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*[http://www.vsu.edu/about/history/buildings/gandy-hall.php VSU Building | Lockett Hall] | |||
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=ifrZTMAVCocC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=john+l.+lockett+virginia+state+university&source=bl&ots=UcMDVaDRH4&sig=uzQHkTFfyP2OPCpFUXAVaWDKpzY&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjQzrK46prVAhVq44MKHd8kA6YQ6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=john%20l.%20lockett%20virginia%20state%20university&f=false <i>Profiles in the History of the U.S. Soil Survey</i> edited by Douglas Helms, Anne B.W. Effland,and Patricia J. Durana] | |||
*[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40979314/ The Progress-Index | Petersburg, VA] | |||
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[[Category:Virginia State University]] | [[Category:Virginia State University]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:12, 17 May 2018
Dr. John L. Lockett was the Director of the School of Agriculture and a Professor of Agronomy at Virginia State College for Negroes.
Life and Education
Dr. John L. Lockett received his B.S. in Agronomy in 1923 and his M.S. in Agronomy in 1928 from Iowa State College. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. His research area was soil science.
Dr. Lockett became the Director of the School of Agriculture and a professor of Agronomy at Virginia State College for Negroes. He stepped down as Director in 1963 but remained a professor.
There is currently a building named after him at Virginia State University.