Background
Blake, George Rowland was born on March 14, 1918 in Provo, Utah, United States. Son of Samuel Henry and Annie Matilda (Bevan) Blake.
educator researcher environmental scientist
Blake, George Rowland was born on March 14, 1918 in Provo, Utah, United States. Son of Samuel Henry and Annie Matilda (Bevan) Blake.
Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young U., 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1949.
Missionary, Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church, Germany, 1937-1939;
with, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1941-1942;
research fellow, teaching assistant, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1946-1949;
assistant professor, assistant research specialist, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1949-1955;
associate professor department soil science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1955-1960;
professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1960-1984;
director, professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, since 1984;
director Water Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1979-1984. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany, 1962-1963. Fulbright guest professor of University Hohenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, 1970-1971.
Ford Foundation consultant, Chile, 1967. Guest professor of University Kesthely, Hungary, 1974, U. Warsaw, Poland, 1981. United States Agency for International Development consultant, Morocco, 1979-1988.
Adjunct Professor Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II Rabat Morocco, 1982-1988. Guest professor Humboldt U., Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1986. Benson Institute consultant, Guatemala, 1990, 94.
Public affairs volunteer Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church, Frankfurt, Germany, 1996-1997. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society American. Member International Society Soil Science, Soil Science Society American, Soil Conservation Society American, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Kathryn M. Sumsion, February 26, 1941. Children: Carla Paul (deceased), Rowland, Lorraine Blake Phillips, Henry. Married Helen M. Patten, May 25, 1985.