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V. STATE
OF AGRICULTURE
COMMISSIONER
НДА A
CALIFORNIA
Dr. Luther T. Wallace, Jr., Director
Department of Food and Agriculture
Agriculture Building
1220 N. Street
Sacramento, California 95814
916/445-7126
DR. LUTHERT. WALLACE, JR., education includes an A.B. In
Economics from Harvard, an M.S. in Agricultural Economics
from Oregon State University and the Ph.D. In Agricultural
Economics from Purdue. A self-employed rancher and logger
from 1949-1954, he has worked for the University of
California since 1963 with the exception of a leave in 1968-1969
when he was senior economist for the President's Council of
Economic Advisors as a specialist in agricultural policy analysis.
Prior to his appointment as Director in February, 1975, he was an
agricultural economist with the University of California
Cooperative Extension Service in Berkeley.
2/17
2/5/75
WMY
EVAN:
In case you and the Secretary haven't heard, the new
Director of Agriculture for California is Tim Wallace, and
here's some background provided today by Eric Thor:
Studied under the Secretary at Purdue (got his phd
there around 1960). Dr. Cowden probably knows him also.
Grew up in Illinois. Got a bachelor's in ag econ
from Harvard.
Went to Oregon and farmed a cattle-sheep operation
for 6 years. The farm wasn't large enough so he went back
to school and got a master's from OSU. Then went to Purdue
for his phd and was on the staff there for a while.
University of California-Davis hired him from Purdue
in 1962. At Davis, he has served as an ag economist for the
Giannini Foundation specializing in land use.
(Somewhere in his career he spent two years in D.C. with
the staff of Economic Advisors.)
Gov. Brown wanted someone acceptable to agriculture and
labor. Labor wouldn't accept any of the farmer types offered
so they compromised on Wallace. Also, Wallace had done some
work for Mexican cooperatives in the state and therefore the
Chavez types agreed on him. Brown was particularly interested
in Wallace's land use background. Gov. Brown went to Davis the
other day and spent 4 hours with Wallace and then hired him.
Wallace is a middle-of-the-roader, says Eric.
I imagine that if he tells farmers he studied under
Secretary Butz then he won't have any trouble being accepted
by the tillers of the soil.
been
Vern Highley
OFFICEOF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Bill Stall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571 2-3-75
#22
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment today
of Tim Wallace, a former rancher and logger, as director of the
Department of Food and Agriculture.
Wallace, 46, most recently was an agricultural economist with
the University of California Cooperative Extension in Berkeley.
From 1949-54, he was a self-employed rancher and logger in
Oregon.
The Berkeley resident has worked for UC since 1963 with the
exception of a leave in 1968-69 when he was a senior economist for
the President Council of Economic Advisers. He specialized in
agricultural policy analysis in that position.
He received his A.B. in economics from Harvard, an M.S. in
agricultural economics from Oregon State University and his Ph. D.
in agricultural economics from Purdue.
Wallace is a Democrat. The post currently carries a salary
of $37,212 a year.
Former Director C. Brunel Christensen was asked to remain in
the department for a brief period as a consultant.
OF
HAM B
The Commissioner of Agriculture
The
COMMISSIONER
OF
AGRICULTURE
WWW
SERVICES
DOYLE CONNER
D
OYLE [EDWARD] CONNER,
Blue Key, of Alpha Gamma Rho and
Seventh Commissioner of Agri-
president of the Agriculture Club.
culture of the State of Florida, was born
Commissioner Conner was selected by
in Starke on December 17, 1928, the
the Outdoor Writers of America as one
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Conner. The
of the nation's outstanding youth in
future Commissioner learned from boy-
1947; voted by the Florida State Junior
hood of the problems of agriculture
Chamber of Commerce as one of the
since his father was engaged in raising
state's top five young men in 1950, and
livestock and farming 400 acres.
chosen by the United States Junior
Doyle Conner attended Bradford
Chamber of Commerce as one of the
County Schools, and was active in farm
nation's top 10 young men in 1960.
youth organizations. In 4-H, he was
In Starke, he was a member of the
president of his chapter. In the Future
Junior Chamber of Commerce. He
Farmers of America, he was Florida
carried on and expanded the farming
president in 1947 and National presi-
operations in Bradford County of his
dent in 1948-49.
father, specializing in breeding Angus
In 1950, while 21 and a sophomore
cattle. He also operated general in-
at the University of Florida, he was
surance agencies in Starke and Miami.
elected to the House of Representatives
Commissioner Conner served as
from Bradford County. He was re-
President of the Southern and National
elected before graduation in 1952 with
Associations of State Departments of
the degree of bachelor of science in
Agriculture and as a member of the
agriculture. He served a total of five
National Food for Peace Committee.
terms in the House, and at 28 in 1957
He is a member of the Florida Cham-
was its youngest Speaker. In the 1959
ber of Commerce, Farm Bureau and
session, he was chairman of the Com-
Florida Cattlemen's Association.
mittee on Rules and Calendar. He was
Commissioner Conner is a Baptist,
first elected Commissioner of Agricul-
an Elk, Mason (Scottish Rite), Shriner,
ture in 1960.
and an honorary Kiwanian.
Mr. Conner was active in campus af-
Mrs. Conner is the former Johnnie
fairs at the University of Florida. He
(Kitten) Bennett of Marianna. They
was vice president of the Freshman
were married on June 28, 1953, and
Class and a member of the President's
have three children, Doyle, Jr., born Oc
Cabinet. He was a member of Florida
tober 28, 1955; Kimberly Ann, June 14,
150
The Commissioner of Agriculture
1958, and John Bryant, April 8, 1961.
fications: An elector, not less than 30
They reside in Tallahassee at 2902
years old, and a resident of the state
Woodside Drive.
for the preceding seven years. Term:
Legal basis for the office of Com-
Four years. May be re-elected to
missioner of Agriculture: Article IV,
successive terms. Present term ends
Section 4, Constitution of Florida,
January 2, 1979. Method of removal:
and Chapter 570, Florida Statutes.
Impeachment. Compensation: $40,000
Method of selection: Election. Quali-
a year.
HISTORY: 1868 Constitution created offices of Surveyor-General and Com-
missioner of Immigration. Surveyor-General and Commissioner appointed by
Governor, confirmed by Senate. Constitution amended in 1871 to consolidate
offices under name of Commissioner of Lands and Immigration. 1885 Consti-
tution created office of Commissioner of Agriculture, absorbing duties of
Commissioner of Lands and Immigration. Commissioner elected by people.
1968 Constitution, elected by people.
See: THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, ON page 134.
Also see: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
on page 238.
The Commissioners of Agriculture
...
L B. WOMBWELL
Dec. 31, 1888
W.A. McRAB
March 1, 1912
Dec. 27, 1900
October 31, 1923
B.E.McLIN
January 9, 1901
NATHAN MAYO
November 1, 1923
January 31, 1912
April 14, 1960
J. C. LUNING
February 5, 1912
LEE THOMPSON
April 18, 1960
February 19, 1912
January 2, 1961
DOYLE CONNER
January 3, 1961
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HAM C
ILLINOIS
Robert J. Williams, Director
Department of Agriculture
State Fairgrounds
Springfield, Illinois 62706
217/782-2274
Governor Dan Walker appointed Robert J. (Pud) Williams
director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture in May of 1973.
