William Henry Pierre

Background

Pierre, William Henry was born on August 2, 1898 in Brussels, Wisconsin, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1921; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1923; Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.

Career

Soil surveyor, South Dakot State College, 1921-1922; assistant soil chemist, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1925-1929; associate professor agronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1929-1936; professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, from 1938; head department agronomy and genetics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1936-1938; head department agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, 1938-1964. Lecturer University of Chicago, summer 1941. United States delegate 2d Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, Mexico City, 1942.

Member Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) mission to Uruguay, 1950, to Brazil, 1951;member agricultural board National Research Council, NAS, 1955-1962. Agency for International Development consultant U. Republic of Uruguay, 1965-1966.

Achievements

• William Henry Pierre has been listed as a noteworthy Soil science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (president 1947, nitrogen research award 1931). Member American Association of University Professors, Soil Science Society of America (president 1940), International Society Soil Scientists, Henry Newman Honorary Society, Knights of Columbus, Rotary, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Delta Theta Sigma.

Connections

Son of Alice Oerkwitz, October 16, 1928. Children: Mary Frances, Louise Joanne, Nancy Jean.

Father:

Alice Oerkwitz Pierre

child:

Mary Frances Pierre

child:

Louise Joanne Pierre

child:

Nancy Jean Pierre