William Alphonso Withers

Background

Withers, William Alphonso was born on May 31, 1864 in River View, near Davidson, North Carolina, United States. Son of William B. and Sarah L. (Rutledge) Withers.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College, North Carolina, 1883, Master of Arts, 1885, Doctor of Science, 1917. Student in chemistry, 1888-1890, fellow, 1889-1890, Cornell Univercity.

Career

Assistant chemist, 1884-1888, chemist, 1897-1921, acting director, 1897-1899, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Professor of chemistry, since 1889, vice president, since 1916, director Summer School, since 1917, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering State chemist, 1897-1898. State statistical agent unites states department of Agriculture, 1895-1902 and 1905-1915.

Achievements

• William Alphonso Withers has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Executive Committee National Pure Food and Drug Congress, 1898, North Carolina Agricultural Society, since 1898. Member North Carolina Council Defense, 1917-1918. Member company board food administrators, 1917-1918.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Witherspoon Daniel, June 11, 1896 (died 1905). Married second, Jane Hinton Pescud, July 29, 1909.

Father:

William B. Withers

Mother:

Sarah L. (Rutledge) Withers

Spouse:

Jane Hinton Pescud

Spouse:

Elizabeth Witherspoon Daniel