The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a

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and professional society of

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s and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the

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but with many non-U.S. members as well.

About

It was founded December 13, 1907 with the objective of 'the increase and dissemination of knowledge concerning soils, crops, and the conditions affecting them. One of its founding members was

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, who would become its president in 1914. The first president was Mark A. Carleton and the first annual meeting was held in Washington, D.C., in 1908. Two daughter societies were subsequently formed, the

Soil Science Society of America The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), is the largest soil-specific society in the United States. It was formed in 1936 from the merger of the Soils Section of the American Society of Agronomy and the American Soil Survey Association. The So ...

(SSSA) and the

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(CSSA). These 3 societies, the Agricultural Tri-Societies, each have their own boards of directors, their own bylaws, and their own membership rosters. The societies each minimize their expenses by sharing an office and staff (who job-share between the 3 societies), and their annual meetings are generally held together. On April 17, 1948, the group incorporated. The ASA is headquartered in

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, and publishes a number of scientific journals, including Agronomy Journal. The ASA holds annual meetings, attended by thousands of its members.

Presidents

The following members served as President of the Society on the year listed: * Mark A. Carleton, 1908 * George Nelson Coffey, 1909 * Albert M. Ten Eyck, 1910 * Homer Jay Wheeler, 1911 * Roscoe W. Thatcher, 1912 * Louis A. Clinton, 1913 * Charles V. Piper, 1914 * Charles E. Thorne, 1915 * Carleton R. Ball, 1916 * William M. Jardine, 1917 *

Thomas Lyttleton Lyon Thomas Lyttleton Lyon (17 February 1869 – October 7, 1938) was an American soil scientist who wrote on the nitrogen cycle. He was secretary of the American Society of Agronomy from 1907 to 1909. He was a fellow of the American Association fo ...

, 1918 * Jacob G. Lipman, 1919 *

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, 1920 *

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, 1921 * Leland E. Call, 1922 *

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, 1923 * Merrit F. Miller, 1924 * Clyde W. Warburton, 1925 * Carlos G. Williams, 1926 * William L. Burlison, 1927 * Arthur G. McCall, 1928 * Marion Jacob Funchess, 1929 * Walter P. Kelley, 1930 * William W. Burr, 1931 * Percy Edgar Brown, 1932 * Max Adams McCall, 1933 * Ray Iams Throckmorton, 1934 * Herbert Kendall Hayes, 1935 * Robert M. Salter, 1936 * Frederick D. Richey, 1937 *

Emil Truog Emil Truog (March 6, 1884 – December 19, 1969) was an American soil scientist. He received his B.S. Degree (Agriculture), University of Wisconsin,1909 and his M.S. (Chemistry) in 1912. It was in 1912 when he became an instructor in Soil Science ...

, 1938 * Ralph John Garber, 1939 * Frederick James Always, 1940 * Lawrence Kirk, 1941 * Richard Bradfield, 1942 * Franklin David Keim, 1943 * Frank Parker, 1944-1945 * Harold D. Hughes, 1946 * William Pierre, 1947 * Olaf Aamodt, 1948 * Firman Bear, 1949 * Laurence Graber, 1950 * Herbert P. Cooper, 1951 * David “Scotty” Robertson, 1952 * Harold Myers, 1953 * Charles Julius Willard, 1954 * George Pohlman, 1955 * Iver. J. Johnson, 1956 * Arthur G. Norman, 1957 * Will M. Myers, 1958 * John Peterson, 1959 * George F. Sprague, 1960 * Bertram Bertramson, 1961 * Glenn W. Burton, 1962 * Morell Russell, 1963 * Howard B. Sprague, 1964 *

Lorenzo A. Richards Lorenzo Adolph Richards (April 24, 1904 – March 12, 1993) or known as ''Ren'' was one of the 20th century's most influential minds in the field of soil physics. Biography Early life Lorenzo A. Richards was born on April 24, 1904, in the town of ...

, 1965 * Herbert Kramer, 1966 * Robert S.Whitney, 1967 * David Clyde Smith, 1968 * Werner Nelson, 1969 * Roy Blaser, 1970 * Charles Allen Black, 1971 * J. Ritchie Cowan, 1972 * Horace Cheney, 1973 * Darell McCloud, 1974

References

External links

American Society of Agronomy Website
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