Interview with George A. Everett, May 10, 1985

Interview Summary

George Allison Everett "was born on May 20, 1922, 11:30 a.m., in Wickliffe, Kentucky". He spent two quarters at Murray State University, where he planned to study law, but decided to transfer to the University of Kentucky. He received his B. S. degree in Agriculture, majoring in Agricultural Economics, from UK in 1949. He returned to U.K. in 1954, and earned a M. S. degree in Agronomy, with a major in Plant Pathology, in 1955. He became interested in extension work through attending meetings sponsored by the County Agent in Ballard County, Kentucky, where he met many of the Extension Specialists from U.K.'s College of Agriculture. Everett describes each county he worked in, and talks about the responsibilities, programs, and projects he was involved with in each of these appointments from 1949 to 1952.

In July of 1952, he resigned from Extension Services and joined an automobile business. He talked to U.K. College of Agriculture's Dean Frank Welch about this, who said he would have a place for him if he decided to come back to U.K. In 1954, Everett decided to come back to Extension Services, worked in Logan County, Kentucky for seven months, and then became a Tobacco Specialist, working under Dr. W. Velleau, who was his advisor while he finished his master's degree. He also mentions Dr. Stokes and others who were in the department at that time. In 1956, he transferred to the Substation at Princeton, Kentucky, as an Extension Specialist in Tobacco, where he remained. Everett mentions his work in McCracken County, where they worked to upgrade their livestock with the help of the Sears and Roebuck Foundation, and the improvement of facilities at the Western Kentucky Fairgrounds. He talks about the increase in tobacco use after World War II, and the switch from dark to burley tobacco. He discusses different types of tobacco, poundage control, and his study of various breeding and production practices here and overseas. He talks about the State, Area, and County Extension Councils. He talks about his family and his involvement with the Shriners and Shriners Hospital for Children.

Interview Keyword

Kentucky's Cooperative Extension Service

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture. Everett, George A., 1922- Everett, George A., 1922- --Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History University of Kentucky. Cooperative Extension Service

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