Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Soil Science Society

This organization was established in 1957.

Presidents

Period

President

1957-1958

Edward Arnold “Ted” Poyser (1927-2020)

1959

L. Pratt

1960

J. Barr

1961

R. Wallace

1962

M. Zwarich

1963

H. Tolton

1964

Robert Joseph Soper (1927-2016)

1965-1966

J. Parker

1967-1968

R. Smith

1969

Geza Racz

1970

R. Bradley

1971

Gordon Mills

1972

A. Ridley

1973

F. Pitura

1974-1975

Carl Shaykewich

1976

Walter Michalyna

1977

R. Baptie

1978

L. Bailey

1979

J. Partridge

1980

C. Cho

1981

E. Thompson

1982

A. Toews

1983

G. Jenkins

1984

J. Ewanek

1985

Rob Eilers

1986

Peter Haluschak

1987

A. Ridley

1988

J. Simons

1989

J. Tokarchuk

1990-1991

W. Toews

1992

Gordon Mills

1993

Carl Shaykewich

1994

Barrie Webster

1995

L. Fuller

1996

H. Veldhuis

1997

J. Leyshon

1998

Curtis Cavers

1999

W. Fraser

2000

Annemieke Farenhorst

2001

David Lobb

2002

M. Harland

2003

Alan Moulin

2004

R. Mohr

2005

Mario Tenuta

2006

Mitchell Timmerman

2007

Michelle Erb

2008

Elaine Gauer

2009

Brian Amiro

2010

Kim Brown-Livingston

2011

Francis Zvomuya

2012

Darshani Kumaragamage

2013

Aaron Glenn

2014

Wara Chiyoka

2015

Xiaopeng Gao

2016

John Heard

2017

Kevin Baron

2018

Laryssa Stevenson

2019

Timi Ojo

2020

Megan Westphal

2021

Stephen Crittenden

2022

Baljeet Singh

2023

Alex Koiter

2024

Inoka Amarakoon

2025

Henrique Carvalho

2026

Marla Riekman

Sources:

Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba.

We thank Timi Ojo and Megan Westphal for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 March 2026