Delvin Seymour Fanning

Background

Fanning, Delvin Seymour was born on July 13, 1931 in Copenhagen, New York, United States. Son of Clarence Roscoe and Faye Theodora (Hays) Fanning.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1954; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1964.

Career

Soil scientist Soil Conservation Svc.,, USDA, 1954, 59-62; graduate research assistant department of soils, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1964; from assistant professor to professor department natural science and landscape archaeology, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1964. Visiting professor Technology University of Munich, Germany, 1971-1972, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Washington, 1986. Research associate Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station,1979.

Achievements

• Delvin Seymour Fanning has been listed as a noteworthy Soil science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Soil: Morphology, Genesis, and Classification

    (An up-to-date, comprehensive text, covering--for the firs...)

  • Soil: Morphology, Genesis, and Classification by Delvin Seymour Fanning (1989-03-15)

Membership

Bass singer Holy Redeemer Church Choir, College Park, Maryland., since 1968. With United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow Am Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society American.

Connections

Married Mary Christine Balluff, November 22, 1958 (deceased August 1994). Children: Michael Christopher, Maurine Faye, Christine Kay. Married Emily Louise Wenzel Manning, November 15,1997.

Father:

Clarence Roscoe Fanning

Mother:

Faye Theodora (Hays) Fanning

Spouse:

Mary Christine Balluff

Spouse:

Emily Louise Wenzel Manning

child:

Christine Kay Fanning

child:

Michael Christopher Fanning

child:

Maurine Faye Fanning