ABSTRACT

Mr. Albert Chambers retired October 30, 2001, as professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee. He is a Tennessee native, and was employed by the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station since 1957. Mr. Chambers received the Bachelor of Science degree at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, receiving the M.S. in 1960. Additionally, Mr. Chambers also took graduate classes at the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University, and Texas A&M University. While working on his M.S., Mr. Chambers was employed as an assistant in the Department of Plant Pathology. After receiving the master's degree, he was appointed Assistant Plant Pathologist (later changed to Assistant Professor) in the Department of Plant Pathology (later Agricultural Biology, still later Entomology and Plant Pathology). In 1971, he was promoted to Associate Professor, and in 1985 Mr. Chamber was appointed Professor. He has served almost his entire professional career at the West Tennessee Experiment Station at Jackson.