William Duke Kimbrough

Background

Kimbrough, William Duke was born on December 10, 1896 in Jonesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Isaac Newton and Mattie Gilmore (Morris) Kimbrough.

Education

Bachelor of Science with highest honors, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1920. Master of Science, University Maryland, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1925.

Career

Instructor horticulture, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1920-1922; graduate assistant, U. Maryland., 1922-1925; assistant horticulturist, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, 1925-1930; associate horticulturist, Louisiana State University, 1930-1943; horticulturist and professor horticulture, Louisiana State University, from 1943.

Achievements

• William Duke Kimbrough has been listed as a noteworthy horticulturist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deacon local Baptist Church. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Horticultural Science, American Society Plant Physiologists, American Camellia Society, American Rose Society (consultant rosarian), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Mary Andrews Parent, August 20, 1930. Children: William Duke Junior, Robert Walter.

Father:

Isaac Newton Kimbrough

Mother:

Mattie Gilmore (Morris) Kimbrough

Spouse:

Mary Andrews Parent

child:

William Duke Junior Kimbrough

child:

Robert Walter Kimbrough