List of Cotton Improvement Conference Chairperson

 Cotton Improvement Conference Chairpersons (1948 - current)

 Data 1948-2018 from Jack McCarty: The 70th Anniversary of The Cotton Improvement Conference 1948-2018 and after that ...

No. Year  Chairperson  Affiliation Meeting Location  
76 2024  Carol Kelly  Texas A&M AgriLife Res., Lubbock, TX  Dallas, TX  
75 2023  Cody Mull  Regional Agronomist, BASF, TX  New Orleans, LA  
74 2022  Joshua Udall  USDA, College Station, TX  San Antonio, TX  
73 2021  James M. Olvey II  O & A Enterprises Inc. Maricopa, AZ  Virtual  
72 2020  Jenny Koebernick  Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL  Austin, TX  
71 2019  Ramesh Buyyarapu  DowDuPont, Johnston, IA  New Orleans, LA  
70 2018  B. Todd Campbell  USDA, Florence, SC  San Antonio, TX  
69 2017  Tom Brooks  Americot, Inc., Lubbock, TX  Dallas, TX  
68 2016  Steve Hague  TAMU, College Station, TX  New Orleans, LA  
67 2015  E. Margaret Shields  Bayer CropScience, Lubbock  San Antonio, TX  
66 2014  Jane Dever  TAMU, Lubbock, TX  New Orleans, LA  
65 2013  Joel Mahill  PhytoGen Seed Co.,LLC, Corcoran,CA  San Antonio, TX  
64 2012  Lori Hinze  USDA, College Station, TX  Orlando, FL  
63 2011  John W. Pellow  Phytogen Seed Co., LLC, Leland, MS  Atlanta, GA  
62 2010  Peng Chee  Univ. GA, Tifton, GA  New Orleans, LA  
61 2009  Joseph T. Johnson  BCSI, Leland, MS  San Antonio, TX  
60 2008  Mauricio Ulloa  USDA, Shafter, CA  Nashville, TN  
59 2007  Dawn Fraser  D&PL, Hartsville, SC  New Orleans, LA  
58 2006  Jodi Scheffler  USDA, Stoneville, MS  San Antonio, TX  
57 2005  Jeff Gwyn  Bayer Cotton Seeds, Leland, MS  New Orleans, LA  
56 2004  Sukumar Saha  USDA, Mississippi State, MS  San Antonio, TX  
55 2003  Don Keim  D&PL, Scott, MS  Nashville, TN  
54 2002  Peggy Thaxton  TAMU, College Station, TX  Atlanta, GA  
53 2001  Lloyd May  Univ. GA, Tifton, GA  Anaheim, CA  
52 2000  Gerald Myers  LSU, Baton Rouge, LA  San Antonio, TX  
51 1999  Charlie G. Cook  UAP, Santa Rosa, TX  Orlando, FL  
50 1998  Steve Calhoun  Delta Branch Exp. Stn., Stoneville, MS  San Diego, CA  
49 1997  Richard Percy  USDA, Maricopa, AZ  New Orleans, LA  
48 1996  Cynthia C. Green  D&PL, Hartsville, SC  Nashville, TN  
47 1995  Shelby H. Baker  Univ. GA, Tifton, GA  San Antonio, TX  
46 1994  Steven R. Oakley  CPCSD, Shafter, CA  San Diego, CA  
45 1993  Daryl T. Bowman  NCSU, Raleigh, NC  New Orleans, LA  
44 1992  Jack C. McCarty, Jr.  USDA, Mississippi State, MS  Nashville, TN  
43 1991  F. M. Bourland  Univ. AR, Fayetteville, AR  San Antonio, TX  
42 1990  James M. Olvey  Chembred, Inc., Arizona  Las Vegas, NV  
41 1989  John Gannaway  TAMU, Lubbock, TX  Nashville, TN  
40 1988  Johnie N. Jenkins  USDA, Mississippi State, MS  New Orleans, LA  