Williams, a working grain and livestock farmer all his life, has
been active In conservation and flood control as a member and
former director of both the Wabash Valley Interstate Commission
and the Wabash Valley Association.
During the past 15 years, the 48-year old farmer has served as a
member of the White County Board. He has always been active in
Democratic county politics and formerly served as the board's
chairman.
Williams is the owner of a grain elevator company in Golden
Gate. This business has been placed in a "blind trust" during his
tenure as agriculture director. He will be Informed only of any
earnings for Income tax purposes.
The director's home is a 1600 acre farm at Mill Shoals. There he
lives within three miles of where he was born and raised, and
there within five or six mlles live his two brothers. All three are
farmers. The younger brother also runs the grain elevator owned
by them. There are three full-time employees to run the farm.
Williams keeps 1000 acres planted in corn and soybeans and feeds
about two hundred head of cattle.
Ten years ago Williams built a new home on the farm and put in
a small lake in back of the house. He resldes there with his wife
Dorothy, and two children. Dorothy Williams handles all the
bookkeeping for the farm.
Williams is well known throughout White County. He is a
member of the Farm Bureau, the American Legion, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and is active in the First Presbyterian Church of
Carml.
FORD
LIBRARY
HAA D
ORR, ROBERT DUNKERSON
R
Lt. Gov, Ind:
b. Ann Arbor, Mich, 11/17/17; S. Samuel Lowry Orr and Louise Dunkerson
O; m. 12/16/44 to Joanne Wallace; c. Robert D, Jr, Marjorie R. and Susan S.
Educ: Yale Univ, B.A, 40; Harvard Bus. Sch, 42; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Scroll
and Key. Polit. & Govt. Pos: Chmn, Ctr. Twp. Adv. Bd, Ind, 50-54; treas,
Vanderburgh Co. Eisenhower Comt, 52; leader, Eval. Team to Vietnam for
For. Opers. Div, 54; precinct committeeman, Rep. Party, Ind, 54-62; alter-
nate del, Rep. Nat. Conv, 56; chmn, Ind. Scranton Comt, 64; treas, Eighth
Dist. Rep. Comt, 56-58; chmn, Vanderburgh Co. Rep. Cent. Comt, 65-71; Ind.
State Sen, 68-72; Lt. Gov, Ind, 73- Bus. & Prof. Pos: Exec. v.pres, Orr Iron
Co, 46-60; v.pres-dir, Hahn, Inc, 57-69; dir, Sign Crafters Inc, Evansville,
57-, PAR Indust, 60-73, Dixson, Inc, Grand Junction, Colo, 62-, Erie Invest,
Evansville, 65-73 and Indian Industs, 67-73, pres. &dir, Indian Archery Corp,
62-65. Mil. Serv: Entered as Pvt, Army, 42, released as Maj, 46, after serv.
in Qm. Corps, Alaska, S.W. Pae, Philippines, Okinawa, Japan; Legion of
Merit. Mem: Rotary; Evansville Country Club; Evansville Petroleum Club;
former mem, Jaycees; Columbia Club; trustee, Hanover Col. Distinguished
Serv. Award, Jaycees, 53. Rel: Presbyterian. Legal Res: R.R.-8, Box 97,
Evansville, IN 47711. Mailing Add: Room 333, State House, Indianapolis, IN
46204.
E B A T
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS
21
Secretary of Agriculture
ROBERT H. LOUNSBERRY
McCallsburg
Republican
Born at Carlisle, Iowa, June 22, 1918. Attended high school in Colo and Mc-
Callsburg. Graduated from Luther College with a B.A. in Biology and Chemistry
and completed two years in College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. Named
to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities in 1940. Served as combat
pilot in the U.S. Air Force in World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Began
farming in 1946 and has lived and worked on present farm since 1947. Served as
an official in many farm organizations and commodity groups. Is a member of
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion. Served as American Legion Post
commander, Story County commander, 6th District commander, State command-
er, and Post Department Finance Committee. Was national executive committee-
man for Iowa and is a director of American Legion Boy's State. Served as director
of both Story County and the Iowa Society for Crippled Children. Was a member
of President Eisenhower's Committee for Better Education, director of Iowa As-
sociation of School Boards, chairman of the Story County Board of Education, and
member of the Des Moines Area Community College Board. Has served as Re-
publican Precinct committeeman, Story County chairman, and 5th District chair-
man. Member of Nevada Lodge # 99, Des Moines Consistory, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine,
IBRAR
and McCallsburg Presbyterian Church. Married Muriel Dirks of Decorah and they
have three sons, two daughters, and one grandson. Was appointed deputy secretary
of agriculture in 1969. Elected secretary in 1972.
MISSOURI
James B. Boillot, Director
Department of Agriculture
P. 0. Box 630
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
314/751-3359
JAMES B. BOILLOT, lives at Kingdom City, Missouri and has
farming operations in Callaway and Boone Counties, Missouri.
Born in Columbia, Missouri, Mr. Boillot received his B.S. degree
in Animal Husbandry and his M.S. degree in Meat Technology
from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to accepting ap-
pointment as Director of Agriculture, Mr. Bolllot engaged in
farming. In his career as a farmer he has held various positions in
farm organizations throughout the state. He serves as chairman
of the Governor's Advisory Council on Agriculture and is a
member of the Missouri Energy Council. He currently serves as
treasurer of the Mid-America International Agri-Trade Council,
Inc. (MIATCO). Recently he was appointed as a member of the
Technical Advisory Committee on Ollseeds and Products for
Trade Negotiations by Secretary of Agriculture Butz. In 1965, he
was honored as the Outstanding Missouri Commercial Pork
Producer and in 1970 he received the College of Agriculture
Centennial Award. In 1974, he was honored by the University of
Missouri as a recipient of the Faculty-Alumni Achievement
Award. He is an active member of the Union Presbytery of
Northeast Missouri. He and his wife, Phyllis, have three children.
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NEBRASKA
Glenn W. Kreuscher, Director
Department of Agriculture
State Capitol, P. o. Box 4844
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
402/471-2341
GLENN W. KREUSCHER, born and raised on a farm and
operated his own livestock and feeding operations while being
engaged for more than 25 years In state and national agricultural
journalism and livestock promotion activities. Until recent years
he owned Circle K Polled Herefords, a herd that furnished breed-
ing stock to cattlemen In many states. From 1947 to 1958 he
traveled nationally, covering at least 40 states per year as a
fieldman and assistant to the national secretary of the American
Polled Hereford Association. From 1959 to 1971, he was the farm
and rural life editor for the Lincoln Journal and the Lincoln Star.
In this capacity he covered both state, national and International
writing assignments. He was Governor J. James Exon's first ap-
pointment in January, 1971 and has served since that time as
Nebraska's Director of Agriculture. Kreuscher has averaged
more than 150 speaking engagements each year for the past 25
years. In March of 1974 he became Chairman of the National
Transportation Committee for NASDA. He received the 1973
booster award from the Nebraska Pork Producers Association
and on Aprll 1, 1974, he was named to the Board of Governors of
the American Royal Association, Kansas City, Missouri. Kreus-
cher has served as president or chairman of many organizations
including the presidency of MASDA. He has been awarded many
honors for his agricultural activities, including Meritorius Public
Service Award in the field of agricultural education presented by
the Nebraska County Agents Association; distinguished service
award from the Future Farmers of America; Honorary
membership In Alpha Tau Alpha; and is an honorary member of
the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association. His writing
achlevements include the co-authorship of Nebraska's Centen-
nial film, "Where the Cornbelt Meets the Range" which was
narrated by Henry Fonda. He was awarded the 1970 National
Photography Award by the Newspaper Farm Editors of America.
He and his wife have three sons and a daughter.
IBRARY
T B A H
John S. Dyson
(No resume available)
HAM H
OHIO
John M. Stackhouse, Director
Department of Agriculture
65 South Front Street
Columbus; Ohio:43215
614/466-2732
JOHN M. STACKHOUSE, accepted reappointment as Director
of the Ohio Department of Agriculture in January, 1975. He had
previously served as State Agriculture Director for eight years,
from 1963-1970. During 1971-1972 he was Director of Regulatory
Affairs for the National Agricultural Chemicals Association: in
1973 he served as Vice President of the Association. He is a
lifelong resident of Wakeman, Ohio where he manages a 1200 acre
farm which specializes in popcorn and certified seed grains. After
graduating from Wakeman High School, he attended Ohio State
University where he received his B.S. degree with an Agricultural
Engineering major and minors in Agronomy and Animal Hus-
bandry. He has done graduate work in Agronomy both at Ohio
State University and at the Ohio Agricultural Research and
Development Center in Wooster. He has served as Director of the
Ohio Drainage Contractors Association and Director of the Ohio
Forestry Association, as well as a member on the Board of
Supervisors of the Huron County Soil and Water Conservation
District. As Director of the Ohlo Department of Agriculture he is
State Sealer of Weights and Measures and an ex-officlo member
of the Ohio Expositions Commission, Board of Control of the Ohio
Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohlo Soil
and Water Conservation Commission, and the Ohio Sewer and
Water Commission. Memberships Include the American Society
of Agronomy, The Soil Science Soclety of America, the American
Society of Agricultural Engineers, and the Ohio Society of Farm
Managers and Rural Appraisers and others. He has been active in
school, church and civic organizations in Wakeman.
Mrs. Stackhouse Is the former Ruth Burdick of York,
Pennsylvania. They have two teenage daughters.
JOHN M. STACKHOUSE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Address: Route 2
Wakeman, Ohio
Married, with two children
Date and Palce of Birth: March 3, 1929 in Oberlin, Ohio
EDUCATION:
Ohio State University-- B.S. ( Agriculture and Agronomy)
Graduate work at Ohio State University
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Vice President, National Agriculture Chemicals Company (4 years)
Former Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture (7 years)
Farm Manager of 12,000 acre farm
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Ohio Drainage Contractors Association
Director, Ohio Forestry Association
Ohio Exposition Committee
American Society of Agronomy
CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
Board of Supervisors of Huron County Soil and Water Association
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Ohio Society of Farm Managers
FORD CIBRARY
Broad St.
Columbus, Chio 43215
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/19/74
Governor-elect James A. Rhodes today announced the appointment of key staff
personnel and 12 members of his cabinet.
Staff personnel named were:
Roy A. Martin, Portsmouth, executive assistant.
John M. McElroy, Columbus, executive assistant.
Miss Emma Scholz,' Columbus, administrative assistant.
Chan Cochran, Columbus, administrative assistant.
Cabinet members named were:
Administrative services -- Richard L. Krabach, Lima.
Agriculture -- John M. Stackhouse, Wakeman.
Budget and Management -- Howard L. Collier, Toledo.
Commerce -- Gordon Peltier, Columbus.
Economic and Community Development -- James A. Duerk, Marysville.
Highway Safety -- Donald D. Cook, Bexley.
Industrial Relations -- Helen W. Evans, Marysville.
Insurance -- Harry Jump, Willard.
Liquor Control --- Clifford E. Reich, Westerville.
Natural Resources -- Robert W. Teater, Columbus.
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Transportation -- Richard D. Jackson, Columbus.
LIBRARY
Welfare -- Denver L. White, Athens.
Martin, McElroy and Miss Scholz served in similar capacities with Rhodes
during the latter previous administration.
Martin, 59, served as Rhodes' 1974 campaign manager and formerly was an
ssistant to U. S. Sen. William B. Saxbe.
McElroy, 65, an attorney, has been associated with the firm of Topper,
Alloway, Goodman, DeLeone and Duffey, Columbus, since 1971.
-2-
Miss Scholz has been with Rhodes' industrial development firm, James
Rhodes & Associates, since 1971.
Cochran, 32, has been a statehouse reporter with the Columbus Dispatch
for five years. He formerly worked on the Youngstown Vindicator.
Krabach served as the first finance director in Rhodes' previous adminis-
tration. He is a former city manager of Cincinnati, and more recently a
practicing attorney in Lima.
Stackhouse, 45, served as director of agriculture under Rhodes from
1963-71 and since then as vice president of the National Agricultural Chemical
Association in Washington, D. C.
Collier, 41, first budget director and later finance director in the previous
Rhodes administration, has been a vice president of the Medical College of Ohio at
Toledo since 1971.
Peltier; 57, commerce director under Rhodes from 1963-71, is an attorney and
was a key campaign side to Rhodes this year.
Duerk, 44, communications consultant for the Rhodes campaign and a former
side to U. S. Senator and Attorney General William B. Saxbe in Washington, served
as press secretary to Rhodes from 1969-71. He also is a former public relations
director for Republican State Headquarters.
Cook, 60, served as director of liquor control in the last Rhodes administration
Since 1971 he has operated as an industrial security consultant in Columbus. Cook
is a former state highway patrolman, FBI agent and safety director for the City of
Columbus.
Mrs. Evans, 69, was deputy director of industrial relations in the previous
Rhodes administration. Shs has served as executive secretary of the Ohio Republican
Council since 1952.
Jump, 59, clerk of the Ohio Senate since 1971, served as deputy insurance
director under Rhodes during the last Republican ndminictration
J A B T
Robert L. Barr
(No Resume Available)
HAM KI
James A. McHale
(No Resume Available)
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HAM H
TEXAS
John C. White, Commissioner
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
512/475-2760
JOHN C. WHITE, degree In agriculture, Texas Technological
College in 1946. Head of School of Agriculture at Midwestern Uni-
versity. Elected Commissioner thirteen consecutive times, first
in 1951. Elected to first four-year term in 1974. International
Presidential consultant and advisor on agricultural matters in
Eastern and Western Europe and In South Viet Nam. Received
Congressional Federal Land Bank medal "for outstanding
service to American agriculture." Holds consumer service and
Texas Agricultural Products promotions as biggest challenge. At
age 50, Commissioner White uniquely qualifies as one of the
nation's youngest chief agricultural executive officers and one of
its most senior in terms of service. White is married to the former
Wynelle Watson. They and their children reside in Austin.
