Richard Warren Arnold

Background

Arnold, Richard Warren was born on August 25, 1929 in Creston, Iowa, United States. Son of Harold Ezra and Garnet Cora (Tisue) Arnold.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, 1952; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1963.

Career

Soil scientist, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Creston, 1952-1955; director soil classification, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Washington, 1979-1980; director soil survey, USDA Soil Conservation Svc., Washington, since 1980; soil technologist, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1955-1959; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1966-1975; professor of soils, Cornell Univercity, 1975-1980; soil assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, 1959-1963; assistant professor then associate professor, U. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1963-1965. Visiting scientist Ministry of Public Works, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1972-1973, Soil Institute, U. Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1990. Adjunct Professor soil science U. Florida, Gainesville, Mississippi State University, since 1983.

Vice Chairman of the Board International Board for Soil Research and Management, Bangkok, since 1989.

Achievements

• Richard Warren Arnold has been listed as a notable Soil scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1948-1949. Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society American. Member International Society Soil Science (Chairman of Commission 1982-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, preparing slide talks.

Connections

Married Helen Louise James, December 31, 1953. Children: Becki Lynn Arnold Bowditch, Tyron James, Sara Ptarmijan Miller.

Father:

Harold Ezra Arnold

Mother:

Garnet Cora (Tisue) Arnold

Spouse:

Helen Louise James

child:

Sara Ptarmijan Miller Arnold

child:

Becki Lynn Arnold Bowditch Arnold

child:

Tyron James Arnold