Background
Swindale, Leslie Denis was born on March 16, 1928 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Ernest and Anne (Walder) Swindale.
Swindale, Leslie Denis was born on March 16, 1928 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Ernest and Anne (Walder) Swindale.
Bachelor of Science, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1948. Master of Science with Honors, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1955.
Physical chemist New Zealand Soil Bureau, 1949-1960. Director New Zealand Pottery and Ceramics Research Association, Lower Hutt, 1960-1963. Professor, chairman department agronomy and soil science University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1963-1968.
Chief soil resources development and consultant service Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 1968-1970. Associate director Hawaii Agricultural Experimental Station, Honolulu, 1970-1976. Director, then director general International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India, since 1977.
Chairman consultative group on international agricultural research Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Patancheru, 1989-1990.
Fellow New Zealand Institute Chemistry, American Society Agronomy. Member Society International Development, Soil Science Society of America, International Society Soil Science, New Zealand Society Soil Science, Royal Society New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Society, Indian Society Soil Science, Clay Mineral Society India, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Delle Sprinza, April 9, 1955. Children: Brian, Anne, David.