39 1987  C. Wayne Smith  TAMU, College Station, TX  Dallas, TX  
38 1986  Jerry E. Quisenberry  USDA, Lubbock, TX  Las Vegas, NV  
37 1985  P. E. Hoskinson  UT, Jackson, TN  New Orleans, LA  
36 1984  F. Douglas Wilson  USDA, Phoenix, AZ  Atlanta, GA  
35 1983  James B. Weaver, Jr.  UGA, Athens, GA  San Antonio, TX  
34 1982  William R. Meredith, Jr  USDA, Stoneville, MS  Las Vegas, NV  
33 1981  Dick D. Davis  NMSU, Las Cruces, NM  New Orleans, LA  
32 1980  Thomas W. Culp  USDA, Florence, SC  St. Louis, MO  
31 1979  Jack E. Jones  LSU, Baton Rouge, LA  Phoenix, AZ  
30 1978  Delbert C. Hess  ACCO Seed, Plainview, TX  Dallas, TX  
29 1977  Ed Turcotte  USDA, Phoenix, AZ  Atlanta, GA  
28 1976  R. R. Bridge  Delta Branch Exp. Stn., Stoneville, MS  Las Vegas, NV  
27 1975  H. B. Cooper, Jr.  USDA, Shafter, CA  New Orleans, LA  
26 1974  Laval M. Verhalen  OSU, Stillwater, OK  Dallas, TX  
25 1973  Raymond Shepherd  USDA, Auburn, AL  Phoenix, AZ  
24 1972  Russell J. Kohel  USDA, College Station, TX  Memphis, TN  
23 1971  Lee S. Stith  Univ. AZ, Tucson, AZ  Atlanta, GA  
22 1970  Keith R. Jones  D&PL, Scott, MS  Houston, TX  
21 1969  P. A. Miller  NCSU, Raleigh, NC  New Orleans, LA  
20 1968  Levon L. Ray  TAES, Lubbock, TX  Hot Springs, AR  
19 1967  Hugh A. Peacock  USDA, Experiment, GA  Dallas, TX  
18 1966  Warner Fisher  Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ  Memphis, TN  
17 1965  H. H. Ramey  Nat'l Cotton Coun., Memphis, TN  Atlanta, GA  
16 1964  James B. Pate  USDA, Knoxville, TN  Memphis, TN  
15 1963  C. V. Feaster  USDA, Tempe, AZ  Dallas, TX  
14 1962  G. A. Niles  TAMU, College Station, TX  Memphis, TN  
13 1961  W. P. Sappenfield  Univ. MO, Portageville, MO  Greenville, SC  
12 1960  C. W. Manning  Stoneville Seed Co., Stoneville, MS  Memphis, TN  
11 Dec-58  Charles F. Lewis  USDA, Beltsville, MD  Houston, TX  
10 1957  Henry Webb  Coker, Hartsville, SC  Memphis  
9 1956c  B. A. Waddle  Univ. AR, Fayetteville, AR  Birmingham, AL  c. CIC joined and met with the 2nd annual Beltwide Cotton Conferences
8 1955  Early C. Ewing  D&PL, Scott, MS  Atlanta, GA  
7 1954b  Harold D. Loden  Paymaster Farms, Plainview, TX  Dallas, TX  b. A second meeting was held at Greenville, MS, Oct. 13-14, 1954. 
6 Sep-52a  T. R. Richmond  TAES, College Station, TX  Raleigh, NC  a. Joint meeting of the CIC and the S-1 Technical Committee.
(No meeting in 1953)
5 Feb-52  John Turner  UGA, Tifton, GA later joined USDA  Atlanta, GA  
4 Feb-51  John Green  Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, OK  Memphis, TN  
3 Feb-50  Albert L. Smith  USDA and Ala. Exp. Stn., Auburn, AL  Biloxi, MS  
2 1949      Baton Rouge, LA  
1 1948  Organization Meeting of CIC  New Orleans, LA