Career and Achievements - Attended Pomona College as a special student for one year - Worked for the United Fruit Company - Became the first director of the Panamerican Agricultural School, Zamorano in Honduras - Received three honorary doctorates from Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Pomona College, and the University of Florida - Won numerous awards

Personal Life - Married to the British archeologist Dorothy Popenoe - Brother was agricultural explorer, eugenicist, and marriage counselor Paul Popenoe - Died at Antigua Guatemala and buried in the San Lazaro Cemetery

Casa Popenoe - Popenoes historic house and gardens, Casa Popenoe, is operated as a historic house museum - Offers guided tours daily - Located in Antigua Guatemala - History of Casa Popenoe - Plan Your Visit to Casa Popenoe

References - Belasco, Warren and Philip Scranton (2006). Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies. Routledge. pp.136–137. ISBN0-415-93077-4. - Rosengarten Jr., Frederick (Jul 1992). Wilson, Popenoe - agricultural explorer, educator, and friend of Latin America. Agricultural History. 66 (3): 105. - Rosengarten, Frederic (1991). Wilson Popenoe: Agricultural Explorer, Educator, and Friend of Latin America. Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii: National Tropical Botanical Garden. ISBN978-0935868531. - Wilson Popenoe (1892-1975). Zamorano.edu. Retrieved 9 October 2014. - Dr. Wilson Popenoe Death Reported. Star-News (Pasadena, California). No.A-8. June 24, 1975.

Miscellaneous - Casa Popenoe is operated as a historic house museum - Offers guided tours daily