Background
Runge, Edward Chris Arthur was born on August 4, 1933 in St. Peter, Illinois, United States.
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Edward Chris Arthur Runge
Edit ProfileSoil and crop science educator
Edward Chris Arthur Runge, American Soil and crop science educator. Recipient Faculty Distinguished Achievement award Association Former Students Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1988, Distinguished Svc. award Texas Seed Trade Association, 1999; sr.postdoctoral fellow Lincoln College, University College, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970-1971.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1955; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1957; postgraduate, Michigan State University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1963; D (honorary), University Agricultural, Nitra, Slovakia, 1996.
Career
Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1957; assistant professor, associate professor, then professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1973; assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1957; teacher, Broad Ripple H.S., Indianapolis, 1958-1959; research associate, Iowa State University, Ames, 1959-1963; assistant professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1963; professor, chairman, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1973-1980; professor, head department soil and crop science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1980. Consultant Midwest Universities Consortium International Agriculture, Gadjah Mada U., Bogor, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1972, 76.
Membership
With United States Army, 1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section on agriculture, foods and renewable resources since 1992), Soil Science Society American (president 1985), American Society Agronomy (president 1989, Agronomic Svc. award 1995).
Connections
M. Patricia Rice, September 2, 1956. Children: Kimberly L., Jeffrey S.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Faculty Distinguished Achievement award Association Former Students Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1988, Distinguished Svc. award Texas Seed Trade Association, 1999. Sr.postdoctoral fellow Lincoln College, University College, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970-1971.Recipient Faculty Distinguished Achievement award Association Former Students Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1988, Distinguished Svc. award Texas Seed Trade Association, 1999. Sr.postdoctoral fellow Lincoln College, University College, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970-1971.