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Norstadt, Fred A. was born on March 15, 1926 in Sidney, Iowa, United States. Son of James and Clara Bell (Carman) Norstadt.
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Fred A. Norstadt, American Retired, soil scientist. Achievements include research on ecological relationships between wheat culture and certain soil fungi making the toxin patulin, on basidiomycete fungi, on soil organic matter, on soil enzyme relations, and on soil gases and water relationships beneath beef cattle feedlots. Regents Tuition fellow U. Nebraska, 1956-1964, Franklin E. and Orlinda M. Johnson fellow U. Nebraska, 1957-1958.
Education
Student, Montana School Mines, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Science, Peru State Teachers College, 1950; Master of Science in Agronomy, U. Nebraska, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy, U. Nebraska, 1966.
Career
Teacher, principal, Nebraska Public Schools, various locations, 1949-1955; instructor extension division, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1955-1964; chemist soil and water conservation research division, USDA, Lincoln, 1964-1966; soil scientist, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1966-1969; soil scientist, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1969-1988; retired, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, 1988; collaborator, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, since 1988. Affiliate faculty Colorado State University, 1969-1991. Member graduate student committees, associate member graduate faculty.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow Soil and Water Conservation Society American (Colorado chapter, life member, Commendation award 1976, Chapter President award 1974, 76, 77, 87). Member American Society Agronomy (emeritus), Crop Science Society American, Soil Science Society American, National Association Retired Federal Employees (life), Colorado Association Soil Conservation district, Sigma Xi (emeritus), Gamma Sigma Delta, Kappa Delta Pi.
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Married Rozellen Ballard, June 1, 1950. Children: Bethan, Lynn.
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Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican