Background
Sill, Webster Harrison was born on December 4, 1916 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Webster Harrison and Grace Elaine (Clark) Sill.
Sill, Webster Harrison was born on December 4, 1916 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Webster Harrison and Grace Elaine (Clark) Sill.
Bachelor of Science, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1939; postgraduate, Pennsylvania State University, 1942; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.
Research associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1951-1952;
assistant professor botany and plant pathology, Kansas State University, 1952-1956;
associate professor, Kansas State University, 1956-1963;
professor, Kansas State University, 1963-1969;
department chairman biology, professor, U. South Dakot, Vermillion, from 1969;
director, Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station, 1970-1973;
director, Center for Environmental Studies, from 1972. Food and agricultural officer Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), United Nations, 1962-1963. Director research Andhra PradeshAgrl.
U., Hyderabad, India, Agency for International Development, 1966-1968. President Environmental Cons., Inc., 1971-1987. Consultant H.J. Heinz Company, General Foods Corporation, Frontier Chemical Company, Eli Lilly Company.
Co-chairman Kansas Centennial Committee, 1961. Active Boy Scouts American, from 1952. Board directors Sioux council, from 1968.
Chairman United Campus Christian Fellowship. Honorary life Parent-Teachers Association, Parent Teacher Association. President Westminster Foundation, 1964.
Served to First lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1941-1946. Member American Phytopath. Society, Botanical Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, New York Academy Sciences, International Platform Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, Gamma Alpha, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Charlyn Alice Adams, July 25, 1943. Children— Webster Harrison III, Susan C. (Mistress Pat Moore), Warren T.