UTIA Plant Sciences-Retired Personnel

* denotes emeritus

Retired Plant Sciences Faculty

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service
Fred Allen *	Variety Testing/Former Department Head	Knoxville	1975-2015
Robert Auge*	Environmental Plant Physiology	Knoxville	1967-2016
David Coffey *	Vegetable Production	Knoxville	1967-2002
Bob Conger *	Forage Tissue Culture and Genetics	Knoxville	1968-2002
Paul Denton*	Tobacco Extension	Knoxville	1988-2013
Owen Gwathmey*	Crop Physiology	Jackson	1991-2010
Gary McDaniel *	Ornamental Horticulture	Knoxville	1973-2006
Charles Mullins	Vegetable and Fruit Production	Knoxville	1964-2003
Sam Rogers*	Native Plants	Knoxville	1984-2013
David Sams	Garden Vegetable Production	Jackson	1977-2001
Jim Wyatt *	Vegetable and Fruit Production	Jackson	1984-2004

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service

Janice Crockett	Administrative Specialist-Plant Sciences	Knoxville	1986-2010
Debbie Ellis	Research Associate - Soybeans	Knoxville	1985-2014
Phillip Flanagan	Vegetable Production	Knoxville	1995-2015
Ray Graves	Research Associate - Forages	Knoxville	1982-2001
Alice Harless	Principal Secretary - Extension	Knoxville	1964-2002
Patty Meadows	Administrative Support Assistant III	Knoxville	1981-2017
Cynthia Walker	IT Administrator	Knoxville	1979-2017
David S. Walker	Research Associate - Soybean Breeding	Knoxville	1968-2008

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service
Joe Alexander	Ornamental Horticulture, Plant Propagation	Knoxville
Lloyd Callahan *	Turfgrass Science	Knoxville	1964-2000
G. Doug Crater *	Ornamental Horticulture	Knoxville	1982-2000
John Day *	Woody Ornamental Plant Production	Knoxville	1975-2002
H.van de Werken	Landscape Design	Knoxville	1960-
Effin Graham *	Ornamental Horticulture	Knoxville	1967-1995
James L. Pointer	Ornamental Horticulture	Knoxville	1963-1986
Don Williams *	Horticulture and Landscape Design	Knoxville	1962-2000
Will Witte	Ornamental Horticulture	Knoxville	1977-2000

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service

Frank Bell *	Soil Management\Judging	Knoxville	1946-1981
George J. Buntley	Soil Scientist	Knoxville	1968-1987
Wayne Flinchum *	Soybeans and Corn	Jackson	1973-2001
John Foss *	Dept. Head\Soil Genesis	Knoxville	1985-1997
Henry Fribourg *	Forage Crops Ecology	Knoxville	1956-2000
Phillip Hoskinson	Cotton Breeding	Knoxville	1968-1992
Don Howard *	Soil Fertility	Jackson	1966-2001
Leonard Josephson *	Corn Breeding	Knoxville	1954-1979
Charles Graves *	Crop Production and Variety Testing	Knoxville	1959-1999
H. C. Kincer	Corn Breeding	Knoxville	1948-1984
William A.Krueger *	Weed Managementt & Physiology	Knoxville	1968-1997
Russell Lewis	Soil Chemist	Knoxville	1962-1995
Joseph R. Overton *	Crop Management	Jackson	1946-1983
William Larry Parks	Acting Dept. Head/Soil Fertility,Physics	Knoxville	1946-1989
Vernon Reich *	Small Grains Breeding	Knoxville	1968-2001
John Reynolds *	Forage Crop Physiology	Knoxville	1962-2000
Lloyd Seatz*	Dept. Head/Soil Chemistry	Knoxville	1946-1984
Paulus Shelby *	Cotton and Small Grains	Jackson	1962-2001
Laurence N. Skold*	Agronomy Head/Soybean Breeding	Knoxville	1947-1982
Horace C. Smith *	Soil Judging/Agronomy	Knoxville	1946-1979
Maxwell Springer *	Soil Classification	Knoxville	1956-1979
Homer Swingle*	Fruit\Vegetable Prod and Physiology	Knoxville	1946-1981

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service
Elmer L. Ashburn *	Extension leader/Weed Science	Knoxville	1972-2001
Joe D. Burns *	Forage Extension	Knoxville	1957-1993
Gilbert N. Rhodes *	Tobacco Extension Specialist	Knoxville	1953-1987
Alvin D. Rutledge	Extension Vegetable Specialist	Knoxville	1972-2000
Raymond Cobble	Extension Agronomist	Knoxville	1939-1982

Name	Specialty	Location	Dates of Service

Julius Carabia	Research Assistent - Died in service	Knoxville	1980-1987
Martha Cox	Secretary	Knoxville	1982-1996
Betty Gorman	Principal Secretary - Parks/Foss	Knoxville	1980-1995
Duane Hardin	Ext. Associate Soil Testing - Died in Service 8-95	Nashville	1990-1995
Maude Hicks	Secretary - Seatz, Parks and others	Knoxville
Jean Nelson	Secretary - Henry Fribourg and others	Knoxville

Name

Specialty

Dates of Service

Earl L. Bohanan	Field Crop Management	1930-1970
Allan G. Burg	Soil Chemistry	1931-1949
Brooks Drain	Fruit Breeder
Oliver W. Dynes	Crop Management and Department Head	1919-1940
N. I. Hancock	Ag Botanist	1927-1963
Leo J. Hardin	Soil Chemistry	1941 -1967
Troy H. Jones	Horticulture	1941-
Oddest H. Long	Soil Fertility	1938-1972
Thomas Longwell	Soil Moisture and Temperature	1954-1972
Joseph Matthews	Extension Soil Testing, Nashville
Ludwig S. Mayer	Corn Breeding	1922-1945
Charles A. Mooers *	Soil Chemistry and Fertility	1893-1946
Walter MacIntire	Soil Chemistry	1915-1955
Beryl C. Nichols	Tobacco Physiology and Fertility Tobacco Exp. Sta.Greenville	1939-1981
Harry P. Ogden	Crop Management	1922-1941
B. S. Pickett	Horticulture
Frederick D. Richey	Corn Genetics and Breeding	1947-1954
James Robinson	Soil Chemistry	1929-1973
W. E. Roever	Horticulture
Kenneth B. Sanders	Soil Chemistry	1925-1973
William M. Shaw	Soil Chemistry	1920-1959
A. J. Sterges	Soil Chemistry	1948-1962
Judson K.Underwood	Forage and Turfgrass Management	1931-1964
W. O. Whittle	Soil Survey	1935-1946
R. L. Watts	Horticulturalist	1896-1900
Eric Winters	Soil Formation and Classification	1938-1972
Charles F. Vanderford	Soil Classification and Fertility	1889-1899