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EASHI
WASHINGTON
Stewart Bledsoe, Director
Department of Agriculture
General Administration Building
P.O. Box 128
Olympia, Washington 98501
206/753-5050
DIRECTOR BLEDSOE was for 30 years the owner and
manager of the Flying B. Cattle Ranch in Ellensburg and Is Past
Director of Natural Resources Greenacres, Inc., Seattle. He has
been past president of Kittitas County Farm Bureau and the
Ellensburg Rodeo. He has served as past director of the
Washlngton Cattlemen's Association and the Ellensburg
Chamber of Commerce. He was elected to the Washington State
Legislature In 1964, re-elected In 1966 and served as majority
whip, re-elected in 1968 and served as majority leader, re-elected
In 1970 and continued as majority leader until his appointment as
Director of the Washington Department of Agriculture. Mr. Bled-
soe has been a member of the Governor's Task Force and joint
legislative committees on nuclear energy, legislative committees
on rules and administration, state government, revenue and
taxation and Council of State Governments and Citizens
Conference on State Legislatures.
BLEDSOE, STEWART
R
b. Long Beach, Callf, 1922; m. to Betsy; c. four. Educ: Univ. Calif, Los
Angeles; Wash. State Univ, grad. Polit. & Govt. Pos: Wash. State Rep,
formerly, majority whip, Wash. State House Rep, 67, majority leader, 69-72.
Bus. & Prof. Pos: Owner, Flying B Ranch, Ellensburg, Wash, 47-; natural
resources dir, Greenacres, Inc, Seattle, 70-; dir, Commun. Savings & Loan,
Wenatchee, 70- Mil. Serv: Entered as Seaman 2/C, Navy, 42, released as
Lt, 45 after serv. in Naval Air Corps as fighter pilot. Mem: Phi Delta Theta;
Elks; Wash. Cattlemen's Asn. Mailing Add: Route 3, Box 60-B, Ellensburg,
WA 98926.*
VI. AGRICULTURALISTS IN
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
A A B T
AENDRICK, JAMES BLAIR, JR., cani. adminstr.. research
scientist; b. Lafayette. Ind., Oct. 21. 1920: S. James Blair and Violet
(McDonald) K.: B.A., U. Cal. at Berkeley. 1942: Ph.D.. U. Wis., 1947:
m. Evelyn May Henle. May 17. 1942; children-Janet Blair. Douglas
Henic. Mem. staff. faculty U. Cal. at Riverside. 1947-68. prof. plant
pathology and plant pathologist, 1961-68. chinn. dept., 1953-63: v.p.
agrl. seis. U. Cal., 1963-, dir. agrl. expt. sta., 1973- Spl. research
diseases vegetable crops. Dir. Tejon Agrl. Corp. Participant 10:h
Internat. Bot. Congress. Edinburgh. Scotland. 1964: ment. Cal. Bd.
Agr., 1968-. Bd. dirs. Cal. Edn!. Found. Agr. and Food Prodn.
Served with AUS. 1944-46. NSF sr. postdoctoral fellow C. Cambridge
(Eng.) and Rothamsted (Eng.) Expti. Sta., 1961-62. Fellow A.A.S.S.
mem. Am. Phytopath. Soc. (editorial 5d. jour. 1965-68. councilor it
large 1968-20). Internat. See. Plant Pathology (council). Am. last.
Biol. Scis., Cal. C. of C. (agrl. com. 1968-1. Nat. Assn. State Univs.
and Land Grants Colls. (chmn div. azr. 1972-73). Phi Bets Kappa.
Sigma Xi. Presbyn. (elder). Club: Commonwealth of Cal. (Sin
Francisco). Contor. articles to profi. jours. Home: 615 Spruce St
Bcrkeley CA 94707
JAMES B. KENDRICK
Business Address
Home Address
Division of Agricultural Sciences
615 Spruce Street
University of California
Berkeley, California 94707
2200 University Avenue, Suite 317
(415) 526-1031
Berkeley, California 94720
(415) 642-4598
Date of Birth: October 21, 1920 - Lafayette, Indiana.
Degrees: BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1942.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1947.
Present Position: Vice President-Agricultural Sciences and Director,
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Professor, Plant Pathology
Former Positions: 1947, Junior Plant Pathologist, University of California,
Riverside; Professor of Plant Pathology, 1961.
1963-68, Chairman, Department of Plant Pathology, University
of California, Riverside.
Honorary Organizations: Phi Beta Kappa
University of California, Berkeley, 1942.
Sigma Xi, University of Wisconsin, 1947.
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State Organizations: California State Board of Agriculture
Commonwealth Club of California
State Chamber of Commerce
Member, Advisory Committee, Region 9, U.S. Forest Service
National Organizations: American Phytopathological Society
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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International Organizations: Council of International Society of Plant Pathology.
Member, Policy Committee, University of Chile-
University of California Convenio.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Consultant for: Cornell University - Review Team for Plant Pathology Program
in New York.
Arizona State University - Review Program and Organization of
the College of Agriculture.
University of Nevada - Member, Arbitration Team (3 members).
U.S. Department of Agriculture:
(I) Review Federal-State Agricultural Research Relationships,
1968-69.
(2) Review Need For and Use of Federal Agricultural Research
Facilities.
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KENDRICK, JR., DR. JAMES B., Vice
President, Agricultural Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY
JAMES B. KENDRICK, JR.
Dr. James B. Kendrick is Vice President-Agricultural Sciences and
Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of
California. In this capacity he heads the University's Division of Agri-
cultural Sciences which includes University and statewide research and ex-
tension programs conducted by personnel associated with the Agricultural
Experiment Station and Cooperative (Agricultural) Extension Service.
The Extension programs are conducted from the University Campuses at
Davis, Berkeley, and Riverside, and the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural
Research and Extension Center at Parlier, as well as in 54 of California's
Counties. As Director of the Experiment Station, he is responsible for
the research programs conducted by the Station personnel associated with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and School of
Veterinary Medicine at Davis, the College of Agricultural Sciences and
the School of Forestry and Conservation at Berkeley, and the College of
Biological and Agricultural Sciences (and Citrus Research Center) at
Riverside. The Agricultural Experiment Station, as an organization, also
includes nine Field Stations located throughout California from Imperial
County in the South to Siskiyou County in the North. Dr. Kendrick also
represents the President's Office on the Universitywide Water Resources
Center Coordinating Board as its permanent chairman.
Dr. Kendrick received his B.A. in a joint Botany-Genetics major in
1942 from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. in
Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin in 1947 following two
years of service in the United States Army during World War II. He was
appointed to the University of California's Citrus Experiment Station
staff at Riverside in 1947 as a Junior Plant Pathologist, advancing to
Professor of Plant Pathology in 1961. He served as Chairman of the De-
partment of Plant Pathology on the Riverside campus from 1963 to 1968
when he resigned to accept the position of Vice President-Agricultural
Sciences in the President's Office in Berkeley. On July 1, 1973, the
additional title of Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station was
granted by The Regents in a move to streamline the administration of
the Experiment Station.
