Wofford Benjamin Camp

Background

Camp, Wofford Benjamin was born on March 14, 1894 in Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. Son of John Clayton and Mary Jane (Atkins) Camp.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Clemson Agricultural College, 1916. Doctor Agricultural Industries (honorary), 1951. Postgraduate, University California.

Doctor of Laws, Limestone College, 1955. Doctor of Laws, Whittier College, 1958. Doctor of Humanities, Gardner-Webb College, 1974.

Career

Head cooperative testing field crops, United States Department of Agriculture, South Carolina., 1916-1917; founder cotton, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1917; agronomist charge cotton breeding and growing experiments, San Joaquin Valley, others, 1917-1928; established, charge, United States Experiment Station, Shafter, California, 1922-1928; head agriculture appraiser, Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, 1929; manager, California Lands, Inc., Bank American subsidiary, 1929-1933; head agricultural economist, assistant director cotton division and Southern region, A.A.A., Washington, 1933-1936; president, owner, Georgianna Farms, Inc., 1937-1945; president, Warner Bros. Camp & Sons, Inc., from 1946. Co-owner Calolina Farms and.

Calolina Cotton Ginning Company. Founder California Cotton Planting Seed Distbrs. Co-founder California Cotton Cooperative Association.

Member of committee on conservation and development soil and water resources United States Department of Agriculture. Board directors National Industrial Conference Board.

Achievements

• Wofford Benjamin Camp has been listed as a noteworthy Farmer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder Warner Bros. Camp Foundation (scholarship). Board directors National Rivers and Harbors Congress, co-chairman committee conversions and uses saline water. Trustee Bureau Water Resources, South Carolina Conservation district Foundation, Whittier College, Freedom's Foundation, Valley Forge.

Executive committee Religious Heritage American. Board governors Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center, also chairman national development committee. Member president's board Pepperdine College.

Member advisory board School Business, American University. Honorary life director Clemson University Foundation. Member Kern County Potato Seed Association (founder, president), National Potato Council (co-founder, vice president), Associate Farmers California (past president), Kern County Museum Association, American Cancer Society (Kern County director), Crippled Children Society California, Farm Bureau United States Chamber of Commerce (vice president, treasurer, director, chairman agricultural committee, chairman volunteer unionism committee), Farm Labor Research Committee (chairman), Right to Work Committee (director), Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi.

Clubs: Mason (San Francisco), Rotarian. (San Francisco), Commonwealth (San Francisco). California (Los Angeles).

Capitol Hill (Washington).

Connections

Married Georgia Anna App, December, 14, 1921 (deceased). Children: Wofford Benjamin, Donald Max. Married Louise Phifer Wise, January 18, 1956.

Children: Addie Louise Segars, George W. Wise, Sarah Cory.

Father:

John Clayton Camp

Mother:

Mary Jane (Atkins) Camp

Spouse:

Louise Phifer Wise

Spouse:

Georgia Anna App

child:

Wofford Benjamin Camp

child:

Sarah Cory Camp

child:

Addie Louise Segars Camp

child:

Donald Max Camp

child:

George W. Wise Camp