Glenn Hugh Robinson

Background

Robinson, Glenn Hugh was born on May 20, 1912 in Rosedale, Indiana, United States. Son of William Albert and Margaret Lorene (Brown) Robinson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Purdue University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1950.

Career

Assistant professor agronomy Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1940-1942. With Guayula Rubber Project United States Forest Service, Texas, 1943-1944. Professor soils, soil scientist United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Madison, Wisconsin, 1946-1951.

Party chief, author soil surveys and reports Barron and Richland Counties, Wisconsin and Avery County, North Carolina, 1955-1958. Professor, senior soil correlator United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1953-1961. Senior soil scientist Food & Agriculture Organization, Tanganika, Guiana, 1961-1964, project manager Indonesia, Thailand, Sudan, 1964-1975.

Senior soil scientist Saudi Arabia/United States State Department, Riyadh, 1976-1980. Farmer, soil consultant Carbon, Indiana, since 1980. Senior soil scientist for evaluation soils for use in septic tank sewage disposal systems Indiana State Department Health, 1991-1993.

Soil consultant Indiana State Department Health, 1991-1993. Member International Seminar on Shifting Cultivation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1970, Symposium on Cotton Growth in Sudan, WadMedania, Sudan, 1969. Consultant Abaca project United States Department of Agriculture, Costa Rica, 1951, United Nations, Amman, Jordan, 1983, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Malawi, 1965.

Achievements

• Glenn Hugh Robinson has been listed as a notable soil scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President PTO, Oregon, Wisconsin, 1949, Oregon School Board, 1948-1950. Member Soil Science Society of America, American Society Agronomy, International Society Soil Science, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (participant conference to aid Congress in development of definition of sustainable agriculture and development of 1995 Farm Bill), Rotary, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Anna Mary Howald, October 12, 1940 (divorced 1976). Children: G. Phillip, Joan E., Albert L. Married Joan Yeager, September 14, 1992.

Father:

William Albert Robinson

Mother:

Margaret Lorene (Brown) Robinson

Spouse:

Joan Yeager

Spouse:

Anna Mary Howald

child:

G. Phillip Robinson

child:

Albert L. Robinson

child:

Joan E. Robinson