During his career with the University, he has served on and chaired
numerous faculty and administration committees with both Campus and Uni-
versidywide responsibilities. Notable Universitywide responsibilities
included service on Committees on Educational Policy, on Budget, on
Capital Outlay, and on the Academic Senate's Academic Council. In 1967,
he served as Vice Chairman of the Assembly of the University's Academic
Senate.
Since 1968, he has been active in national agricultural affairs
serving on several committees appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture
as well as Chairman of the Council of Administrative Heads of Agriculture
and Chairman of the Division of Agriculture both in the National Associa-
tion of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He has been a mem-
ber of the California State Board of Agriculture since 1968.
As a professional plant pathologist, Dr. Kendrick has authored
numerous articles on the chemical treatment of plant diseases, air pollu-
tion damage to plants, and the nature and control of root diseases of
vegetable crops. In 1961-62, he was selected as a National Science
Foundation Senior Post-doctoral Fellow for studies at Cambridge Univer-
sity and the Rothamsted Experiment Station in England. He is a member
of the American Phytopathological Society and has served that Society
as an associate editor of its journal "Phytopathology", Chairman of its
Constitution and By-Laws Revision Committee, and an at-large-elected
member of the Governing Council. He is also a member of the International
Society of Plant Pathology and one of the U.S. members on that Society's
Governing Council. He is a member of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. He is a member of Sigma Xi (an honorary profes-
sional science research society) and Phi Beta Kappa (an honorary under-
graduate scholarship society).
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Avenang
Chancellor James H. Meyer
10/25/74
uc-Davis
James H. Meyer 4/1/69 Named
UC-Davis Chancellor
Biog NASULGC
DAVIS-James H. Meyer, dean
environment. These are all matters
of the College of Agricultural and
of public concern," said Meyer in
Environmental Sciences at the Uni-
describing the changes. "From this,
versity of California, Davis, will
the mission is to develop, integrate,
succeed Emil M. Mrak as Davis
and apply knowledge through
chancellor on July 1.
teaching and research to-
"From the start, it was apparent
that we would have to find a man
(1) insure an adequate food and
fiber supply,
of extremely high caliber to replace
Emil Mrak as Chancellor at Davis
(2) develop and conserve renew-
and in James Meyer we have found
able natural resources, and
that man." President Charles J.
(3) improve the quality of physi-
Hitch said.
cal and social environment of Cali-
Born in Fenn, Idaho, in 1922,
fornia."
Meyer graduated from the Univer-
The teaching program changes
sity of Idaho in 1947. He received
have included expansion in the
his master's and doctor's degrees in
social sciences and humanities re-
nutrition from the University of
quirements and the addition of new
Wisconsin in 1949 and 1951, re-
teaching programs in resource sci-
spectively. In 1951, he joined the
ences, agricultural sciences, and
staff at Davis as an instructor in
family and consumer sciences, with
an increased emphasis on the en-
vironment.
"An example of courses express-
ing the College's interest in mat-
ters of social concern are such
courses as agricultural labor; hous-
ing, community development; the
disadvantaged-issues and innova-
tions; man, work, and technology;
protecting the quality of environ-
ment; and food habits and culture,"
said Meyer.
The College's research programs
are a continuum from resources to
production to processing to distri-
bution to man, the user, he said.
Meyer's own research activities
have included studies of the nutri-
tional requirements of beef cattle,
and he headed a team that has re-
ceived national recognition for de-
James H. Meyer
veloping a new method of rapidly
assaying the value of alfalfa hay
animal husbandry. In 1962 he was
through chemical analysis. He re-
promoted to professor of animal
ceived the American Feed Manu-
husbandry, and served as chairman
facturers' Association Animal In-
of his department from 1960 to
dustry Award in 1961.
1963, when he was named dean of
Chancellor Mrak will retire July
the College of Agriculture. He
1 after 10 years as UCD chancellor
served on the National Commission
and 32 with the University. A
on Undergraduate Education in
native Californian, he graduated
Biology in 1965-68, and as assistant
from UC-Berkeley in 1926 and also
editor of the Journal of Animal
earned his master's and doctor's
Science in 1963-64.
degrees there. He was a faculty
Since 1963, the College has un-
member on the Berkeley campus
dergone many changes, including
until he moved to Davis in 1951 to
a name change to Agricultural and
serve as chairman of the food tech-
Environmental Sciences.
nology department, a position he
"The major concern of the teach-
held until he was named UCD
ing and research program of the
chancellor in 1959. Mrak, a world
College is people-population pres-
authority on food problems, has re-
sure-and its impact upon food
ceived numerous awards for his
requirements and the quality of the
work.
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Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr.
10/25/74
Biographical inrormation or
CHANCELLOR DANIEL G. ALDRICH, JR.
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr., first Chancellor of the new University of
California, Irvine, joined UC as a junior chemist in the Citrus Exper-
iment Station at Riverside in 1943. He progressed to Professor of Soils
and Chemist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Chairman of Soils
and Plant Nutrition on the Davis and Berkeley campuses. In 1958 he was
named Dean of the University of California's Division of Agricultural
Sciences.
The Board of Regents of the University named Dr. Aldrich as Chancellor
of UC Irvine on January 19, 1962, with responsibility for developing the
campus from bare ground to a fully-operating institution by September
1965.
Dr. Aldrich was born at Northwood, New Hampshire, July 12, 1918. He is
an alumnus of the University of Rhode Island College of Agriculture at
Kingston, B.S., 1939; the University of Arizona, M.S., 1941; and the
University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1943.
Among Dr. Aldrich's community interests are active participation in church
and youth groups. He is a director of the Council of Arts of Orange County
Coastal Area, the Orange Empire Boy Scouts, the Orange County Philharmonic
Society, the Big Brothers of Orange County, and the Orange County Coast
Association. He is an honorary sponsor of the Orange County Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
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July 1965
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E. T. YORK
Chancellor, Florida State
University System
Personal
Date of birth: July 4, 1922
Information
Place of birth: De Kalb County, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Children: Two
Education
Ph. D, Cornell, 1949
(Soils)
M.S., Auburn, 1946
(Agronomy)
B.S., Auburn, 1942
(Agricultural Science)
Professional
Experience
1975-Present
Chancellor of the Florida State
University System (nine
universities)
1973-1975
Acting President, University of
Florida
1971-1973
Executive Vice President
1963-1971
Provost and Vice President,
for Agriculture, University of
Florida
1961-1963
Administrator, Federal Extension
Service, USDA
1959-1961
Director of Extension, Auburn
University
1956-1959
Eastern Director, American
Potash Institute
1949-1956
Associate Professor & Head,
Agronomy Department, North
Carolina State University
Other Profes-
sional Activities
(Illustrative)
Chairman, Division of Agriculture, National Association of
State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Member, President's Science Advisory Committee on World Food
Problem (1966-1967)
Traveled in more than 50 countries. Served on key advisory
commissions and committees of the National Academy of Sciences,
the American Council on Education, the Southern Regional Educa-
tion Board, the National 4-H Foundation
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State University System of Florida
Chancellor E. T. York, Jr.
10/25/74
York to Head State University System
0
For Immediate Release
(TAMPA, FLA.)--Dr. E. T. York, Jr. today (Jan. 11) was named by the
Florida Board of Regents to succeed Robert Mautz as Chancellor of the State
University System (SUS) of Florida. York's selection was announced at the
Board's monthly meeting in Tampa.
