Background
Kearl, Bryant Eastham was born on September 21, 1921 in Paris, Idaho, United States. Son of Chase and Hazel Loveless Kearl.
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Bryant Eastham Kearl
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Bryant Eastham Kearl, French academic administrator, agricultural educator. Decorated Bronze Star; Rockefeller Foundation Study Center resident scholar, 1984; Bundesverdienstkreuz, 1985; Thurburn fellow University Sydney (Australia), 1986. Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member Association Education Journalism, American Agricultural College Editors (past president, Award of Excellence 1992), Alpha Zeta, Epsilon Sigma Phi.
Education
Student, University Idaho, 1936-1937; Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1941; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1951.
Career
From instructor to professor agricultural journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1942-1952;
professor, University of Wisconsin, 1952-1989;
associate dean Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, 1963-1967;
vice chancellor, University of Wisconsin, 1967-1970, 78-83;
acting chancellor, University of Wisconsin, 1968;
dean of university outreach, University of Wisconsin, 1984-1987;
vice chancellor, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, 1989-1993;
interim dean, University of Wisconsin, Wausau, 1990. Lecturer University of Minnesota, 1947-1948. Fulbright visiting professor Friedrich Wilhelms U., Bonn, 1961-1962.
Senior planning officer U. East Africa, 1964-1965. Executive director Asia Office Agricultural Development Council, 1970-1974. Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Agency for International Development, World Bank.
Member review teams International Agricultural Research Centers, 1980-1981, 89, Rockefeller Foundation program review committee, 1982.
Achievements
Views
Salvation is eternal life. The ideal of salvation is to live forever as a family in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom.
Membership
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member Association Education Journalism, American Agricultural College Editors (past president, Award of Excellence 1992), Alpha Zeta, Epsilon Sigma Phi.
Connections
Married Ruth Warr, September 5, 1941. Children: Susan Hoerger, Richard B., Kathryn Marathon, Robert.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -
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Decorated Bronze Star. Rockefeller Foundation Study Center resident scholar, 1984. Bundesverdienstkreuz, 1985. Thurburn fellow University Sydney (Australia), 1986.Decorated Bronze Star. Rockefeller Foundation Study Center resident scholar, 1984. Bundesverdienstkreuz, 1985.
Thurburn fellow University Sydney (Australia), 1986.