Don Kirkham

Don Kirkham
Born (1908-02-11)February 11, 1908
Provo, Utah
Died March 7, 1998(1998-03-07) (aged 90)
Ames, Iowa
Alma mater Columbia University
Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Erwin Kirkham
Awards Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1983/4), Robert E. Horton Medal (1995) [1]
Scientific career
Fields soil science
Institutions Utah State University, Iowa State University
Thesis The variation of the initial susceptibility with temperature and the variation of the magnetostriction and reversible susceptibility with temperature and magnetization in nickel (1938)
Doctoral advisor Shirley Leon Quimby
Influences Willard Gardner

Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908 – March 7, 1998) was a distinguished soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics.[2] His special interest was the flow of water through soils and drainage of agricultural land. He was awarded the 1983/4 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and the Robert E. Horton Medal in 1995.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Nielsen, D. R.; Brutsaert, W.; Kirkham, D. (1995). "Kirkham receives Horton Medal". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 76 (29): 292–293. Bibcode:1995EOSTr..76..292.. doi:10.1029/95EO00176.
  2. ↑ "Kirkham biography". Soil Science Society of America.
  • "Kirkham biography". Soil Science Society of America.
  • "Don and Betty Kirkham biographies". The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
  • Don Kirkham at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  • Don and Betty Kirkham soil physics award and Kirkham conferences, Soil Science Society of America.


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