Capital
Campaign Gifts & Pledges as of
July 31, 2002
University of Kentucky Campaign Goal:
$600,000,000
UK Campaign Commitments: $496,196,379
Percentage of Goal: 83%
College of Agriculture Goal: $54,500,000
College Campaign Commitments: $51,409,149
Percentage of Goal: 94%
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Student
recruitment: It’s All in a Name
by Martha Jackson
Leslie Stith, '81 has recruited students for the College in lots
of places. For instance, there was that time he was talking to
a high school student while setting up a soybean plot in Taylor
County.
Like a lot of high school kids, the young man really didn't really
know what he should do after graduation. "I know where you
ought to go," Stith told him. "Here's why." And
then, as Stith talked about UK's College of Agriculture, he said
the student "lit up like a brand new light bulb."
That student is just one of the "dozens"
that Stith, a marketing manager for Monsanto who lives in Guston,
Ky., estimates he has steered toward UK.
"I find out what their interest is. If ag
is even a remote possibility, I get their name and contact UK,"
he says.
Stith is right in how he helps the recruitment
effort, said Jeffrey Bewley, director of student relations for
the College. And, he is just one example of how alumni assist
in recruitment. There are countless other stories just like Stith's.
"If an alum gives us a name and the contact
information, we can follow up," Bewley said. "They can
e-mail us or give us a phone call. Just to have a student's name
is extremely helpful."
Once the name is in hand, the College can take
the second step. "We're doing some preliminary data analysis
of how effective various recruitment events are," said Bewley.
"What's jumping out at us is that getting students on campus
is key to getting them to come to UK."
He said that telling potential students about all the College
has to offer is one thing, but "it's a whole other thing
to see what the campus has to offer.
"The College of Ag is a different atmosphere.
It's like a family. You can say it, but if students come and see
it, they believe it," said Bewley.
There's a second way alums can help recruit."Get
a van and bring a group up," Bewley said. "If you think
five people in your county are interested in UK and the College,
we will give them a full-fledged tour." The Lincoln Trail
Area Alumni Chapter has been successful using this method to help
recruit students.
In fact, if you've got even one student who's
interested, Bewley will see that the student gets a tour.
Tours can be customized in a way visits out in
the state cannot, he said. "We just need to know who's coming
and what they're interested in."
One of the advantages of a tour is that they are
led by the Student Ambassadors, a handpicked group of ag students
who are a link to the state in a variety of ways.
Read more about the Student Ambassadors on the Web at www.ca.uky.edu/students/
The on-campus customized tours are ideal, but various conferences
and events on campus can also serve as springboards for recruitment
of students who take part in them. Such events include the Institute
for Future Agricultural Leaders (sponsored by the Kentucky Farm
Bureau), held in the summer, and Prospective Student Roundup during
Roundup Week in the fall.
All this on-campus recruitment doesn't mean recruitment
around the state is being abandoned, Bewley said. The College
is part of every one of the University-sponsored Preview Nights,
which are held throughout the state for prospective students.
Alums need to remember, Bewley said, that "the College doesn't
have real decision-making in the UK admissions process."
That means students have to get accepted at UK first, then enroll
in the College of Ag.
"The students in FFA and 4-H are still sources
of students in the College of Ag," Bewley said, "but
the College is more than farming. It's science and business. Our
students enrolled in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering,
Agricultural Biotechnology, and Food Science, for example, won't
be going back to the farm. Some have never even been on a farm."
If you've got a name of a good prospect, or if
you've got a student (or three or 20) you want to bring to campus
for a tour, call Jeffrey Bewley at;
859-257-3469
or e-mail him at
jbewley@uky.edu
Agricultural
Ambassadors help recruit — Current students serving as ag
ambassadors act as part of the recruitment "staff" and
lead tours for prospective students, among other duties. Ambassadors
for 2002-03 are [*(left to right) top row standing]: Stephanie
Goode, Mariam Naveed, Matt Bacon, Jason Ward, Caitlin Cleary,
Katherine Christian, Brooke Core, Josh Long, Matt Howard, Kim
Delaney, Jessica Huber, Sara Jean Wells; top row sitting: Josh
Johnson, Amanda Osborne, Nathan Williams; second row sitting:Erin
Shultz, Christina Bowles, Kasey Reed; bottom row: Leanna Randolph,
Elizabeth Hardesty, Brandon McDonald, Matt Meyer, Danielle Hutchins,
Sarah Adams, Fatima Wazir, and Willie Bowling.
