Personal:
     Born:  September 26, 1932, Erick, Oklahoma

Education:
     B.Sc., 1953, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
     M.Sc., 1957, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
     Ph.D., 1961, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

Professional Positions:
     Research Soil Scientist, joint appointment of USDA, Agricultural Research Service, and Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1953-57.

     Research Soil Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1967-68.

     Laboratory Director and Research Soil Scientist, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Bushland, Texas, 1968-1993. Member Senior Executive Service, USDA

     October 1, 1993  Director, Dryland Agriculture Institute, and Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas. (From August, 1997 to September, 1998, served as Interim Head of Division of Agriculture)
 
Honorary Academic Societies:
     Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta

Profeessional Societies:
     Soil Science Society of America
          Offices and Awards:
               Editior-in-Chief, SSSA Journal, 1975-1979
               Associate Editor, SSSA Journal, 1967-72
               Chairman, Soil & Water Division, 1971-72
               Member, Board of Directors, 1971-72, 1975-82
               Fellow, 1976
               President, 1981
     Soil Conservation Society of America
          Offices and Awards:
               Chairman, Waste Management Division, 1973
               Chairman, National Meeting Program Committee, 1972
               President's Citation, 1972
               Golden Spread Chapter Achievement Award, 1975
               Fellow, 1979
 

     American Society of Agronomy
          Offices and Awards:
               Board of Directors, 1979-82
               Fellow, 1975

     International Soil Science Society
          Participated in Commission IV Meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland 1966; 11th Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1978; 12th Congress, New Delhi India, 1982; 13th Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 1986; 14th Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 1990.  Vice-Chairman, Soil Conservation Sub-Commission, 1990-1994.
 
Honors:
     1985 USDA Superior Service Award
     1990 Recognized by Fortune Magazine for contributions to dryland agriculture.
     Fellow of Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, and Soil and Water Conservation Society
     President, Soil Science Society of America (approx. 6,000 members)
     1994 Recipient of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, highest award given by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

Publications:
     Books
     Co-Editor, Soil Erosion and Crop Productivity, SSSA,ASA,CSSA
     Co-Editor, Irrigation of Agricultural Lands, ASA Monograph
     Co-Editor, Soil and Water Resources: Research Priorities for the Nation
     Co-Editor, Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainability
     Co-Editor, Soil Degradation
     Co-Editor, Soil Restoration
     Co-Editor, Soil Crusting: Chemical and Physical Processes
     Co-Editor, Interacting Processes in Soil Science
     Co-Editor, Soil Biology Effects on Soil Quality
     Co-Editor, Crops Residue Management
     Co-Editor, Soil Processes and Water Quality
     Co-Editor, Innovative Management of Subsoil Problems
     Co-Editor, Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect
     Co-Editor, Soils and Global Change
     Co-Editor, Sustainable Management of Soils
     Co-Editor, Soil Structure–Its Development and Function
     Co-Editor, Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation
     Co-Editor, Management of Carbon Sequestration in Soil
     Co-Editor, Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle
     Co-Editor, Animal Waste Management: Effective Use of Manure as a Soil Resource
     Co-Eidtor, Integrated Weed and Soil Management
     Co-Editor  Fractals in Soil Science
     Editor, Advances in Soil Science, 17 Volumes (These books contained articles on various topics of soil science and do not have a specific book title.)

     Journal articles and book chapters
          Authored or co-authored more than 200 publications.

Selected National Assignments Related to Dryland Agriculture

     1981-82 Served on Dryland Agriculture Work Group for the Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, as part of study on Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/Semiarid Lands.

     1991-93 Member Committee on Long-Range Soil And Water Conservation, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. The final report "Soil and Water Quality: An Agenda for Agriculture" was published as a book by the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.

      1998 Member of Croplands Working Group as part of an overall committee of The Heinz Center that is designing a Report Card on the Nations Ecosystems – Forest Lands, Marine Lands, and Croplands.

International Activities:
     From 1983 to 1993, served as Scientific Liaison Officer for U.S. Agency for International Development to the International Center for Agriculture Research in Dryland Areas, Aleppo, Syria.  Conducted special assignments and wrote reports on Dryland Agriculture for Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations, and The World Bank.  Participated in workshops, conferences, and special assignments in Europe, India, Pakistan, Middle East, People's Republic of China, Commonwealth of Independent States, and Africa.  Conceived the idea and served as Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 1988 International Conference on Dryland Farming, Amarillo/Bushland, TX attended by 450 participants from 52 countries.
     World Bank Technical Paper Number 221 was published in December 1993 entitled Conserving Soil Moisture and Fertility in the Warm Seasonally Dry Tropics. This report was based on a report that I coordinated and wrote for The World Bank in 1992-1993.
     As Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute, West Texas A&M University, developed a Training Workshop on Sustainable Agroecosystems and Environmental Issues. The first Workshop was in 1994 and they have been held annually. More than 100 participants from Thailand, China, Senegal, Ethiopia, Argentina, Pakistan, Jordan, Mexico, Uganda, Mali, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Yemen, and India have been involved.
     December, 1994, participated in an Electronic-Mail "Conference on Management of Salt-Affected Soils" sponsored by the Centre for Environment for the Arab Region and Europe for representatives of the Ministries of Environment, Ministries of Agriculture, and universities in Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, and Libya.
 

     February, 1995, chaired a four-person committee for an internal review of the Farm Resources Management Prorgam at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dryland Areas ( ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria.
     May, 1996.  Invited as a lecturer to present paper at the XV Argentine Soil Science Congress, Santa Rosa, Argentina.
     December, 1997. Invited to present a paper at Belem, Brazil.

 
Teaching Experience:
    1962 Taught Dryland Agriculture for one quarter at Colorado State University while CSU Professor was on sabbatic leave.
    1970 Taught Soil and Plant Relationships, an off-campus course for Texas A&M University, at Bushland. This course was largely made up of County Agents working on their M.S. degrees.
     1994 Taught Soil and Water Conservation, and Soil-Plant-Water Relationships at West Texas A&M Unviersity, Canyon, TX.
     1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999. Taught Soil and Water Conservation, and Agriculture and the Environment at West Texas A&M Unviersity, Canyon, TX.
     1996 and 1998. Taught Soil-Plant-Water Relationships at West Texas A&M University.
     1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. Taught Agriculture and the Environment at West Texas A&M University.

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