Samuel Ford Rickard
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Samuel Ford Rickard
Subject
Rickard, Samuel Ford (1935 - )
Description
Photograph of Samuel Ford Rickard as a young boy standing on a bench.
Samuel was born in the Maurertown area to L. William and Edna Mae (Richman) Rickard, a farming couple. He was the oldest of five children.
He grew up helping on the farm and graduated from Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI) in about 1960. He went on to graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin, where he studied Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin. He wrote a book in 1964 called, “Physiology of Bacterial Wilt of Bean”. He was a member of Gamma Alpha.
He married Katharine Louise Kingsbury in Dane County, Wisconsin, in February 1961. Her father was Harold N. Kingsbury. The couple’s first child, Linda Marie was born later that year.
Samuel was born in the Maurertown area to L. William and Edna Mae (Richman) Rickard, a farming couple. He was the oldest of five children.
He grew up helping on the farm and graduated from Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI) in about 1960. He went on to graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin, where he studied Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin. He wrote a book in 1964 called, “Physiology of Bacterial Wilt of Bean”. He was a member of Gamma Alpha.
He married Katharine Louise Kingsbury in Dane County, Wisconsin, in February 1961. Her father was Harold N. Kingsbury. The couple’s first child, Linda Marie was born later that year.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Jan 1938" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Allan E. Rickard, brother of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
006534
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Samuel Ford Rickard,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39882.
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