American Society of Agronomy

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States 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 Charles Piper, 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 (SSSA) and the Crop Science Society of America (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 Madison, Wisconsin, 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, 1918

Jacob G. Lipman, 1919

Franklin Stewart Harris, 1920

Charles Ansel Mooers, 1921

Leland E. Call, 1922

Sidney Burritt Haskell, 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, 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, 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

Professional associations based in the United States

Soil and crop science organizations

1907 establishments in the United States

Scientific organizations established in 1907

Agricultural organizations based in the United States