Biographical sketch from Who's Who in America (A.N. Marquis Company, Chicago, 1934) serves to give the chief points in his career:.

Gee, Wilson, rural economist: b. Union, SC, Sept. 18, 1888; s. Reuben Thompson and Gertrude (Gist) G.; B.S. Clemson Agri. Coll. of SC, 1980; (first honor grad. winner of Norris Medal); M. A. Univ. of SC 1910; grad. work, Univ. of Chicago and Univ. of Wis. 1909-1911; Ph. D., Univ. of Calif. 1913. Married Mary Gaston, of Duncan S.C., June 7, 1921; children - Mary Wilson, Williford Gaston. Instructor in Biology, Univ. of SC, 1908-1909; asst. in zoology, Univ. of Wis 1909-1911; assoc. prof, zoology, Univ. of Wis., 1909-1911; asst. prof. zoology and assoc. entomologist, Expt. Sta. Clemson Coll. 1911-1912; fellow in zoology, Univ. of California 1912-1913; acting prof. biology, Univ. of SC 1913-1914; prof. biology Emory Univ, Oxford, GA; 1914-1917; asst. dir. agri. extension service, Clemson Coll, 1917-1918; prof. rural economics and rural sociology, Univ. of SC 1919-1923; Univ. of VA since 1923, also editor of U. of VA News Letter since 1925, dir. Inst. for Research in Social Sciences (U. of VA) since 1926. Served as technician in US Army Med. Corps, Central Med. Dept. Lab., Dijon France 1918-1919. .

Fellow A.A.A.S., Mem. Am. Econ. Assn. Nat. Inst. Social Sciences, Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Farm Econ. Assn., VA. Social Science Assn. Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, Alpha Kappa Psi, Pi Gamma Mu. DEMOCRAT..

METHODIST. Club: Colonnade..

Author: Behavior of Leeches with Special Reference to its Modifiability, 1913; South Carolina Botanists - Biography and Bibliography, 1918; Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia (with W. H. Stauffer), 1929; Research in the Social Sciences, 1929; The Country Life of the Nation, 1930; The Place of Agriculture in American Life, 1930; The Social Economics of Agriculture, 1932; Research Barriers in the South, 1932; The Cotton Co-operatives in the Southeast (with E. A. Terry) 1933; Social Science Research Organization in American Universities and Colleges 1934; American Farm Policy 1934; also numerous brochures and articles on economic and social problems of rural life. Contributing editor Social Forces. Home: Motibello Circle University, VA..

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South Carolina, Clemson University (Agricultural College) Directory of Graduates, 1896-1940

Name:

Wilson P. Gee
Graduation Date:Jun 1908

Graduation Location:Clemson University (Agricultural College)
Graduation Place:Clemson, South Carolina, United States
Residence State:Virginia
Major Course:Agriculture
Source Information:

Ancestry.com. South Carolina, Clemson University (Agricultural College) Directory of Graduates, 1896-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: The Clemson Agricultural College Directory of Graduates 1896-1940. Clemson, South Carolina: Clemson University Libraries.