FLORENCE, Ala. – Dr. Paul J. Stangel, age 82, of Florence, Ala., passed away peacefully with his wife and six children by his side on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Paul received his PhD in soils chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, School of Agriculture. Following a distinguished career in agronomy and soils research, first with TVA, then as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, and later with International Minerals Corporation, Paul would go on to help co-found the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), serving first as the organization?s Deputy Director and then as President/Executive Managing Director before his retirement in 1992. From its founding, IFDC has been dedicated to the mission of more effectively feeding the world?s impoverished populations through research and technology ? an effort that Paul worked tirelessly to support throughout his professional life.
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