Melvin Dale Rumbaugh

Background

Rumbaugh, Melvin Dale was born on September 13, 1929 in Pella, Iowa, United States. Son of Herbert Robert and Lena (Schakel) Rumbaugh.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Center College, Pella, 1951. Master of Science, University Nebraska, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1958.

Career

Professor agronomy Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1958. Professor plant science South Dakota State University, Brookings, 1959-1977. Research scientist USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Logan, Utah, 1977-1992.

Private consultant Humboldt, Nebraska, since 1993. Participant plant germplasm collection Canada, China, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, Romania. Exchange scientist People's Republic of China, 1987, 90, 91.

Member joint United States-Russian expedition to inventory and collect legumes in Caucasus Mountains National Park, 1995.

Achievements

• Melvin Dale Rumbaugh has been listed as a noteworthy Geneticist, agronomist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Corporal United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America. Member Society Range Management.

Interests

• Genealogy, history, fishing.

Connections

Married Annabelle Eis, July 5, 1953. Children: Alan Lee, Rosemary Ann, David James, Steven Thomas.

Father:

Herbert Robert Rumbaugh

Mother:

Lena (Schakel) Rumbaugh

Spouse:

Annabelle Eis

child:

Steven Thomas Rumbaugh

child:

David James Rumbaugh

child:

Rosemary Ann Rumbaugh

child:

Alan Lee Rumbaugh