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Ames, Kenneth Carl was born on December 20, 1965 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Robert Kenneth and Janet Ann Ames.
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Kenneth Carl Ames
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Kenneth Carl Ames, American Hydrologist, geology educator. Achievements include the establishment of baseline concentrations of metals in soils for the state of Washington, determined changes in bulk chemistry of soil immediately below the 1980 Mount St. Helens ash horizon. Whitman scholar, Welch scholar Whitman College, 1985-1988, College of Minesscholar U. Idaho, 1989-1990.
Education
Bachelor in Geology, Whitman College, 1988; Master of Science in Geology, U. Idaho, 1992; postgraduate in soil chemistry, U. Washington, since 1994.
Career
Consultant, Radon Detection Sys., Boise/Moscow, Idaho., 1989-1991; chief Washington metals in soils program, United States Geological Survey, Tacoma, since 1991; chief Midnite Mine groundwater quality monitoring program, United States Geological Survey, since 1995; director field service unit/water quality laboratory, manager investigations, United States Geological Survey, Tacoma, since 1994; chief Midnite Mine groundwater quality monitoring program, United States Geological Survey, Tacoma. Speaker American Institute Hydrology, Austin, 1994, Geological Society American, Seattle, 1994, U. Washington, Seattle, 1994-1995.
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Member Magnolia Chorale, Seattle, 1992-1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil Science Society American, Geological Society American, American Society Agronomy, National Eagle Scout Association.
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Episcopalian