Albert Sinclair Hunter

Background

Hunter, Albert Sinclair was born on October 21, 1908 in Worthington, Indiana, United States. Son of Sinclair and Effie Alice (Carpenter) Hunter.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Utah State University, 1938. Master of Science in Chemistry, Washington State University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Chemistry, Rutgers University, 1943.

Career

Assistant and associate soil scientist Department Agriculture, Salinas, California, 1943—1945. Senior agronomist National Rubber Research Station, 1948—1949. Soil scientist Plant Soil & Nutrition Laboratory, Ithaca, New York, 1945—1948.

Soil scientist United States department agriculture, soil scientist, professor soils department Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1949—1957. Professor soil fertility Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1957—1974, professor emeritus, since 1974. Professor titular de solos University Federal de Santa Maria, 1974—1977.

Achievements

• Albert Sinclair Hunter has been listed as a noteworthy emeritus soil science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil Science Society America, American Society Agronomy. Member: Rotary (secretary 1981-1983).

Interests

• Genealogy, travel, photography.

Connections

Married Mildred Pixton Bowers Hunter, September 5, 1947. 1 child Alice Jane Hunter Walker.

Father:

Sinclair Hunter

Mother:

Effie Alice (Carpenter) Hunter

Spouse:

Mildred Pixton Bowers Hunter

child:

Alice Jane Hunter Walker Hunter