Background
Kelley, Robert Lloyd was born on June 2, 1925 in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Son of Loyd and Berta Lee (Winniford) Kelley.
(In its natural condition the Sacramento Valley flooded an...)
In its natural condition the Sacramento Valley flooded annually and an inland sea formed during the rainy season, draining slowly away by the summer months. The effort to control the flooding and exploit the rich valley for agriculture has resulted in an intricate, thousand-mile system of levees and drains. Robert Kelley documents and analyzes the process and the widely-diverging ideas about how best to reclaim the Valley from flood -- a process equally relevant to riverine areas across the country, many of which experienced serious flooding in 1997. A new foreword by David N. Kennedy discusses the Sacramento Valley floods of 1997."A valuable study, rich in scholarly detail and documentation... of America's use -- and abuse -- of natural resources in the western United States". -- Thomas Jablonsky, Southern California Quarterly
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Kelley, Robert Lloyd was born on June 2, 1925 in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Son of Loyd and Berta Lee (Winniford) Kelley.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1948; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1953.
Historian, Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1953-1954;
instructor history, Santa Barbara City College, 1954-1955;
professor of history, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1955;
assistant to chancellor, University of California, 1960-1962;
chairman, UCSB Academy Senate, 1973-1975;
chairman Graduate Program Public History Studies, University of California, 1975-1981, 88-89;
director graduate studies History Department, University of California, 1983-1988, 1990-1991. Visiting professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969-1970. Fulbright professor Moscow U., 1979.
Lecturer United States Information Agency, India, 1986. Consultant to state agys. on water problemsof Sacramento Valley, since 1963. Distinguished faculty research lecturer, University of California Santa Barbara, 1992-1993.
(In its natural condition the Sacramento Valley flooded an...)
(Originally published in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf.)
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Member California commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing, 1973-1974, national advisory board Center for National Policy, since 1992, American Committee on United States-Soviet Relations, Washington, since 1983. Director seminar National Endowment for Humanities, 1978, 81. Served to captain United States Air Force, 1943-1946, 51-53.
Member American History Association (council since 1990), Organization American Historian (program chairman annual meeting 1974, member executive board 1980-1983).
Married Madge Louise Naumchik, June 10, 1972. Children by previous marriage– Sandra Lee (Mistress Howard Daniel), Brian Michael, Alison Gail (Mistress William Eason), Dorcas Louise. Stepchildren– Christopher John, Lisa Ann Naumchik.