Perry Adkisson
| Perry Lee Atkisson
(The first person to be honored with all three of the world's major prizes in Agriculture—Alexander von Humboldt Award, Wolf Prize, and World Food Prize) | |
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| Born | March 11, 1929 Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA |
| Died | June 25, 2020 (aged 91) Bryan, Brazos County, Texas Alma mater: |
| Political Party | Republican |
| Spouse | (1) Frances R. Adkisson (married c. 1956-1995, her death)
(2) Gloria Ray Adkisson (married c. 1998-2020, his death)
'Children: |
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Military Service
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1951-1953 |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Perry Lee Adkisson (March 11, 1929 – June 25, 2020) was an entomologist at Texas A&M Universityi in College Station, Texas, who was the first person to be honored with all three of the world's major prizes in Agriculture—the Alexander von Humboldt Award, the Wolf Prize, and the World Food Prize.[1]
Background
The younger of two sons of Robert "Luby" Adkisson and Imogene P. Adkisson (1903-1992),[2] he was born on the family cotton and soybean farm near n Blytheville, Arkansas. He graduated c. 1946 first in a class of six from the still-standing rural Armorel High School in the unincorporated community of Armorel in Mississippi County, Arkansas.[1]
In 1950, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.He was drafted into the United States Army in 1951 during the Korean War and was discharged in 1953. He immediately enrolled in the University of Arkansas again earned in 1954 a Master of Science in Agronomy in 1954. [1]
Career
In 1956, Adkisson received a Ph.D. in entomology from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2001, he received Doctor of Letters from Texas A&M for his work in integrated pest management. He was (IPM). He held the faculty rank of Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor-Emeritus.[1]
After a short stint at the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, he joined the faculty of the entomology department at Texas A&M University's entomology department in 1958, later serving as department head, deputy chancellor, and vice president for agriculture and renewable resources before being named chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, a post he filled from 1986 to
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Adkisson, Dr. Perry Lee obituary. Bryan-College Station Eagle (June 28, 2020). Retrieved on August 3, 2020.
- ↑ Imogene P. Adkisson. Findagrave.com. Retrieved on August 3, 2020.