According to Board Chairman Marshall Criser, York will continue as Interim
President of the University of Florida until later this summer, after which he
will serve as Chancellor-Designate. He will assume the office of Chancellor on
July 1, 1975, the announced date for Mautz' retirement.
"Within our own system E. T. York has demonstrated that he is an effective
administrator of exceptional ability and of the highest integrity. He enjoys
state-wide respect and support from alumni of all the universities and the
Board has utmost confidence in his ability," said Criser.
As Chancellor, York will be the chief administrative and executive
officer of the SUS. He will be responsible for the overall program
coordination and policy supervision of the System's nine member institutions,
including the University of Florida, in Gainesville; Florida State and
Florida A&M Universities, both in Tallahassee; the University of South Florida,
in Tampa; Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton; Florida Technological
University, in Orlando; Florida International University, in Miami; the
University of West Florida, in Pensacola; and the University of North Florida,
in Jacksonville.
In accepting the post, York said that higher education in Florida is
facing one of its most challenging periods. He pointed to the likelihood of
a leveling off in student numbers in colleges and universities during the
next decade, and discussed some of the implications for the SUS.
(more)
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"The absence of great pressures of the past to accommodate more students
presents Florida with the opportunity to concentrate on further improving the
quality of our institutions and their programs," York emphasized.
"This state canafford, and I believe the people of Florida want and
deserve, a system of public higher education which ranks among the most out-
standing in the nation," he added.
York said that as Chancellor-Designate he will spend several months
studying Florida's State University System, as well as other systems and
programs throughout the country, to gain the broadest possible perspective
of higher education problems and potentials.
A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, York, 51, is a veteran administrator
in both government and education. After serving as Administrator of the
Federal Extension Service, U.S.D.A., he came to Florida in 1963 as Provost
for Agriculture at the University of Florida. In 1971, his title was changed
to Vice President for Agricultural Affairs. In March 1973, he was named
Executive Vice President and since last September, York has served as Interim
President of the University of Florida, following the retirement of Stephen C.
O'Connell.
York holds B.S. and M.S. Degrees from Auburn University and the Ph.D.
Degree from Cornell, and has studied law at George Washington University. He
has also held teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities at both
North Carolina State and Auburn Universities.
Generally regarded as one of the top educational administrators in the
nation, York has been given major assignments by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson,
and Nixon. He has traveled in more than 50 foreign countries and has served
as a consultant for the U. S. State Department, the Agency for International
Development, and foreign governments in the fields of education, agriculture,
and economic development.
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York has been a frequent advisor to many national scientific and educa-
tional groups and has extensive policy-making service on key boards, commissions,
and committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Council on
Education, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Southern Regional Education
Board, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges,
the National 4-H Foundation, the National 4-H Service Committee, and the
Southern Interstate Nuclear Board.
York has received numerous awards of state, national, and international
prominence, including the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society International Award
for Distinguished Service. He is the author of more than 100 papers in
educational and scientific journals, books, and periodicals, and has spoken
or lectured in more than 40 universities in the United States and abroad.
In civic activities, York has served as president of the Gainesville
Rotary Club, president of the Alachua County United Way, president of the
Alachua County Voluntary Action Center, and as a board member of the Alachua
County Chapter of the American Red Cross. He has also served as chairman of
the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville.
York is married to the former "Vam" Cardwell of Evergreen, Alabama.
The Yorks have two children: Lisa, 12; and Travis, 9.
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KROENING, DR. GILBERT H., Dean
School of Agriculture
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
7-8-69
From University News Services
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Carbondale, Illinois
Phone: (618) 453-2276
CARBONDALE, ILL., July
--Gilbert H. Kroening, native of Altamont, Ill., will
return to his alma mater, Southern Illinois University, Aug. 1 as associate professor
of animal industries and assistant dean in the School of Agriculture. He will come
to the new assignment from Washington State University, Pullman, where he has been
assistant professor of swine production since 1964.
In his new assignment at Southern, Kroening will be concerned primarily with
supervising the University Farms and also will do some teaching, research, and
supervision of graduate students in animal industries. In the supervisory work he
will take over the duties of William Doerr, instructor of agricultural industries, who
is moving into a teaching and research assignment.
Kroening is a 1959 graduate of Southern Illinois University, majoring in animal
industries. While at Southern he was active in student organizations, was a member of
Alpha Zeta, honorary scholastic fraternity in agriculture, and was chosen the
outstanding senior in agriculture. He received his master's degree in animal
industries at SIU in 1960, holding a research assistantship. He continued graduate
study at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., holding a graduate assistantship and
specializing in animal nutrition. He received his Ph.D. degree at Cornell in 1965
after taking his present position at Washington State.
He is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, Sigma Xi, scientific
society, and other organizations. He and his wife, Jean, have one son, three years
old, and two daughters, five and one years.
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University News Service
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Carbondale, Illinois
62901
Phone: (618) 453-2276
CARBONDALE, ILL., Apr. -Gilbert H. Kroening, a native of Altamont,
Ill., has been approved by the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
to become dean of the School of Agriculture at SIU at Carbondale July 1, 1974,
succeeding Dean Wendell E. Keepper who has announced his retirement after 24 years
at SIU.
Kroening joined the SIU faculty in 1969 as assistant dean for research and
associate professor of animal industries in the School of Agriculture. In that
assignment he has been concerned mainly with the School's research programs and
with supervising the University Farms. He came to SIU from Washington State
University at Pullman where he had been a swine production specialist and
assistant professor since 1964.
Kroening received his bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture from
SIU-C in 1959 and 1960, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1965 from
Cornell University with specialization in animal nutrition.
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DATA
Name
Kroening
Gilbert
Herman
Last
First
Middle
2002 Douglas Dr.
Home Address Pullman, Washington
Phone 332-4877
Business
Department of Animal Sciences
Address
Washington State University Phone 335-4124
Pullman, Washington
Date of
Place of
Birth
9/21/36
Birth
Altamont, Illinois
Marital
Spouse's
Sons
1
Ages 3
Status Married First Name Jean
Daugh-
ters
2
Ages 5, 1
U.S. Citizen Yes
Citizenship applied for
Height
5'10"
Weight
165
State of Health ExcellerPhysical Poor vision--left eye
Defects
Social Security No.
355-30-5375
(Note: All persons employed must pass a physical examination)
EDUCATION (following high school; please attach transcripts)
Degree
Dates
Institution and Location
Major and Minor
Name
Date Con
1955-59
Southern Illinois University
Animal Industries
B.S.
June
195
959-60
Southern Illinois University
Animal Industries
M.S.
Aug.
196
1960-64
Cornell, Ithaca, New York
Animal Nutrition
Ph.D.
June
196
EXPERIENCE (teaching, business, etc.)
Salary
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Title
(Nine months
Nature of I
Dates
Institution and Location
or Rank
academic year)
or Courses T
1957-59
Southern Illinois University Asst. Herdsman
Swine Cen
1958 (summer) Professional Feed Co.
Kansas City
Promotion
1957-60
Southern Illinois University
Research Asst.
$100/mo.
