resulted in impacts to drainage. This led to a lifelong passion for the subject, and he would publish a series of papers regarding drainage. He was also involved in fertilizers trials, particularly with regard to the effects of different soil types. On April 22, 1914, he was married to Clara Estella Kean in Wooster, Ohio. He left Ohio for a position at the University of Illinois, where he became Assistant State Leader for County Farm Advisors. He published his last article in the Journal of the American Society of Agronomy in 1916, leaving soil science for a business career in order to be closer to his family. References 1875 births 1967 deaths American agronomists American soil scientists United States Department of Agriculture people People from Caldwell County, North Carolina University of North Carolina alumni George Washington University alumni Presidents of the American Society of Agronomy