Walter Pearson Kelley

Background

Kelley, Walter Pearson was born on February 19, 1878 in Franklin, Kentucky, United States. Son of John William and Mahala Eliza (Mayes) Kelley.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kentucky State University, 1904. Master of Science, Purdue, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1950.

Doctor of Science, University Kentucky, 1958.

Career

Assistant chemist Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station, 1905-1908. Chemist Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908-1914. Professor agricultural chemistry University of California, 1914-1938, professor soil chemistry, 1938-1948, professor emeritus, since 1948.

Consultant Gulf Research and Development Company.

Special commissioner American Society Agronomists and University of California to report on researches on nitrogen fertilizers in Europe, 1930. Delegate University of California and United States Government to 3d Congress International Society Soil Science, Oxford, England (chairman alklai subordinate-committee), 1935.

Achievements

• Walter Pearson Kelley has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomists (president 1930), American Mineral. Society; member American Chemical Society, Western Society Naturalists, International, Western societies soil science, Soil Science Society American, National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Tau Omega.

Connections

Married Sue Katherine Eubank, August 6, 1913.

Father:

John William Kelley

Mother:

Mahala Eliza (Mayes) Kelley

Spouse:

Sue Katherine Eubank