Leland H. "Lee" Gile Jr.

Leland H. (Lee) Gile, Jr., 89, international authority on arid-land soils and longtime resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died on November 16, 2009 at La Posada, Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces. Lee was born on February 23, 1920 in Alfred, Maine and grew up on the family dairy farm where he...