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Donald Christy was a leader in Kansas soil and water conservation for nearly three decades. Christy earned his B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Kansas State College in 1933 and his M.S. from Texas A&M in 1934. After his graduation, Christy worked for one year with the Soil Conservation Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture after which he was a professor of Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M until 1942. In 1951, he became a member of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, which he would serve on until 1962. Christy was also chairman of the Kansas Soil Conservation Committee from 1952 to 1954 and the Governor’s Watershed Review Committee of Kansas from 1955 to 1956. He served on various other committees and managed multiple large estates throughout the 1960s. In 1980, Christy received the Distinguished Service Award from the KSU College of Engineering, and in 1989, he was inducted into the Engineers Hall of Fame. Christy died on March 15, 1990.
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Written in January 2021 by Jarrod Kuckelman.
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Creator Source: Local Authority File