Betty Klepper
Betty Klepper | |
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| Born | 8 March 1936 |
| Died | 26 October 2018 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Pendleton Pioneer Chapel |
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| Known for | Editor of Crop Science. First women Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and first women President of the Crop Science Society of America. |
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Elizabeth Lee "Betty" Klepper (1936 – 2018) was an American scientist from Memphis, Tennessee.[1][2]
Life[]
In 1954 Klepper was in Vanderbilt.[3] During her undergraduate, she drifted from maths to chemistry and physics, and finally to biology in her junior year.[3] Following this, she went to United Kingdom on a Marshall Scholarship, where she studied botany and associated subjects at University of Exeter.[3][4] She returned to a teaching position at Hutchinson School in Memphis.[3][4] She soon went to Duke University to continue with her post-graduate and doctoral education, and followed this up with post-doctoral research in Australia after which she returned to the States.[3] While teaching agronomy at Auburn University,[2] she was hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rhizotron Laboratory.[3] She continued her research work with USDA, and in the process shifting to In 1976, she relocated to Pendleton, Oregon.[3] Her interactions with agricultural societies in America, including the triumvirate of ASA–CSSA–SSSA, was pioneering and ground-breaking.[3] Following retirement, environmental education and stewardship kept her busy.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Elizabeth Lee Klepper Obituary (1936 - 2018)". Legacy.com. The Commercial Appeal. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Ernst, Susan (2 April 2020) [16 March 2020]. "Looking back on the life of Betty Klepper". Agronomic Science Foundation (ASF). Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i McIntosh, Marla S.; Simmons, Steve R. (2008). Previously Published in Prophetic Voices from Our Past, CD, 2007. Celebrate the Centennial (A Supplement to Agronomy Journal). "A Century of Women in Agronomy: Lessons from Diverse Life Stories" (PDF). Agronomy Journal. American Society of Agronomy: S-59 to S-69. doi:10.2134/agronj2007.0081s – via agsci.oregonstate.edu.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Lee "Betty" Klepper, BA'58, First in Soil Science". Vanderbilt University. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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