* 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

 

Retired Plant Sciences Staff            

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

 

           

 

Retired Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape (OHLD) Faculty

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

 

 

 

Retired Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape (OHLD) Staff

Name Specialty Location
Dates of Service
Ramelle Trundle Principal Secretary Knoxville
 

 

 

Retired Plant and Soil Science Faculty

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

 

 

Retired Plant and Soil Science Extension Faculty

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

 

 

Retired Plant and Soil Science Staff

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


 Retired Extension Staff 

Name Specialty Location
Dates of Service
James Matthews Extension Associate Knoxville
Retired October 31, 1995

       

 

Legacy Faculty

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