Background
Claude Lee Fly was born on June 23, 1905, in Fulbright, Texas, United States. He was the son of Anderson Bureaugard and Emmeline Josephine (Lowry) Fly.
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Claude was educated at Oklahoma State University.
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Claude was educated at Iowa State University.
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Claude was educated at Oklahoma State University.
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Claude was educated at Iowa State University.
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No Hope But God
(the Story of Claude L. Fly in His Eight-Month Ordeal as a...)
the Story of Claude L. Fly in His Eight-Month Ordeal as a Political Prisoner
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BHQYRG/?tag=2022091-20
1973
Claude Lee Fly
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Claude received a Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University in 1927, and a Master of Science in 1928. He then got a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1931.
Career
Claude Fly began his soil science career as a professor of chemistry at Panhandle State College in Oklahoma in 1931. From 1935 to 1952, he held several positions with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Soil Conservation Service, serving assignments in Washington, D.C., Texas, Nebraska, and Kansas. Fly later served as Chief Agronomist for Morrison-Knudson Company from 1952 to 1958, and Assistant Administrator and Project Leader at the USDA Agricultural Research Service from 1958 to 1963. In 1963, he founded Claude L. Fly and Associates, a Fort Collins, Colorado, soil and water resource consulting firm and served as president from the firm's founding until the 1980s.
Fly also contributed articles to various newspapers, magazines, and Journals, mostly on his experiences as a hostage.
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No Hope But God
(the Story of Claude L. Fly in His Eight-Month Ordeal as a...)
1973
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No Hope But God
Membership
Fly was a founding member of the No Man's Land Historical Society.
Connections
Claude Fly married Miriam Rector on August 21, 1927. They had two children: Maurita and John.
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Contemporary Authors
A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
2008
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Religion
Methodist
Education
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1927
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1928
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1931
Career
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1931 - 1935
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1935 - 1952
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1952 - 1958
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1958 - 1963
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1963 - 1989