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Pendleton, Robert Larimore was born on June 25, 1890 in Minneapolis. Son of John Louis and Jessie (Larimore) Pendleton.
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Robert Larimore Pendleton, American soil scientist Member Mindanao Exploration Commission, Philippines, 1939. Adviser Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Misssion to Siam, 1948.; Fellow Belgian American Ednl. Foundation, Belgian Congo, 1948-1949. Consultant War Department, 1942-1944, E.C.A., 1949-1950.
Education
B,South., University of California, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1917. Student North. India Hindustani Language School, 1918, North. China Language School, 1931-1933.
Career
Assistant in soil survey, California Soil Survey, 1914-1915. Assistant director Department Agricultural, Gwalior State, India, 1918-1920, director, 1920-1923. Professor soil technology College Agricultural University of Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, 1923-1935, head, department soils, 1930-1935.
Chief soil technologists National Geological Survey of China, 1931-1933.
Soil scientist and agriculturist, department agriculture Siamese Government, Bangkok, 1935-1942. Soil scientist Office Foreign Agricultural Relations, United States Department Agriculture, 1942-1952.
Soil scientist South.T.E.M. to Siam, Mutual Security Agency, 1952-1953. And professor topical soils and agricultural Isaiah Bowman School Geography, Johns Hopkins University, 1946-1955, emeritus, 1955.
Soil technologist to Ministry Agriculture, Thailand Government, since 1956.
Field work in soils and land use in Central and South. American, Philippines, Siam, China, India, Central and British West. Africa.
Achievements
Membership
Member Mindanao Exploration Commission, Philippines, 1939. Adviser Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Misssion to Siam, 1948. Fellow Belgian American Ednl.
Foundation, Belgian Congo, 1948-1949.
Consultant War Department, 1942-1944, East.C.A., 1949-1950. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington), Army and Navy (Manila).
Connections
Married Anne Laurel Miltimore, June 10, 1917.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Decorated Knight Commander, Order Crown Thailand, 1946. The David Livingstone Centenary medal, American Geography Society, 1950. Honorary member American Geography Society.tempSpaceMember Association American Geographers, American Chemical Society, American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Siam Society, Bangkok, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.Decorated Knight Commander, Order Crown Thailand, 1946. The David Livingstone Centenary medal, American Geography Society, 1950. Honorary member American Geography Society.tempSpaceMember Association American Geographers, American Chemical Society, American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Siam Society, Bangkok, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.