Background
Green, Robert Lamar was born on November 15, 1914 in Moultrie, Georgia, United States. Son of Louis Pinkney and Bessie (Tillman) Green.
Consulting agricultural engineer
Green, Robert Lamar was born on November 15, 1914 in Moultrie, Georgia, United States. Son of Louis Pinkney and Bessie (Tillman) Green.
Bachelor of Science, University Georgia, 1934. Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1939. Graduate, Command and General Staff College, 1944.
Doctor of Philosophy. Fellow General Education Board, Michigan State University, 1953.
Terracing foreman, Soil Erosion Service, Athens, Georgia, 1934;
camp engineer, Civilian Conservation Corps., Bartow County, Georgia, 1935;
junior agricultural engineer, Soil Conservation Service, Lawrenceville and Americus, Georgia, 1936-1938;
work unit conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Lawrenceville, 1939-1947;
assistant professor agricultural engineering, Louisiana State University, 1947-1950, 53-54;
agricultural engineer, United States Special Technology and Economics Mission to Indonesia (ECA, Modern Sciences and Arts, Telecommunications Carriers Association, Foreign Operations Administration), Djakarta, 1951-1953;
superintendent, agricultural engineer, S.E. Tidewater Experiment Station, Department Agriculture, 1954-1958;
state drainage engineer, Maryland., 1958-1973;
professor, head department agricultural engineering, U. Maryland., 1958-1973;
coordinator, Water Resources Research Center, 1965-1979;
professor emeritus agricultural engineering, Water Resources Research Center, 1979. Acting director Maryland. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972-1976.
Consultant agricultural engineer, CentralAfrican Republic, 1979, Guyana, 1981.
Chairman Special Governor's Committee to study shore erosion Maryland, 1960-1966, Special Gov's. Committee for Conservation and Development Natural Resources, 1960-1966. Member Maryland Water Resources Commission, 1964-1985, chairman, 1975-1985.
Chairman Maryland Water Sciences Advisory Board, 1968-1973. Board supervisors Dorchester County (Maryland) Soil Conservation District, 1979. Served from 1st lieutenant, cavalry to major, armor Army of the United States, 1941-1946.
Colonel Reserve, retired. Life fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (chairman District of Columbia-Maryland. section 1961-1962, representative to National Research Council 1959-1966, director 1969-1971, representative Agricultural Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council 1974-1976, delegate Pan American Union Engineers, honorary vice president 1972, representative XII-XVI Congresses, chairman technical committee on agricultural and food engineering 1982-1984, organizing 1st Pan American Congress on Agricultural and Food Engineering, XVII convention in Caracas, 1984, John Deere gold medalist 1988). Member Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Epsilon Sigma Phi.
Married Frances Cowan, June 7, 1940. 1 son, Robert Lamar.