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