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Harold
Workman: Ringmaster of the Fairgrounds
— A
Key Player in State's Economic Future
by Haven Miller
It was June 21, 1973. Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford had invited reporters
to a news conference in Louisville for an exciting announcement.
He had secured $50,000 to start a major livestock show at Kentucky's
Fair & Exposition Center. The show would open the following
year on Nov. 17 and would be called the North American Livestock
Exposition. The governor predicted its impact on the state would
be big.
By early 1974, the show's organizing committee knew an event of
this caliber would require a director who could rise to the challenge,
a unique individual who knew the state's livestock industry and
its leaders, and someone who had a gift for organizing and producing
shows. They also needed someone who had a solid reputation for
getting the job done right.
Where would they find such a multi-talented individual?
He was right
in front of them, a young man already working for the shows and
fairs division of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. He was
College of Agriculture alum Harold Workman, and the committee
quickly hired him to, literally, "run the show."
That was 28
years ago, and Gov. Ford's prediction came true. The North American
quickly gained a reputation for excellence, and following the
demise of the renowned Chicago Livestock International, it added
the word "International" to its title to reflect its
worldwide stature. Today, the economic impact of the show on Louisville
and the commonwealth is enormous.
And Harold
Workman, still getting the job done right, is now president and
CEO of the Kentucky State Fair Board, the organization that oversees
the North American, the Kentucky State Fair, the National Farm
Machinery Show, the FFA National Convention and all other major
events associated with the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center.
He also oversees the Kentucky International Convention Center
downtown.
For Workman,
the journey has been one of remarkable personal growth and professional
achievement.
"Today
we host local events, regional events, national events and world
events, and between here and our downtown facility we'll do between
4,000 and 5,000 event days a year because we do multiple events,"
said Workman, who smiles when he tells people he has basically
had only one job since he graduated from UK in 1969 with a degree
in animal sciences. (He was elected to the Animal Sciences Hall
of Fame in 1995.)
"In 1985
the state legislature moved the North American from the Department
of Agriculture to the Fair Board, so essentially I've never changed
jobs. I've just meandered around the system to the position I'm
in today. And I can tell you truthfully that I've never dreaded
coming to work any day of my entire career," he said.
His enjoyment
of the job takes on special significance when you pause to consider
the magnitude of his responsibility. As Fair Board president and
CEO, Workman is the driving energy behind an operation with a
budget that has grown from $18 million when he took the reins
in 1993 to $38 million today. At the fairgrounds alone, he oversees
a million square feet of exhibit space. A recently-completed economic
impact study showed the Fair Board generates about $450 million
annually for the state, up from $180 million 10 years ago.
"When
he assumed his present job as CEO, he really filled about three
jobs," said Louisville businessman Roy Gibson, who is also
a UK ag alum ('57) and a longtime friend of Workman's. "He's
director of the fairgrounds, manager of the North American, and
manager of the downtown convention center, and I think he does
it better than any three people."
Workman's
career path had its beginnings on his family's 200-acre farm in
Livingston County where he lived with his parents, Denny and Laverne,
his brother Don, and his sister Charlotte. The farm produced beef
cattle, hay, and corn. When Harold was 15 his father died, and
he recalls it as a time when family responsibilities took priority
over other activities, such as participation in high school sports.
"Obviously
we had responsibilities on the farm, and there really wasn't time
to do both, so we chose to take care of what fed us and kept us
going," he said.
In high school Harold joined FFA, and credits that organization
and two teachers with having a great impact on his life.
"We had
a strong FFA chapter and were always involved in state contests
and state conventions, and Alan Middleton and Ray Fowler were
excellent teachers who had a real influence on me," he recalled.
