Background
Scarseth, George Dewey was born on October 7, 1898 in Galesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Idius Barnard and Sena (Semb) Scarseth.
Scarseth, George Dewey was born on October 7, 1898 in Galesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Idius Barnard and Sena (Semb) Scarseth.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1924. Graduate student, Yale, 1925-1926. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1935.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Purdue University, 1952.
Dairy tester, Wisconsin Herd Improvement Association, 1917-1918. With Wisconsin Soil Survey, 1923-1924. Assistant soil chemist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1924-1926, United Fruit Company, Honduras, Central America, 1926-1928.
Associate professor soil science, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1928-1938.
Professor soil science, Purdue University, 1938-1943, chief in agronomy, 1943-1944. Director research American Farm Research Association, Lafayette, Indiana, since 1944.
Consultant soil scientist Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, since 1935, (agronomy) Central Farmers Fertilizer Company (Chicago), since 1957. Agricultural consultant University of Alaska, 1954-1957.
Collaborator, soil conservation service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1935-1944, tropical agriculture, Office Foreign Relations 1942-1947.
Member of advisory committee United States Department of Agriculture, 1954. Delegate International Congress Soil Science, Belgian Congo, 1954. Lecturer Alaskan Farm Forum, 1955.
Member of advisory committee United States Department of Agriculture, 1954. Served with the United States Navy during World War I. Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society, Soil Science Society of America (president 1936), International Society Soil Science, Sigma Xi (president Purdue chapter 1943-1944), Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta (honorary), Ceres, Scabbard and Blade. Club: Kiwanis (president Auburn, Alabama, 1936).
Married Ida H. Bierke, August 6, 1926. Children: Mary Sena, Dwight (deceased).