Background
Meyer, L. Donald was born on April 14, 1933 in Concordia, Missouri. Son of Lawrence Dick and Florence Malinda (Uphaus) Meyer.
educator engineer researcher agricultural engineer
Meyer, L. Donald was born on April 14, 1933 in Concordia, Missouri. Son of Lawrence Dick and Florence Malinda (Uphaus) Meyer.
Student, Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, 1951; Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Missouri, 1954; Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Missouri, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1964.
Agricultural engineer Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1955-1973, agricultural engineer National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, Mississippi, 1973-1993. Retired, 1993. Assistant professor, associate professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1965-1973.
Adjunct professor agriculture-biological engineering Mississippi State University, Starkville, since 1975.
Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (director publications 1968-1969, chairman soil and water division 1972-1973, Hancor award 1985), Fellow Soil and Water Conservation Society, member Soil Science Society of America.
Married Loretta Lou Bush, December 26, 1954. Children: Dan W., James B., David J.