| Name |
James Everett LEGGETT |
| Born |
20 Oct 1926 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
US Navy (South Pacific, on destroyer R. B. Anderson DD-786) [1, 2] |
| Census |
1930, NEW YORK AVE |
West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  |
| Education |
Doddridge Co H.S. (1944), Glenville College (1949), Univ of Maryland [2] |
| Occupation |
research scientist, USDA/ARC and University of Kentucky [3] |
| Residence |
West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [1, 4] |
| Residence |
1974 |
Lexington, Fayette Co, KY [5] |
| Residence |
2006 |
St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV [4] |
| Died |
31 Oct 2007 |
Marietta, Washington Co, OH [6] |
| Notes |
- James Everett Leggett grew up in Doddridge County, volunteered for the Navy in 1944 and served in the South Pacific. He graduated from Glenville State College in 1949 with majors in biology and general sciences and was employed as a science teacher in St. Marys County, Md., for two years prior to his entry into graduate school at the University of Maryland. There, he completed his MS degree in soils and a Ph.D. in plant physiology.
Everett worked for 17 years at the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Md., conducting research on plant nutrition before joining the staff at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., in 1970. At U.K., Everett served as a professor and director of graduate studies in plant physiology and was the research location leader in the USDA Agriculture Research Service. During his tenure there, he was elected to be a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During the 1976-1977 academic years, he was a visiting professor in the School of Agriculture at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He also lectured at the Universities of Oxford and Leeds in England.
Upon his retirement in 1986, he returned to the family farm in Oxford, W.Va., where he raised Black Angus cattle, was a volunteer reader in the local schools, was active in the West Fork Soil Conservation District as well as the local School Improvement Council and Academic Partners. His main focus was to expand the educational opportunities for underprivileged students. On Oct. 19, 2007, he received national recognition as a "Daily Point of Light" for his work as a founding member of the Doddridge County Community Foundation.
At a program held at the Doddridge County Park on October 12, 2019, Everett and his wife Hattie were posthumously honored as Doddridge County Citizens of the Year. [1]
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| Person ID |
I16019 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2012 |
1926 - 2007 (81 years)
