Dr. Robert "Bob" Grossman

Dr. Robert "Bob" Grossman retired from the NRCS (SCS), effective June 30, 2004, after 46 years of meritorious federal service.

Bob was born in New York City, New York, on May 15, 1931. He received his primary and secondary education largely at Edmeston New York Central School. He attended Cornell University (1948-54) where he received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. He earned his Ph.D. in 1959 from the University of Illinois.

Bob was first employed by the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in 1958 as a Soil Scientist and was stationed at the Soil Survey Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. He was transferred shortly thereafter to the Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska, where he remained as a Soil Scientist, Supervisory Soil Scientist, and then Laboratory Head until 1975.

In September 1975, he was detailed on a two-year IPA assignment to the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, where he served as a Professor in the Agronomy Department.

He returned to the consolidated National Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska, as a Research Soil Scientist. His principal professional activities have been in the application of physical methods and analysis to soil interpretations.

Aside from Bob’s extensive laboratory and research work, Bob may best be remembered for the numerous training sessions he has taught at the Soil Science Institutes and Basic Soil Survey courses.

Bob is married to the former Natalie Doris Ross. They have two sons and three grandchildren.

After Bob’s retirement on June 30^th, 2004 Bob and Natalie have travel plans for the majority of the months of July and August.