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Charles Clifford Mitchell, Jr., son of Charles Clifford and Phebe 

 (Hinson) Mitchell, was born in Selma, Alabama, on 14 March 1948. He 

 attended Marengo County (Alabama) schools and graduated valedictorian 

 from Marengo County High School in 1966. 



He attended Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, 

 where he received the Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1970. 

 He attended graduate school at Auburn University where he received the 

 Master of Science degree in soil fertility in 1973. Prior to receiv- 

 ing the master's degree, he accepted a position of research associate 

 with the Department of Agronomy and Soils at Auburn University and 

 worked with the soil testing program in Alabama for 5 years. For two 

 of those years, he coordinated on- the- farm soil fertility research 

 with farmers in north Alabama and worked out of the Tennessee Valley 

 Substation at Belle Mina, Alabama. 



In 1977, he. returned to graduate school at the University of 

 Florida on a half-time graduate assistantship with the Extension Soil 

 Testing Laboratory in the Soil Science Department. In September, 1980, 

 he accepted a position with the Department of Agricultural Chemical 

 Services at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, as Laboratory 

 Director and Lecturer in Agronomy and Soils. 



He is married to the former Peggy Armstrong of Hamilton, Alabama, 

 and is a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Gamma Sigma Delta, national 



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