Earl Lewis Stone

Background

Stone, Earl Lewis was born on July 12, 1915 in Phoenix, New York, United States. Son of Earl Lewis Senior and Alison C. (Green) Stone.

Education

Bachelor of Science, New York State College Forestry, 1938; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1948; Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Syracuse, 1989.

Career

Field assistant, junior forester, USDA Southern Forest Experimental Station, New Orleans, 1940-1941; from assistant professor to professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1979; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1979; visiting professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979-1982; Adjunct Professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1982. Visiting associate professor of University Philippines, Los Banos, 1958-1960. Member committee scientists USDA.

Achievements

• Earl Lewis Stone has been listed as a notable Soil scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil Science Society American, American Society Agronomy, Society American Foresters (Barrington Moore award 1973). Member Ecological Society American.

Connections

Married Margaret Elizabeth Hodgman, June 7, 1941 (divorced). Children: Earl III, Jeanne, Nathan. Married Jean LaChance, January, 10, 1998.

Father:

Earl Lewis Senior Stone

Mother:

Alison C. (Green) Stone

Spouse:

Jean LaChance

Spouse:

Margaret Elizabeth Hodgman

child:

Earl III Stone

child:

Nathan Stone

child:

Jeanne Stone