W. Ralph Singleton served as director of the Blandy Experimental
Farm from 1955-1965. His Blandy research facility was
set up in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission
where the effects of nuclear radiation on the growth stages
of corn was studied. Singleton studied at Washington College
and received a doctorate from Harvard.
He specialized in genetics and plant breeding. He worked for
21 years at the Connecticut Experimental Farm developing sweet
corn hybrids.
