Leadership and Mentoring: Dr. Eugene Kamprath's Legacy on Generations of Soil Scientists.

By the common metrics routinely used in our scientific discipline to quantify and assess achievement, Dr. Eugene Kamprath's accomplishments have been marked by excellence throughout his distinguished career. But the simple listing of his scientific contributions and career impacts only reflect part of his story, bypassing to some degree the profound influence of Dr. Kamprath as a teacher, mentor, and administrator on generations of soil scientists and students. Many of these individuals have continued this legacy throughout the world in their own careers in soil science. His life and work have illustrated the highest standards of a scientist and a person.