Personal data: Born July 6, 1936, Muskegon, Michigan
reared on farms in Darke County, Ohio.
Married - 3 children
Business address: Department of Natural Resources
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
Email: rharter bigfoot.com
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Home address: 247 Packers Falls Road
Durham, N. H. 03824
Telephone: (603) 659-5048
Degrees received: B.S. Agronomy The Ohio State Univ. 1961
M.S. Soil Chemistry The Ohio State Univ. 1962
Ph.D. Soil Chemistry Purdue Univ. 1966
M.S. Thesis Title: A study of the effect of moisture level on the resulting chemical
equilibria in a Toledo clay loam soil, and the subsequent effect on plant growth.
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: A study of acidity dependent reactions between organic acids
and amines and montmorillonitic clay surfaces.
Professional positions held:
1961-1962 Research Fellow, The Ohio State University
1962-1966 Graduate Teaching Asst., Purdue University
1966-1968 Asst. Soil Scientist, Conn. Agric., Exper. Sta., New Haven
1968-1969 Assoc. Research Scientist, New York Univ., New York City
1969-1975 Asst. Professor, Univ. of New Hampshire
1975-1983 Assoc. Professor, Univ. of New Hampshire
1983- 1999 Professor of Soil Chemistry, Univ. of New Hampshire
Fall, 1976 Visiting Professor, Penn. State Univ.
1983-1984 Visiting Professor, Agric. Univ. of the Netherlands, Wageningen
1993-1994 Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Div. of Soils, Glen Osmond, S. Australia
Current position: Professor Emeritus, Univ. of New Hampshire (retired)
Membership in professional societies: Soil Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy
U.N.H. Research projects:
Adsorption of proteins by clays 1969-1972
Bark - Sewerage Composting 1972-1973
Effect of Road Deicing Salt on Forest Soils and Vegetation 1973-1975
A survey of New Hampshire Sewage Sludges 1973
Sludge Disposal for Small New Hampshire Towns 1973-1976
Soil Properties Affecting Sorption of Heavy Metals from Wastes (NE-96) 1975-1986
Nutrient Cycling in Forest 1977-1985
Fate of Metals and Nutrients from Land application
of Wastes and Manure (NE-149) 1986-1992
Radionuclides in Granite: Weathering Rates and Environmental Fate 1992-1999
Physical/chemical heterogeniety of aquifers 1996-1999
Consultant experience:
Soil Corrosiveness - Soils Engineering, Charlestown, N. H.
- Carter Electric Company, Eliot, Maine
Ion Movement Through Soils - Hoyle, Tanner and Assoc., Inc., Manchester, N.H.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M.
Evaluate Fly Ash Leachate Characteristics - Jordan-Gorrill Assoc., Portland, Me.
Acid Deposition Monitoring for Snowfall and Snowpack - EPA Workshop, Nov 19-21, 1986
Honors and awards received since baccalaureate degree:
Listed: American Men and Women of Science
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who in America
Fellow: Soil Science Society of America......1988
Service:
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
1. Appointed: Career Promotions Committee 1983-1985
Chairman....1985
Monographs Committee 1986-1989
Use of SI in Soil Chem. (Ad hoc) 1979
Assoc Editor (S-2), Soil Sci Soc Am J 1988-1993
M.L. & C.M. Jackson Award Committee 1993-1994
Agronomic Resident Education Award Committee 1997-1998
Chairman ... 1998
2. Elected: Chairman, Soil Chemistry (S-2), SSSA 1982
3. Other: SSSA, Board of Directors 1983
SSSA, President Nominating Comm. 1983
SSSA, S-2 Chairman Nominating Comm. 1983-1985
ASA, Northeast Branch, Program Chair 1974
Northeast Branch, Organized a
Mt. Washington Tundra Soil Tour 1974
Community service:
Elder, Durham Evangelical Church 1984- 2000
Organizational leader, local 4-H club 1985-1990
County 4-H Advisory Council 1987-1989