VIP Biography for
Darrell A. Russel
 | Darrell A. Russel |
| Industry | Education/genealogy |
| Title | Editor and First Vice President |
| Expertise | Genealogy research in court records |
| Current Organization | Natchez Trace Genealogical Society |
| Type of Organization | Genealogical and family history society |
| Major Product | Quarterly genealogical journal |
| Area of Distribution | All states |
| University/Degree | B.S., Kansas State University; M.S. and Ph.D. in Soil Fertility and Analytical Chemistry, University of Illinois |
| Born | May 26, 1921, McPherson, Kansas |
| Honors & Awards | Award for Preservation of Genealogical Records and for Ten Years of Outstanding Service, both from the Natchez Trace Genealogical Society; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, Soil Science Society of America; Fellow, American Society of Agronomy; Fellow, Crop Science Society of America; Listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Outstanding member of Wilson Dam Section, American Chemical Society |
| Career Accomplishments | 20 years as Genealogy Instructor at Northwest Shoals Community College, University of North Alabama, and Florence-Lauderdale Public Library; 20 years of volunteer service for the Retired and Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP) in both the local library and the probate record room in the Lauderdale County Courthouse; invited lecturer, National Genealogical Society; speaker and seminar leader for genealogical societies in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama |
| Work History | Former organizations: University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1946-47; Iowa State College, Ames, IA, 1947-49; Iowa Agricultural Extension Service, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1949-51; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1951-55; Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Homer, LA, 1955-60; Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL, 1960-83; Work history at TVA: Technical writing and education; author of over 100 publications; helped establish the internationally distributed "Fertilizer Abstracts" and was editor of the agronomy section; loaned to Agency for International Development, usually as team leader, to foster fertilizer use in Morocco, Paraguay, Bolivia, Indonesia, Ghana and Pakistan |
| Children | Duane Arlin, Phyllis Eileen, Dale Edwin, Beverly Elaine, Paul David, Floyd Daniel, Keith Arden, Rebecca Marian, Juanita Marie |
| Spouse | Avice Marion Hanline |
| Married | January 1950 |
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