J. Carson Adkerson

J. Carson Adkerson was a mining engineer and President of the American Manganese Institute. It was under Dr. John Lee Coulter's tutelage that Adkerson first confirmed his manganese data.

Aligned with data from all raw materials sectors, these manganese data were justaposed alongside manufacturing interests to reveal the favoritism extended industry, particularly the steel industry, as opposed to foundation raw products of the Earth.

J. Carson Adkerson became a transitional figure between the "Founding Fathers" of raw material economics and those who eventually founded the National Organization for Raw Materials. He was instrumental in forming the Raw Materials National Council, the forerunner of NORM.