agricultural engineering; Honorary Doctorate ’88, agricultural science, he worked for the Agricultural Research Service of USDA in Texas, Colorado, Idaho and Maryland. His primary area of research was crop and irrigation water requirements. He traveled internationally extensively as part of his work and received numerous invitations to be a keynote speaker and participate in workshops. He was elected as president of the International Commission of Irrigation and Drainage in 1984. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988 and to the ARS Science Hall of Fame in 2003. He was a Navy veteran who lived in Twin Falls, Idaho.