Huberty, Martin R. (Martin Richard), 1894-

Huberty was born on May 16, 1894 in San Andreas, CA; BS in agriculture, UC Berkeley, 1920; professional degree of engineer, Stanford Univ., 1934; joined the staff of the Irrigation Division, College of Agriculture, Davis and Berkeley, 1921; transferred to Riverside in 1936 and to Los Angeles in 1939; was variously professor of irrigation engineering, chairman of the dept. of irrigation and soil science, and acting dean of agriculture, UCLA; director of University of California system-wide Water Resources Center (1957-60), coordinating all water research within the University, including sea water reclamation, and helped establish the Water Resources Archives on the Berkeley campus; served in Rome as Senior Irrigation and Drainage Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN; was consultant to the UC Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the US Geological Survey, the US Bureau of Land Management, and the Federal Interagency Advisory Committee on Soils, Water and Fertilizer Research; wrote some 90 technical papers, and was senior editor and principal contributor of Natural resources (1959); he died on Dec. 12, 1960.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1925-1960. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41316800

Biography

Huberty was born on May 16, 1894 in San Andreas, California; BS in agriculture, UC Berkeley, 1920; professional degree of engineer, Stanford University, 1934; joined the staff of the Irrigation Division, College of Agriculture, Davis and Berkeley, 1921; transferred to Riverside in 1936 and to Los Angeles in 1939; was variously professor of irrigation engineering, chairman of the Department of irrigation and soil science, and acting dean of agriculture, UCLA; director of University of California system-wide Water Resources Center (1957-60), coordinating all water research within the University, including sea water reclamation, and helped establish the Water Resources Archives on the Berkeley campus; served in Rome as Senior Irrigation and Drainage Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN; was consultant to the UC Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the Federal Interagency Advisory Committee on Soils, Water and Fertilizer Research; wrote some 90 technical papers, and was senior editor and principal contributor of Natural resources (1959); he died on December 12, 1960.

From the guide to the Martin R. Huberty Papers, ca. 1925-1960, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)