Husband of Hazel Dell (Merritt) Haston
Son of Samuel Arthur and Mary Adelaide (Nelson) Haston∼Born February 11, 1893 in Hutto, Texas, Clyde DeWitt Haston moved to the town of Tribbey, Oklahoma Territory, in 1896. His family moved to Stillwater in 1910, and he enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College in 1912 as a sub-freshman, which was a status for students who had not yet completed a full slate of high school coursework.
While at OAMC, Haston was involved in many activities and also worked as a student assistant in farm engineering and agronomy. Haston played cornet in the military and college bands and served a year as drum major. He left OAMC in the fall of 1917 to serve in World War I, and returned to his studies the next year.
Haston served Kappa Kappa Psi as the first Grand 2nd Vice-President from 1919-1922. During the founding work of the Fraternity, he served on the Pin Design/Coat of Arms Committee. With William Coppedge, he is credited with the design of the Crown Pearl Badge.
Haston graduated from OAMC in 1920 with a degree in Agriculture, and earned a master's degree in the same field in 1928. In 1922, he married Hazel Dell Merritt, and their family soon grew to include five sons and one daughter.
After graduation, Haston worked as a teacher in school districts near Tulsa. He returned to Stillwater as a professor of agronomy and experiment station foreman at OAMC in 1923. In 1935, he began working as a project manager for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, from which he retired in 1963. Upon retirement, the Hastons moved to El Paso, Texas, where Clyde passed away on September 16, 1964. He and his wife were interred in Stillwater next to their son Donnie.
Son of Samuel Arthur and Mary Adelaide (Nelson) Haston∼Born February 11, 1893 in Hutto, Texas, Clyde DeWitt Haston moved to the town of Tribbey, Oklahoma Territory, in 1896. His family moved to Stillwater in 1910, and he enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College in 1912 as a sub-freshman, which was a status for students who had not yet completed a full slate of high school coursework.
While at OAMC, Haston was involved in many activities and also worked as a student assistant in farm engineering and agronomy. Haston played cornet in the military and college bands and served a year as drum major. He left OAMC in the fall of 1917 to serve in World War I, and returned to his studies the next year.
Haston served Kappa Kappa Psi as the first Grand 2nd Vice-President from 1919-1922. During the founding work of the Fraternity, he served on the Pin Design/Coat of Arms Committee. With William Coppedge, he is credited with the design of the Crown Pearl Badge.
Haston graduated from OAMC in 1920 with a degree in Agriculture, and earned a master's degree in the same field in 1928. In 1922, he married Hazel Dell Merritt, and their family soon grew to include five sons and one daughter.
After graduation, Haston worked as a teacher in school districts near Tulsa. He returned to Stillwater as a professor of agronomy and experiment station foreman at OAMC in 1923. In 1935, he began working as a project manager for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, from which he retired in 1963. Upon retirement, the Hastons moved to El Paso, Texas, where Clyde passed away on September 16, 1964. He and his wife were interred in Stillwater next to their son Donnie.
Husband of Hazel Dell (Merritt) Haston
Son of Samuel Arthur and Mary Adelaide (Nelson) Haston∼Born February 11, 1893 in Hutto, Texas, Clyde DeWitt Haston moved to the town of Tribbey, Oklahoma Territory, in 1896. His family moved to Stillwater in 1910, and he enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College in 1912 as a sub-freshman, which was a status for students who had not yet completed a full slate of high school coursework.
While at OAMC, Haston was involved in many activities and also worked as a student assistant in farm engineering and agronomy. Haston played cornet in the military and college bands and served a year as drum major. He left OAMC in the fall of 1917 to serve in World War I, and returned to his studies the next year.
Haston served Kappa Kappa Psi as the first Grand 2nd Vice-President from 1919-1922. During the founding work of the Fraternity, he served on the Pin Design/Coat of Arms Committee. With William Coppedge, he is credited with the design of the Crown Pearl Badge.
Haston graduated from OAMC in 1920 with a degree in Agriculture, and earned a master's degree in the same field in 1928. In 1922, he married Hazel Dell Merritt, and their family soon grew to include five sons and one daughter.
After graduation, Haston worked as a teacher in school districts near Tulsa. He returned to Stillwater as a professor of agronomy and experiment station foreman at OAMC in 1923. In 1935, he began working as a project manager for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, from which he retired in 1963. Upon retirement, the Hastons moved to El Paso, Texas, where Clyde passed away on September 16, 1964. He and his wife were interred in Stillwater next to their son Donnie.
Son of Samuel Arthur and Mary Adelaide (Nelson) Haston∼Born February 11, 1893 in Hutto, Texas, Clyde DeWitt Haston moved to the town of Tribbey, Oklahoma Territory, in 1896. His family moved to Stillwater in 1910, and he enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College in 1912 as a sub-freshman, which was a status for students who had not yet completed a full slate of high school coursework.
While at OAMC, Haston was involved in many activities and also worked as a student assistant in farm engineering and agronomy. Haston played cornet in the military and college bands and served a year as drum major. He left OAMC in the fall of 1917 to serve in World War I, and returned to his studies the next year.
Haston served Kappa Kappa Psi as the first Grand 2nd Vice-President from 1919-1922. During the founding work of the Fraternity, he served on the Pin Design/Coat of Arms Committee. With William Coppedge, he is credited with the design of the Crown Pearl Badge.
Haston graduated from OAMC in 1920 with a degree in Agriculture, and earned a master's degree in the same field in 1928. In 1922, he married Hazel Dell Merritt, and their family soon grew to include five sons and one daughter.
After graduation, Haston worked as a teacher in school districts near Tulsa. He returned to Stillwater as a professor of agronomy and experiment station foreman at OAMC in 1923. In 1935, he began working as a project manager for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, from which he retired in 1963. Upon retirement, the Hastons moved to El Paso, Texas, where Clyde passed away on September 16, 1964. He and his wife were interred in Stillwater next to their son Donnie.
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