Out Standing in His Field: Farm Boy to International Scientist

This is the story of a boy growing up in a small farming community on the eastern plains of Colorado. Although he had hopes of becoming a farmer like his parents, he went on to earn his PhD in Agronomy/Biochemistry and spent much of his career helping subsistence farmers in the dry regions of the world improve crop yields. His life took many twists and turns along the way, as he followed his passions in farming, science and later country music. Filled with humorous events from his experiences growing up in the 1940s and 1950s in rural small town America, the book details and preserves a picture of those two early decades for future generations to enjoy. It also touches on different cultures of people around the world. Originally written for his grandchildren and told from the heart, maybe this story will help some readers remember those things that shaped them to be something other than what they had believed they would be.