Research
1960-64
Cornell-Ithaca, N.Y.
Grad. Asst.
$2300-3000/year
Teaching
Research
1964-69
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Asst. Professor $8500-12;,500/year
Swine Res
Teaching,
Until I entered college in 1955, I worked and lived on a diversified grain
productio
and livestock farm in Illinois.
Feeds and
MILITARY SERVICE
Seminar
Military Branch
Present
Date Entered
Date Discharged
Highest Rank Held
of Service
Status
None
EFERENCES (at least three; give full names and addresses)
Dr. T. H. Blosser, Chairman, Department of Animal Sciences, WSU, Pullman, Washington
Dr. I. A. Dyer, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, WSU, Pullman, Washington
Dr. C. C. O'Mary, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, WSU, Pullman, Washington
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC, AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
American Society of Animal Science
Society of Sigma Xi
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS READ AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Attached sheet.
THESIS AND DISSERTATION TITLES. AND NAMES OF MAJOR PROFESSORS
M.S. Thesis. The effect of vaccination and castration stress upon early weaned pigs
Ph.D. Thesis: The sulfur amino acid requirements of the baby pig as affected by prot
Major Professor, Dr. J. E. Burnside.
choline and threonine levels. Major professor, Drs. W. G. Pond and J. K. Loos]
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. PROJECTS. AND GRANTS
1655--Some effects of levels of protein on individual amino acid metabolism of grow
-1905--Energy value of forage roughage, concentrates and supplements for livestock.
2540--Fluoride and calcium effects in bone and teeth.
1986 -Utilization of peas and cereal grain by swine.
SPECIALIZATION (preferred teaching subjects)
(secondary subjects, training, preferences, special skills)
Signature
Date
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ORVILLE GEORGE BENTLEY
Personal
Date of Birth : March 6, 1918
Information
Place of Birth: Midland, South Dakota
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Education
University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry PhD 1950
University of Wisconsin, M.S. 1947
South Dakota State College B.S. 1942
Professional
1965 to Present Dean of the College of
Experience
Agriculture University
of Illinois
1958-1965
Dean of the College of Agri-
culture and Director of the
Agricultural Experiment
Station, South Dakota SU
1950-1958
Assistant Professor to
Professor, Agricultural
Faculty, Ohio State Univ.
Other Profes-
sional Activities
(Illustrative)
Co-Chairman, Agricultural Research Policy Advisory. Committee,
1973-77, Co-Chairman, National Planning Committee, 1973
Board of Trustees, American University of Beirut, 1973-
present
Committeeman-at-Large, American Association for Advancement
of Science, 1971-74
National Agricultural Research Advisory Committee, 1970-72
Committee on Nutrition Education and Training in Schools of
Agriculture, International Union of Nutritional Sciences,
1967-73
Council of US universities for Rural Development in India,
1967-present, Chairman, 1969
Board of Directors, Midwest Universities Consortium for
International Activities, 1966-present
First President, American Society of Animal Science, 1964
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant
Colleges, Division of Agriculture, Committee on Inter-
national Agricultural Development, 1975, Executive Committee,
1970-74, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and
Policy, 1964
Chairman, Great Plains Agricultural Council (10 states),
1962-63
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
(several committees), 1957-present
BENTLEY. ORVILLE GEORGE. coll. dean: b. Midland, S.D., Mar.
6, 1918; S. Thomas O. and Ida Marie (Sandal) B.: B.S., S.D. State Coll.
1942: M.S. in Biochemistry. U. Wis., 1947, Ph.D., 1950: m. Enolia J.
Anderson, Sept. 19, 1942; children-Peter T., Craig E. Asst. prof.
animal sci. Ohio Agri. Expt. Sta., also mem. dept. animal sci. and dept.
agrL biochemistry Ohio State U., 1950-58; dean Coll. of Agr. and Biol.
Scis, S.D. State U., 1958-65: dean Coll. Agr., U. 111. at Urbana,
1965-. Mem. com. animal nutrition NRC-Nat. Acad. Scis., 1958-67;
mem. Council U.S. Univs. for Rural Devel. in India. 1967: mem. ad
hoc adv. com. III. Inst. for Environmental Quality. 1971: mem. tech.
adv. com. on food and agr. U.S. Dept Agr., Viet Nam. 1966: mem.
panel Nat Acad. Scis. to meet mems. Indonesian Acad. Scis.. 1968.
Dir. Busey 1st Nat. Bank. Urbana, III. Bd. dirs. Am. C. Beirut,
Midwest Univs. Consortium for Internat. Activities. Found. for Am.
Agr.; chmn. bd. dirs. Farm Found. Served to maj.. chem. warfare
service. AUS. 1942-45. Named Young Man of Year, Wooster Jr. C.
of C., 1953. Mem. Am. Soc. Animal Sci. (v.p. midwestern sect 1963;
Am. feed mfrs. award 1958), Am. Chem. Suc., Am. Inst. Nutrition.
Am. Soc. Animal Sci., Am. Dairy Sci. Assn., Internat. Union of
Nutritional Scis., Farm House (hon.). A.A.A.S.
(committeeman-at-large 1971-). Sigma Xi. Phi Kappa Phi. Rotarian.
Editorial bd. jour. Animal Sei., 1956-59. Contor. articles. to profl.
jours. Home: 1106 Eliot Dr Urbana IL 61801
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KOHLS, RICHARD LOUIS, univ. dear; b. Kentland. Ind., Apr. 19.
1921: 3. Clarence E. and Helen (Littlejohn) K.: B.S., Purdue U., 1942,
Ph.D., 1930: M.A.. U. Mo.. 1947: m. Irene Elizabeth Shuster, Apr. 20.
1944: children-Michael E. Kathryn Ann Instr. marketing and
prices U. Mo. at Columbia. 19:6-18: prof. agrt. marketing Purdue U.,
Lafayette. Ind., 1948-64. asst. head dept. agrl. econs. 1965-66. asst.
acad. v.p.. 1966-68. dean agr.. 1968-: mem. adv. com. on econs.
research Dept. Agr.. 1958-62: vis. prof. L. Exeter (Eng). 1964. Mem.
pub. adv. bd. Chgo. Merc. Exchange. Mem. Inc. Health Facilities
Planning Council. 1968-. Bd. dirs. Ind. +H Found, Purdue
Research Found. Served to capt. mil. intelligence. AUS, 1942-46.
Named Outstanding Tehr., Am. Assa. Arg. Econs: recipient
Outstanding Tchr. award Purdue U., 1967. Mem. Grester Lafayette
C. of C., Purdue Agrt. Alumni Assn. (dir.). Internat.. Am. asses. agrt;
econs, Am. Marketing Asse., Am. Assa. Higher Edn., Alpha Gamma
Rho. Mem. Christian Ch. (pres. ch. 1967, gov. bd. 1964-68). Author:
Marketing Argicultural Products, 4th edit, 1973. Home: 1520
Woodland St West Lafayette IN-47906
A T B H
KOLMER, LEE ROY, coll. dean; b. Waterloo, III., Jan. 4. 1928; 3.
