M. Csongradi, December 5, 1998. Children: Barbara E., Juanita S., Margaret Ann, Robert W.
