Thomas Thurston Cochrane

Background

Cochrane, Thomas Thurston was born on March 18, 1936 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Son of Thomas Nicholson and Muriel Hope (Morrison) Cochrane. came to the United States, 1990.

Education

B Agricultural Science, U. New Zealand, 1960; Association, Imperial College Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, British West Indies California California, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. West Indies, Trinidad, West Indies, 1969.

Career

Agronomist, U. West Indies, Trinidad, 1962; soil scientist, Ministry Overseas Development, United Kingdom, Bolivia, 1963-1974; consultant, Tate and Lyle, United Kingdom, Bolivia and Mexico, 1974-1977; land resource specialist, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 1977-1981; soil scientist, S.E. Consortium for International Development, Washington, 1981-1982; land resource specialist, Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation, Brazil, 1982-1985; consultant, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1986.

Achievements

• Thomas Thurston Cochrane has been listed as a notable Tropical soil scientist, agronomist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Legend to the Land Systems Map (Land in Tropical America / La Tierra en America Tropical / A Terra na America Tropical, Vol. 2, Part 1)
  • Computer Summary and Soil Profile Descriptions of the Land Systems (Land in Tropical America, Vol. 3)
  • Land in tropical America = La tierra en America tropical = A terra na America tropical. Volume 1

Membership

Member International Soil Science Society, Soil Science Society American, American Society Agronomy.

Connections

Married Rosa Elena Fajardo de las Muñecas, March 18, 1970. 1 child, Thomas Arey.

Father:

Thomas Nicholson Cochrane

Mother:

Muriel Hope (Morrison) Cochrane

Spouse:

Rosa Elena Fajardo de las Muñecas

child:

Thomas Arey Cochrane