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Norvell, Wendell Alexander was born on August 16, 1939 in Greenville, South Carolina.
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Wendell Alexander Norvell
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Wendell Alexander Norvell, American Soil chemist. Achievements include research in activity of trace metal ions in soil; uptake of trace metals by plants; Eutrophication and land use relationships. Member Soil Science Society American (Truog award 1970), American Society Agronomy, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Kiwanis.
Education
Bachelor of Science with distinction, Cornell Univercity, 1964; Master of Science, Colorado State University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1970.
Career
Assistant scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1970-1977; associate scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1977-1980; soil chemist, USDA Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Ithaca, New York, since 1981; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1987. Contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books.
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Membership
Member Soil Science Society American (Truog award 1970), American Society Agronomy, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Kiwanis.
Connections
Son of Wendell Alexander Norvell Senior and Margaret Marie Schaefer Nichols;m. Susan Jane Crutchley, December 7, 1959. Children: Sandra Elizabeth, Russell Edward.
