Background
Dregne, Harold Ernest was born on September 25, 1916 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States.
Dregne, Harold Ernest was born on September 25, 1916 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Wisconsin State University, 1938; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Chemistry, Oregon State University, 1942.
Junior soil scientist Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1942-1943, 46;
assistant professor agronomy, U. Idaho and Washington State University, 1946-1949;
professor soils, New Mexico State University, 1950-1969;
professor agronomy, department chairman, Texas Tech U., Lubbock, 1969-1972;
department chairman plant and soil science, Texas Tech U., Lubbock, 1972-1978;
Horn professor soil science, Texas Tech U., Lubbock, since 1972. Director International Center Arid and SemiArid Land Studies, 1976-1981. Head International College Exch.
Program, Pakistan, 1955-1957. Member United States soil salinity delk., Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1960. Soil expert United Nations Chile, 1961.
Consultant United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Tunisia, 1967, United Nations Environmental Program, 1975-1980.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, American Soil Science Society.