Dr. Marlin G. Cline, Emeritus Professor Cornell University, died January 9, 2009, at the age of ninety-nine. From 1950 to 1970 Dr. Cline was a very important bridge between the academic study of soil genesis, morphology, and classification and the Federal soil survey program. It was during that period the current Federal system of soil taxonomy and related interpretations was largely established. Marlin Cline was born in Bertha, MN on December 31, 1909. His father was a pioneer in the area. He grew up on a small dairy farm and received his early education in a one- room school. He attended high school at Bertha, graduating at age 15 as the class salutatorian. He then worked on the family farm for 6 years before entering North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in 1931, graduating in 1935. Immediately afterward, he was employed by the North Dakota Experiment Station and the US DA jointly, doing soil mapping. He was soon transferred to Hawaii, followed by an assignment in Tennessee as a member of the soil survey connected with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Just before leaving for the Hawaiian assignment, he and Agnes Israelson, from Christine, ND, were married. Marlin entered graduate school at Cornell University in 1938 with a Dennison Fellowship; the stipend was $750. He received his Ph.D. in 1942 working under Dr. Richard Bradfield. (Dr. Bradfield was the first president of the Soil Science Society of America.) Cline became an instructor at Cornell, reaching full professorship in several years. During World War II, he was involved in soil survey predictions for military purposes. Afterward, he worked for a short time on the World Soil Map before returning to Cornell where his career spanned 34 years as ateacher and researcher, including 7 years as department chair. In the latter capacity, he was faculty representative for construction on the Cornell Campus of Bradfield and Emerson Halls. For much of the time, he was the Experiment Station Representativeto the National Cooperative Soil Survey program of New York State.
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机译：康奈尔大学名誉教授Marlin G. Cline博士于2009年1月9日去世，享年99岁。从1950年到1970年，克莱恩博士是土壤成因，形态学和分类的学术研究与联邦土壤调查计划之间的重要桥梁。正是在那个时期，当前建立了土壤分类学和相关解释的联邦制度。马林·克莱恩（Marlin Cline）于1909年12月31日出生于明尼苏达州的伯塔。他的父亲是该地区的先驱。他在一个小型奶牛场长大，并在一间单人间学校接受早期教育。他在伯莎（Bertha）读高中，15岁时成为班级礼仪师。然后，他在家庭农场工作了6年，之后于1931年进入北达科他州农业学院（现称为北达科他州立大学），并于1935年毕业。此后不久，他受雇于北达科他州实验站和美国DA，做土壤测绘。他很快被转移到夏威夷，随后在田纳西州担任田纳西河谷管理局的土壤调查成员。就在去夏威夷工作之前，他和北达科他州克里斯汀市的艾格尼丝·以色列森结婚了。马林于1938年以丹尼森奖学金的身份进入康奈尔大学研究生院。津贴是750美元。他获得了博士学位。 1942年在理查德·布拉德菲尔德（Richard Bradfield）博士的领导下工作。 （布拉德菲尔德博士是美国土壤科学学会的首任主席。）克莱恩成为康奈尔大学的讲师，并在几年内获得正式教授职位。第二次世界大战期间，他参与了军事目的的土壤调查预测。此后，他在《世界土壤图》上工作了很短的时间，然后返回康奈尔，在那里他的职业生涯长达34年，曾担任教师和研究员，其中包括7年担任部门主席。在后者的职位上，他是布拉德菲尔德康奈尔校区和艾默生音乐厅的建筑施工教师代表。在大部分时间里，他都是纽约州国家土壤合作调查计划的实验站代表。
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