Background
Tanner, Champ Bean was born on November 16, 1920 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. Son of Bertrand Myron and Orea (Bean) Tanner.
researcher soil science and meteorology educator
Tanner, Champ Bean was born on November 16, 1920 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. Son of Bertrand Myron and Orea (Bean) Tanner.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
Instructor soil science and meteorology University Wisconsin, Madison, 1950-1951, assistant professor, 1951-1955, associate professor, 1955-1960, professor, 1960-1988, Emil Truog professor soil science, 1979-1988, professor emeritus, from 1988. Visiting professor Cornell University, 1956, University Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1979. Visiting scientist Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia, 1981.
God is literally the father of every human being. He has a body, and emotions like human beings. Therefore it is possible to have very close and personal relationship between God and each individual.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil Science Society of America (soil science research award 1978), Crop. Science Society of America.
Member National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, others.
Married Catherine Cox, September 24, 1941. Children: Bertrand, Catherine, Terry Lee, Myron, Clarke.