Background

Frere, Maurice Herbert was born on September 8, 1932 in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Son of Jules James and Eunice Marie (Sage) Frere.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Wyoming, 1954; Master of Science, U. Wyoming, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Maryland., 1962.

Career

Soil scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Beltsville, Maryland., 1958-1971; soil scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Durant, Oklahoma, 1971-1975; research leader, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Chichasha, Oklahoma, 1975-1979; research administrator, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., New Orleans, 1979-1985; research leader, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., Watkinsville, Georgia, 1985-1993; retired, 1993. Visiting scientist Agriculture U., Wageningen, Netherlands, 1966-1967.

Achievements

• Maurice Herbert Frere has been listed as a notable soil scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Grazing Lands Forum, International Soil Science Society, Soil Science Society American, Soil and Water Conservation Society, American Society Agronomy, Rotary, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta. M C.

Connections

Married Margaret Etta Rutherford, June 8, 1957. Children: Ann Marie, James Michael, William Patrick.

Father:

Jules James Frere

Mother:

Eunice Marie (Sage) Frere

Spouse:

Margaret Etta Rutherford

child:

James Michael Frere

child:

Ann Marie Frere

child:

William Patrick Frere