George Washington Carver timeline

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  • born

    born
    George Washington Carver was born to slave parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864.

  • education

    education
    George Washington Carver enrolls in Simpson College in Iowa. He was following his dream.

  • Completion

    Completion
    George Washington Carver earns his Bachelor's degree. He graduated from Iowa state college of agriculture

  • success

    success
    George Washington Carver creates the Jessup Agricultural Wagon.Carver designs a horse-drawn vehicle, called the Jessup Agricultural Wagon, that allows him to do demonstrations of his experiments for farmers.

  • awards

    awards
    George Washington Carver receives the Spingarn Medal for Distinguished Service to Science

  • science

    science
    Carver receives an honorary Doctorate of Science from Simpson College.

  • plants

    plants
    Carver is appointed a collaborator with the United States Department of Agriculture. Carver begins to work with the United States Department of Agriculture on the study of plant diseases.

  • giving back

    giving back
    Carver establishes the George Washington Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee.Carver donates his life savings of $60,000 to the George Washington Carver Research Foundation at the Tuskegee Institute

  • Death

    Death
    The George Washington Carver National Monument is established at his birthplace in Missouri.

  • legacy

    legacy
    He will be inducted into the USDA Hall of Fame in 2000