Background
Strom, Elwood Malcolm was born on March 24, 1918 in Dwight, Kansas, United States. Son of Elwood Earnest Magnus and Albena Aurora Johanna (Rundquist) Strom.
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Elwood Malcolm Strom
Edit Profileconsultant soil and water conservationist
Elwood Malcolm Strom, American soil and water conservationist, consultant. Certified agonomist, American Registry Certified Professionals. Recipient Goodyear Conservation award Goodyear Tire Company, Morris County Kansas Conservation District, 1980, Conservation award Kansas Bankers Association, 1986, Kansas Area Methodist Rural Fellowship Hal Totten Certified of Merit, 1997; named Area Republican of Year Photographic Society of America, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Kansas State University, 1939.
Career
Work unit conservationist USDA/Soil Conservation Service, Kadoka, South Dakota, 1946-1950, 52-54, area conservationist Mobridge, 1955-1960, Pierre, 1960-1964, assistant state conservationist New Hampshire, 1964-1969. Team leader soil and water conservation project United States Agency for International Development, Nigeria, West Africa, 1970-1971. Assistant state conservationist United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, New Hampshire, 1972-1973.
Consultant agronomist Agri Service Associates, Manhattan, Kansas, 1975-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member Rural Life Fellowship, Kansas East Conference United Methodist church, president 1993-1995, member hunger commission, chairman round-up committee, 1984-1989. Board directors Heifer Project International, Kansas, since 1989. Director Morris County Kansas, History Society, Council Grove, since 1988, Moris County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Council Grove, 1994-1995.
President Memorial Hospital Association, Kadoka, South Dakota, 1953-1954. Board directors Baptist Hospital, Winner, South Dakota, 1964. Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Kadoka, 1947-1950.
Appointed to World Methodist Council, since 1996. With United States Army, 1941-1945 European Theatre of Operations, Captain United States Army, 1950-1951, Korea. Member Soil and Water Conservation society (secretary South Dakota chapter 1950, president 1953), South Dakota section Society Range Management (chairman 1960).
Interests
Connections
Married Edith Kelley, December 17, 1942. Children: Byron Malcolm, Katharine Elaine Strom-Renes.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1939
Career
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1946 - 1950
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1955 - 1960
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1960 - 1964
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1970 - 1971
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1972 - 1973
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1975 - 1987
Awards
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Recipient Goodyear Conservation award Goodyear Tire Company, Morris County Kansas Conservation District, 1980, Conservation award Kansas Bankers Association, 1986, Kansas Area Methodist Rural Fellowship Hal Totten Certified of Merit, 1997. Named Area Republican of Year Photographic Society of America, 1994.Recipient Goodyear Conservation award Goodyear Tire Company, Morris County Kansas Conservation District, 1980, Conservation award Kansas Bankers Association, 1986, Kansas Area Methodist Rural Fellowship Hal Totten Certified of Merit, 1997. Named Area Republican of Year Photographic Society of America, 1994.