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Born | Valley Head, Alabama, U.S. | July 4, 1922
Died | April 15, 2011 Gainesville, Florida, U.S. | (aged 88)
Education | B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Inst., 1942 M.S., Alabama Polytechnic Inst., 1946 Ph.D., Cornell University, 1955 |
Occupation(s) | Agronomist University Professor Extension Service Administrator University Administrator |
Spouse | Vermelle "Vam" Cardwell York |
E. Travis York, Jr. (July 4, 1922 – April 15, 2011) was an American agronomist, professor, university administrator, agricultural extension administrator, and U.S. presidential adviser. York was a native of Alabama, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural sciences. He served as the director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, the administrator of the federal Extension Service, the interim president of the University of Florida, and the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.[1]