Richard Devon Strong

Background

Strong, Richard Devon was born on November 5, 1931 in New York City. Son of Edward William and Gertrude Lenore (Dowsett) Strong.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1957.

Career

Soil scientist, USDA, Elko, Nevada, 1959-1962; business manager, Deep Springs College, Dyer, Nevada, 1962-1969; director marketing and plant husbandry, California Farm Bureau Federation, Berkeley, 1970-1977; soil specialist, Voice of the Soil, Orinda, California, since 1971. Economist United States Agency for International Development, West Africa, 1981. Soil scientist International Executive Svc.

Corps, Peru, 1993.

Achievements

• Richard Devon Strong has been listed as a noteworthy Soil specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1952-1954. Member American Society Agronomy.

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, painting.

Connections

Married Helen Coxhead, December 28, 1952 (divorced May 1969). Children: Devon Browning, Craig Stephen. Married Susan Rittenhouse Clancy, July 26, 1977.

Father:

Edward William Strong

Mother:

Gertrude Lenore (Dowsett) Strong

Spouse:

Helen Coxhead

Spouse:

Susan Rittenhouse Clancy

child:

Devon Browning Strong

child:

Craig Stephen Strong