Background
Wadleigh, Cecil Herbert was born on October 1, 1907 in Gilbertville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hazen Carl and Lucy (Whitehead) Wadleigh.
Wadleigh, Cecil Herbert was born on October 1, 1907 in Gilbertville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hazen Carl and Lucy (Whitehead) Wadleigh.
Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1930. Master of Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1935.
Honorary Doctor of Science, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974.
Assistant professor plant physiology University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1936-1941. Plant physiologist United States Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California, 1941-1951. Head physiologist sugar plants division United States Department Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 1951-1954, head physiologist soil-plant relations, 1954-1955, director Soil and Water Conservation Research, 1955-1970, science advisor, 1971.
Member White House panel on Indus River Basin of Pakistan, 1961-1963. Member committee hydrology White House Office Science and Technology, 1961-1962. Member committee water resources research White House Office Science and Technology, 1963-1968, committee environmental quality, 1967-1969.
Official delegate United States Department Agriculture Brookings Institution Conference for Science Executives in Government, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1959. Official representative Department Agriculture 2d White House Conference on Conservation, 1963, Bi-lateral Conference Environmental Protection, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1973. Technical consultant Lake Verret Watershed Protection Project, Louisiana, 1972-1976.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Society Plant Physiologists (president 1951-1952), American Society Horticultural Science. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, Soil Conservation Society of America.
Married Clarice Lucile Bean, September 1930. Children– Evelyn Estelle, Carolyn Priscilla, Stanley Firth, Elaine Lucile.