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National Soils Organization Honors Two NRCS Soil Scientists
![(right) soil Scientist John Doll of Illinois receives the Soil Scientist of the Year award from Micheal Golden, Director of Soil Survey Division, NRCS, National Headquarters (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117134455im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/thisweek/images/dahl2med.jpg)
(above right) soil Scientist John Doll of
Illinois receives the Soil Scientist of the Year award from Micheal
Golden, Director of Soil Survey Division, NRCS, National Headquarters (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)
soil Scientist James Greenwade (right) of Texas receives the Soil
Scientist Achievement Award from Micheal Golden (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)
![soil Scientist James Greenwade (right) of Texas receives the Soil Scientist Achievement Award from Micheal Golden (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117134455im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/thisweek/images/greewade2med.jpg) |
The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) honored two soil scientists and a
professor for their soil science achievements during its annual conference this
month in Madison, Wisconsin.
John Doll, a major land resource area update mapping coordinator for NRCS in
Illinois, was named Soil Scientist of the Year. James M. Greenwade, a soil data
quality specialist for NRCS in Texas, received the Soil Scientist Achievement
Award. Martin C. Rabenhorst, professor of pedology at the University of Maryland
at College Park, was named Cooperator of the Year.
Doll is well known nationwide for his soils expertise and dedication to his
profession. During his 31-year career, he has accumulated spectacular numbers
of edited soils manuscripts, official series description revisions, soil
interpretations, and soil correlations.
During Greenwade’s 40-year career, he helped to complete nearly 20 county soil
survey areas in Texas, trained numerous soil scientists nationwide, and updated
the soil survey information for Fort Hood. Some of his work was used to document
the need for erosion control measures that were subsequently installed on the
base. Rabenhorst has advised NRCS soil scientists on the genesis and
classification of soils for soil surveys in Maryland and other Mid-Atlantic
states.
The NCSS, a nationwide partnership of Federal, regional, State, and local
agencies and institutions that investigate, inventory, document, classify, and
interpret soils as well as distribute, publish, and promote the use of soils
information. NCSS’ work is carried out on national, regional, and State levels.
Your contact is Sylvia Rainford,
NRCS public affairs specialist, at 202-720-2536.
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