Robert L. ôBobö Turner – Management Brief

Long time fertilizer industry leader Robert L. “Bob” Turner, 73, passed away May 14, 2012, at his home near Central Point, Ore., after a brief battle with cancer. In the
1960s and early 1970s Turner worked in sales for several companies, including Mobil, Union Oil, and U.S. Borax. In 1977 he joined Kalium Chemical as a sales representative based in York, Neb. His career with Kalium and its successor companies, Vigoro, IMC-Kalium, and IMC Global, took him to Atlanta and finally to Chicago in many management roles. Turner retired in 2001 as senior vice president of North American Sales for IMC Global, which later merged with Cargill to become the Mosaic Co. He also served as an officer or director of several trade and technical organizations in the U.S. and Canada, and received a number of awards for his service to the industry. Turner was born and raised in Tama, Iowa, and earned his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa, and an MBA in Business Management from Syracuse University. In his retirement, he moved to the Rogue River Valley in southwestern Oregon to pursue his passion for fishing. Turner is survived by his wife, Madonna, three children, and three grandchildren.