Willis William Armistead

Background

Armistead, Willis William was born on October 28, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Eber Merrill and Josephine Brunell (Kindred) Armistead.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1938; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1955.

Career

Private practice veterinary medicine, 1938—1940. Instructor School Veterinary Medicine Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1940—1942, assistant professor to professor School Veterinary Medicine, 1946—1953, dean School Veterinary Medicine, 1953—1957. Dean College Veterinary Medicine Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1957—1974.

Dean College Veterinary Medicine, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974—1979, chairman strategic planning advisory committee, 1988—1989. Vice president agriculture University Tennessee System, 1979—1987. Collaborator animal diseases and parasite research division Department Agriculture, 1954-1965.

Consultant, adviser commission veterinary education of South Southern Regional Education Board, 1953-1956. Member governor's science advisory board, 1958-1960. National consultant to Air Force Surgeon General, 1960-1962.

Member advisory council Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, 1962-1966. President Association American Veterinary Medical Colleges, 1964-1965, 73-74, Special award, 1983. Veterinary medical resident investigators selection committee United States VA, 1967-1970.

Veterinary medicine review committee Bureau Health Professions Education and Manpower Training, Department of Health, 1967-1971. Member National Board Veterinary Medical Examiners, 1970-1974. Member advisory panel for veterinary medicine Institute Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-1974.

Member board agriculture and renewable resources National Research Council, 1976-1977. 1st Allam lecturer American College Veterinary Surgeons, 1972. Conti Memorial keynote lecturer Arizona-California-Nevada Veterinary Conference, 1994.

Member curriculum committee Oak Ridge Institute Continued Learning, 1998-2001. Major Veterinary Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946.

Achievements

• Willis William Armistead has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, veterinarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, 1979-1987, Tennessee Council Cooperatives, 1982-1987, Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation, 1979-1987, Tennessee Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1979-1987, Tennessee Valley Fair, 1987-2004. Member Tennessee State Soil Conservation Committee, 1979-1987. Member Southwide advisory committee Southern Agribusiness Forum, 1979-1987.

Member advisory board Clarence Brown Theater, University Tennessee, 2000-2002. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, United States Animal Health Association, American Veterinary Medical Association (president 1957-1958, award 1977), Texas Veterinary Medical Association (president 1947-1948), Michigan Veterinary Medical Association (trustee Education and Science Trust 1970-1974), Federation Associations Schools of Health Professions (president 1975), Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association (Lifetime Achievement award 1995), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Rotary (president 1987-1988), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Zeta, Omega Tau Sigma (national Gamma award Ohio State University 1962), Phi Eta Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa. Lodges: Rotary.

Connections

Married Martha Sidney Clark, September 17, 1938 (deceased 1964). Children: Willis William, Jack Murray, Sidney Merrill. Married Mary Wallace Nelson, 1967.

Father:

Eber Merrill Armistead

Mother:

Josephine Brunell (Kindred) Armistead

Spouse:

Martha Sidney Clark

Spouse:

Mary Wallace Nelson

child:

Jack Murray Armistead

child:

Sidney Merrill Armistead

child:

Willis William Armistead