Background
Umberger, Harry John Charles was born on September 27, 1881 in Hymer, Kansas, United States. Son of Martin David and Sarah Stephania Ernestine (Hartert) Umberger.
Umberger, Harry John Charles was born on September 27, 1881 in Hymer, Kansas, United States. Son of Martin David and Sarah Stephania Ernestine (Hartert) Umberger.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State College, 1905.
Scientific assistant Bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agriculture, 1906, Bureau of Plant Industry, unites states department of Agriculture, 1907-1911. Established and superintendent Experiment Station, Moro, Oregon, 1909-1911. Assistant in charge cooperative experiments, Kansas State College, 1911-1912.
Farmer, Chase County, Kansas, 1912-1915.
Demonstration supervisor and assistant county agent leader, Division of Extension, Kansas State College, 1915-1917, county agent leader, 1917-1919, acting dean, 1919, dean since July 1, 1919. Director Kansas Crop Improvement Association, 1909-1920.
Secretary Kansas State Farm Bureau, 1919-1920. Chairman radio committee Land Grant College Association, 1929-1940 and 1943.
Vice president National Committee on Education by Radio since 1929.
Member Kansas Agricultural advisory Council, 1933. Chairman Regional Advisory Committee on Land Use Practices in Southern Great Plains Area, 1935-1944. Member Southern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council, 1940-1942.
Member Upper Arkansas River Drainage Basin committee National Resources Planing Board, 1941, Lower Missouri Drainage Basin Committee, 1942.
Member State advising committee United Service Orgns., 1942. Vice-president American Country Life Association, 1937.
Chairman extension sub-section, Land Grant College Association, 1924. Member commission on extension organization and policy, Land Grant College Association, 1938-1941.
Chairman, Northern Great Plains Council, 1946.
Member Kansas Agricultural advisory Council, 1933. Member Southern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council, 1940-1942. Member Upper Arkansas River Drainage Basin committee National Resources Planing Board, 1941, Lower Missouri Drainage Basin Committee, 1942.
Member State advising committee United Service Orgns., 1942.
Member commission on extension organization and policy, Land Grant College Association, 1938-1941. Member Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.
Member Kansas History Society, Farm House Fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Epsilon Sigma Phi (commission on academic standing, 1939. Mason.; Club: Rotary (Manhattan).
Married Rachel M. Kolck, June 12, 1909. Married second, Marguerite V. Harper, August 11, 1934. Children: Grace Kolck (Mistress Ralph Marshall), John David, Pauline Ernestine (Mistress John C. Pierce, Junior.