Frank J. Stevenson

Frank J. Stevenson (August 2, 1922 – May 29, 2015) was an American agricultural scientist who made large contributions to the scientific agricultural community breakthroughs regarding soil and its relationship with organic matter and humic substances (HS).

Early life and career Stevenson was born in Logan, Utah and received his primary education in Salt Lake City. He started his post secondary education at the University of Utah but joined the U.S World War II efforts, initially as a machinist and then as a Navy airman. It is with his work along with fellow scientist Morris Schnitzer that aided in the understanding of the impacts of chemicals and nutrients within the earth soil. With their work being fundamentally important with regards to understanding soil and environmental functions, Schnitzer and Stevenson were both awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1995. He was also made an honorary member of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS) along with Schnitzer as their work was seen to be groundbreaking to the research community.