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Giles served in the army during World War II, and worked at the Soil
Conservation Service in Kansas and the Agricultural research Center in Maryland before coming to Mississippi State University in 1949. At that time is served as the University's Seed Technology Laboratory manager, a position he
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Mississippi State University. During his tenure, he was responsible for a large building program that included the addition of a new student union, chapel (built from the remains of
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William L. Giles Distinguished Professor Award at Mississippi is named in his honor. Giles Hall which houses the Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art, and Design is named in his honor.
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Starkville, MS. He was married to Jean Presson Giles. They had one daughter, Ginger, and two sons, Richard and John. Giles died on May 13, 1997, at the age of 85.
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