Background
Kellogg, Charles Edwin was born on August 2, 1902 in Ionia County, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Francis and Eunice Irene (Stocken) Kellogg.
Kellogg, Charles Edwin was born on August 2, 1902 in Ionia County, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Francis and Eunice Irene (Stocken) Kellogg.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929. Doctor of Science, University Gembloux (Belgium), 1960, U. Ghent (Belgium), 1963, North Dakota State University, 1962.
Fellow in soils Michigan State College, 1926-1928. Soil scientist Wisconsin Geological Natural History Survey, 1928-1930. Assistant professor, then professor soils North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, 1930-1934.
Chief soil survey United States Department of Agriculture, 1934-1971, assistant administrator, soil conservation service, 1953-1963, deputy administrator, 1963-1971.
Now free lance writer, consultant Delaware 3d International Congress Soil Science, Oxford, England, 1935, general assembly International Institute Agriculture, Rome, 1938, 2d Inter-American Conference Agriculture, Mexico City, 1942, 7th Pacific Science Congress, New Zealand, 1949. Head United States delegation 4th International Congress Science, Amsterdam, 1950, 5th International Congress Soil Science, Leopoldville, 1954, 6th International Congress Soil Science, Paris, 1956.
Chairman United States Mission on Soil Science Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1958. Guest scientist India, 1958, 59, South. Viet Nam, 1959.
Messenger lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1945.
Sigma Xi lecturer, 1947. Guest Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics for Jubilee Anniversay Sessions, Moscow and Leningrad, 1945. Guest scientist, France, 1947, Belgian Congo, 1947, Britain, 1948, Ireland, Portugal and Iceland, 1950, Israel, 1952, Gold Coast, 1954.
Fellow in soils Michigan State College, 1926-1928. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy. Member Association American Geographers, Professional Soil Classifiers Association North Dakota (honorary), International Society Soil Science (honorary) Soil Science Society American (president 1941, honorary recognition 1974), Royal Society New Zealand (honorary), Indian Society Soil Science (honorary), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Zeta.
Mason.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Lucille Jeanette Reasoner, December 25, 1925. Children: Robert Leland, Mary Alice.