Charles M. Thompson

Background

Thompson, Charles M. was born on August 5, 1926 in Cisco, Texas, United States. Son of Milburn D. and Effie Pearl (Turner) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Texas Technology U., 1950.

Career

Soil conservationist, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Seguin, Texas, 1951-1953; soil scientist, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Donna, then Harlingen, Texas, 1953-1967; soil correlator, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Nacogdoches, Texas, 1967-1975; state soil scientist, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Temple, Texas, 1975-1986; project manager, Brown Collins and Associations, Dallas, 1986-1988; staff agronomist, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc Company, San Antonio, 1988-1991. Regional councilman Soil Conservation Society American, 1982-1985. Board directors American Registry Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops and Soils, 1982-1988.

Author soil surveys including Starr County, Cameron County, Jim Hogg County and Hidalgo County, Texas, Matanuska Valley, Alaska.

Achievements

• Charles M. Thompson has been listed as a notable Soil scientist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1945-1946, PTO. Maine American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society American, Professional Soil Scientists Texas (interim president, Outstanding Svc. award 1983), Soil and Water Conservation Society (regional councilman 1982-1985, citation 1985).

Connections

Married Jo Anne Pittman, April 2, 1954. Children: DeeAnn, Charles Lee, Margaret Lynn, Paul Lewis.

Father:

Milburn D. Thompson

Mother:

Effie Pearl (Turner) Thompson

Spouse:

Jo Anne Pittman

child:

Margaret Lynn Thompson

child:

DeeAnn Thompson

child:

Paul Lewis Thompson

child:

Charles Lee Thompson