Arthur Francis and Carmelita Frances (Vogt) K.; B.S., So. III. U. at
Carbondale, 1952; M.S., la. State U., 1952, Ph.D., 1954; m. W. Jean
O'Brien. Apr. 19, 1952; children-Diane, James, John. Asst. prof. So.
III. U. at Carbondale, 1954-55; prof. la. State U., Ames, 1956-67, asst.
dean Univ. Extension, 1967-71, dean Coll. Agr., 1973-; dir. Coop.
Extension Service. Ore. State U., Corvallis, 1971-73. Served with
AUS, 1946-48. Mem. Am. Agrl. Econs. Assn. Home: 4118 Phoenix
St Ames IA 50010
KOLMER, DR. LEE R., Dean College
of Agriculture
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (Ames, Iowa)
LEE R. KOLMER
June, 1974
Dr. Lee R. Kolmer is dean of the College of Agriculture at Iowa State
University. He assumed his duties in March of 1973, coming from Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon, where he had been associate dean of the College
of Agriculture since 1971.
He was born in Waterloo, Illinois. He received the bachelor of science
degree from Southern Illinois and the master's degree. from Iowa State Univer-
sity, both in 1952, and the Ph.D. degree in 1954 from ISU.
Dean Kolmer was on the staff of Southern Illinois University before
returning to Iowa State in 1956. At ISU, he has been an extension economist
and assistant dean, University Extension. He left Iowa State University in
1971 to become associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of
Cooperative Extension, Oregon State University.
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November, 1971
W. ROBERT PARKS
GERALO
W. Robert Parks became the 11th president of Iowa State University when he
assumed the position on July 1,, 1965.
Dr. Parks first came to Iowa State in 1948 and served as professor of government
until 1956. After two years as professor of agricultural economics at the University
of Wisconsin, he returned to Iowa State in 1958 as dean of instruction. At Wisconsin he
also was chairman of graduate training in the National Agricultural Extension Center for
Advanced Study.
In 1961 he became vice-president for academic affairs. In that capacity he coordinated
and administered the academic program of the University.
Dr. Parks received the B.A. degree from Berea College in Kentucky in 1937, the
M.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1938 and the Ph. D. from the University of Wis-
consin in 1948. All degrees were awarded in political science, with a minor in economics.
The University of Kentucky presented a Distinguished Alumni Award to him in 1965
and Berea College awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1966. Westmar Col-
lege conferred an honorary doctor of humane letters and Drake University awarded an
honorary doctor of laws in 1968.
At spring commencement exercises in 1969, Iowa State students made him an honorary
member of the graduation class in recognition of his completion as four years as University
president. Two weeks later the Alumni Association designated him as an honorary alumnus
of Iowa State, the second person ever to receive the honor.
From 1940 to 1948, with the exception of nearly three years in the U.S. Navy, he
served in a research and administrative capacity in Washington, D.C., with the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics: He attained the rank of Lt. (j.g.) in the Navy.
Dr. Parks is the author of a book on soil conservation, contributor to several other
books and author of a number of professional articles and monographs in the general areas
of educational policy and agricultural economics and public policy.
Dr. Parks was president of the Mid-America State Universities Association in 1966
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serves on the executive committee of MASUA. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi
national honorary scholastic fraternity, Pi Sigma Alpha national political science fraternity,
Pi Gamma Nu national honorary social science fraternity, American Political Science
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Association, Midwest Political Science Association and American Farm Economics
Association. Cardinal Key, men's honorary at Iowa State tapped him for membership
in 1966.
In 1971, he was named president-elect of the National Association of State Uni-
versities and Land-Grant Colleges. He will become president at the organization's
annual meeting in 1972.
In 1966, President Parks was appointed to a national committee sponsored by the
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture, to make a study of the Cooperative Extension Service. For
his work as co-chairman of the study, Dr. Parks was cited by Epsilon Sigma Phi,
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national extension fraternity. In 1967, he was elected to the board of directors of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
He is a past chairman of the Council of Presidents, National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and a member of the executive committee of
that association.
He is a director of the National Center for Voluntary Action established by President
ixon and chairman of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Advisory Committee
appointed by Donald E. Johnson, administrator of the Veterans Administration. Dr. Parks
is a member of the Board of Directors of the Farm Foundation and former president of the
Association of Iowa College Presidents.
In 1970, the Government of the Student Body presented a President's Award to him
for "outstanding contribution to the educational, social and cultural well-being of the
students of Iowa State University."
He was born Oct. 13, 1915, in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and is married to the
former Ellen Sorge of Madisen, Wisconsin. The day on which he became president, July
1, 1965, also was the 25th wedding anniversary for Dr. and Mrs. Parks. They have two
daughters, Andrea, a 1965 graduate of Iowa State, who is married and lives at Ithaca,
New York, and Cindy, an Ames high school student.
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J A T B
EFFERSON, JOHN NORMAN, univ. chancellor: b. Holden, La
Nov. 18, 1912; s. Whitney H. and Gladys (Musselman) E; B.S., La
State U., 1934; M.S., Cornell U., 1936, Ph.D., 1938; m. Ruth
Mansinger, Dec. 22, 1939; children-John W., Elizabeth. Sarah A.
Undergrad. instr. agronomy La. State U., Baton Rouge, 1932-33. prof.
agrl. econs., research economist. 1938-54, dir. agr. expt. sta., 1954-56,
dean Coll: Agr., 1956-, now chancellor, instr. VOCAL agr., Welsh. La,
1933-34; research asst. agri. econs. Cornell U., 1935-38, vis. prof. agri.
econs., 1940-41; agr. tour, study in Europe. 1938; internat.
commodity specialist rice and sugar Dept. Agr., 1948. 49. food studies
45 countries, Asia; Africa. Europe, Central Am., S.AM; lectr.
internat. problems, 1948-51; econs. cons. GOVE Venezuela. Mem.
postwar planning com. Nat. Land Grant Colls; mem. Pres. Kennedy's
task force on agrl. policy, 1961: board cons. Rockefeller Found., mem.
found.'s study of diversification in Malaya, 1962, agr., Venezuela.
1963; cons. AID, El Salvador, 1964, agri. adviser in Brit. Guiana.
1965; spl. cons. studies agri. devel. in Colombia and Venezuela. Ford
Found, 1964; AID study of N.E. Thailand. 1965; Ford Found. study
edn. in Malaysia, 1966; Nat. Acad. Sci. Com. on P.R., 1966; Ford
Found. study agr. edn., Philippines, 1967, study rice marketing.
Pakistan, 1968-71; AID study agr., Nicaragua, 1967, Jamaica,
1968-75, Pakistan, 1970-73, India, 1970-74. Ghana, 1974. Trustee
Agri. Devel. Council, Rockefeller Bros. panel on econs. and social
policy. Mem. Am. Farm Econ. Assn., Internat. Assn. Agrl.
Economists, Am Sugar Technologist Assn.. Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha
Zeta, Alpha Tau Alpha. Author: Principles of Farm Accounting. 1942;
Farm Management, 1942; Farm Records and Accounts. 1949; The
Principles of Farm Management, 1952; The Production and
Marketing of Rice, 1954; also expt. sta. bulls.. research circulars.
Contbr. articles to profl. jours. Home: 5804 Boone Dr Baton Rouge
LA 70808