Background
Barrows, Harold Lindsey was born on December 14, 1926 in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, United States. Son of Irvin Hunt and Edna (Seagle) Barrows.
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Harold Lindsey Barrows
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Bachelor of Science, U. Chattanooga, 1949; Master of Science, U. Florida, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Florida, 1959.
Career
Chemist, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, Florida, 1949-1959; plant physiologist, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1959-1960; research soil scientist, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland., 1960-1968; chief N.E. branch, Soil and Water Research division USDA, Beltsville, 1968-1972; staff scientist national program staff, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, 1972-1975; deputy assistant administrator, Soil, Water and Air staff United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Washington, 1975-1979; chief, Soil, Water and Air staff United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, 1979-1982; associate deputy administrator N.E. region, Soil, Water and Air staff United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, 1982-1983; director, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1983-1987; retired director, professor emeritus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, since 1987. Adjunct Professor agronomy Purdue University, 1983-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Sergeant United States Army, 1945-1946. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society American, Soil and Water Conservation Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, World Association Soil and Water Conservation, National Association Retired Federal Employees (president Lafayette chapter, area vice president Indiana federation).
Connections
Married Betty Callaway, December 14, 1946;children: Thomas Irvin, Susan Margaret Barrows.
