Robert Earl Wagner

Background

Wagner, Robert Earl was born on March 6, 1921 in Garden City, Kansas, United States. Son of Fay Arthur and Margaret (Longbottom) Wagner.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kansas State College, 1942; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.

Career

Forage crops specialist, Fort Hays Experiment Station, Hays, Kansas, 1943-1945; associate agronomist, Plant Industry Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland., 1945-1948; research agronomist, assistant project leader pasture and range project, Plant Industry Station, United States Department of Agriculture, 1951-1954; research agronomist, project leader western pasture and range project, Plant Industry Station, United States Department of Agriculture, 1954-1956; professor, head department agronomy, U. Maryland., 1956-1959; regional director, American Potash Institute, 1959-1966, also Foundation for International Potash Research, vice president both organizations, 1966-1967; director, Cooperative Extension Service, U. Maryland., 1967-1975; president, board directors, Potash Institute, 1975-1977; president, board directors, Potash and Phosphate Institute, 1977-1988; president emeritus, Potash and Phosphate Institute, since 1988; chairman, board directors, Potash & Phosphate Institute Canada, 1975-1988; president, board directors, Foundation for Agronomic Research, 1980-1987; owner, Wagner Performance Cattle, Stone Mountain, Georgia, since 1985. Board directors, member Executive Committee International Fertilizer Development Center, since 1975. Board directors African Center for Fertilizer Development, since 1988.

Chairman National Ext. Committee on Organisation and Policy. Member United States delegate 7th International Grassland Congress, New Zealand.

Achievements

• Robert Earl Wagner has been listed as a noteworthy Agronomist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (chairman grassland committee, member Executive Committee, board directors, president N.E. branch), Crops Science Society American, Soil Science Society American. Member Grassland Council (president), American Society Range Management, Cosmos Club (Washington), Atlanta Athletic Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Bernice Bittner, August 7, 1948. Children— Robert Earl, James Warren, Douglas Alan.

Father:

Fay Arthur Wagner

Mother:

Margaret (Longbottom) Wagner

Spouse:

Bernice Bittner