Background
Thorne, David Wynne was born on December 19, 1908 in Perry, Utah, United States. Son of Milton Jefferson and Elmerta (Nelson) Thorne.
Thorne, David Wynne was born on December 19, 1908 in Perry, Utah, United States. Son of Milton Jefferson and Elmerta (Nelson) Thorne.
Student Weber College, Ogden, Utah, 1926-1928. Bachelor of Science, Utah State Agricultural College, 1933. Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1934, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.
Doctor of Science, Utah State University, 1975, Marathwada Agricultural University, India, 1976.
Research assistant professor soils Iowa State College, 1936-1937. Research associate in biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, summers 1937, 38. Associate professor agronomy, Texas A. and M. College, 1937-1939.
Associate professor agronomy Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, 1939-1947, professor agronomy and head agronomy department, 1947-1955, acting dean graduate school, 1949, professor emeritus soil science, 1974-1979.
Retired, 1974; director Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1955-1965, 73-74, vice president research, 1965-1973. Chief soils and fertilizer research branch Tennessee Valley Authority, 1953-1954.
Member National Soil Research Committee, 1948-1950, chairman Western Soil Research Committee, 1948-1951. Member soil and water study group to Russia, 1958.
Member agricultural board National Research Council, 1970-1976.
Board of Governors International Crops Research Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Hyberdad, India, 1972-1979. Consultant world food, 1974-1979.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (section vice president 1961), American Society Agronomy, Soil Conservation Society American. Member Land Grant College and Universities Association (chairman agriculture experiment stations section 1961-1962), Soil Science Society American (president 1955-1956), Western Society Soil Science (president 1953), Utah Academy of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta. Member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Married Alison Comish, August 3, 1937. Children: Kip, Barrie, Sandra, Avril, Lance.