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