With farming
and FFA forming an early foundation, it isn't surprising that
Harold chose to pursue higher education in agriculture. In the
fall of 1964 he enrolled in UK's College of Agriculture and soon
gained part-time work at the College's research farms.
"I worked
at the swine barn under Ted Cathy initially, then later at the
nutrition barn with Dr. Easton,who was the vet, and I also worked
for a while in the beef cattle operation at Coldstream,"
Workman said. "Being an animal science major was already
in my mind in terms of what I wanted to do. My advisor was Dr.
Frank Buck, who was a great guy, down to earth, and always had
a way of understanding the student's viewpoint. He had a big influence
on me."
UK gave Workman his first experience at managing a big event.
"I was
an officer in the Block & Bridle Club and was manager of its
horse show for three or four years," he said. He also was
a member of the livestock judging team, an experience that offered
him travel opportunities and the chance to enhance his speaking
ability and confidence.
"I enjoyed my time in college, and didn't know how much I
enjoyed it until I was out," he said.
During those
UK years Workman had been keeping in touch with Ray Fowler, who
had left his teaching job to join the shows and fairs division
of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Harold would drop by
Frankfort from time to time to visit Fowler, and on one of the
visits—which not coincidentally came just after his graduation
in 1969—he filled out a job application. Unfortunately there
were no openings.
"Then
in early fall I got a call from the director of Shows & Fairs,
Wallace Rich, asking me if I was still interested. I said I was,
and on the 16th of September I started with them, working the
district heifer shows and beef shows across the state," recalled
Workman. During the next few years he worked with a wide variety
of people—farmers, ag teachers, Extension agents, young people,
and livestock leaders from one end of Kentucky to the other. He
organized the shows, was on-site producer, kept the show records,
and issued the checks.
He didn't
know it at the time, but he was steadily assembling the unique
portfolio of professional credentials that would lead him to his
present position as one of the most influential business voices
in the commonwealth, a man respected by ag and non-ag leaders
alike as well as colleagues and employees.
"His
employees have tremendous respect for him because he came up through
the ranks, he knows what their jobs entail, the stresses and strains,"
said Mary Anne Cronan, Louisville businesswoman and Fair Board
chairman. "Harold is a very effective problem solver, and
he has the ability to look at things, see what is really happening,
and head in the right direction."
"Harold
has really become one of the key figures in both Kentucky agriculture
and the Louisville economy," said M. Scott Smith, dean of
the College of Agriculture. "He is widely and deeply respected
by the leaders of this state for his organizational and management
skills and for his progressive vision of Kentucky agriculture."
Workman credits
his open-door management style and ability to hire top-notch employees
for much of his success. Those who know him also credit his no-nonsense
approach, his ability to see the big picture, and his skill at
handling the unpredictable.
"Harold
is one of those people who can take what some think is a potentially
alarming situation and put it in perspective," said Mary
Anne Cronan. "He's one of those cup-half-full people, always
takes a reasoned approach, and always has a Plan B. He's also
extremely fair minded and values people."
"On the job he sometimes has to be firm and serious, but
he's also a very caring person, and success has not changed the
way he treats people one bit," said Louisville businessman
Roy Gibson.
Although his roots are in agriculture, Workman's activities nowadays
stretch across a wide spectrum of community and economic development.
As a member of several of Louisville's more influential boards,
he occupies a unique position among the city's leaders, a position
that gives him a window seat to Louisville's burgeoning economic
future.
"The
Fair Board is a major economic engine for the Commonwealth,"
said Board Chairman Cronan. "Harold has brought us to where
we are today, and I don't know how much people realize what has
happened over the years. He has taken every situation and turned
it into a positive and productive approach and has put us where
we are today."
UK gave Workman his first experience at managing a big
event.
"I was an officer in the Block & Bridle Club and
was manager of its horse show for three or four years,” Workman
said.
Agriculture is a fairgrounds superstar
Although the Kentucky State Fair Board oversees a wide variety
of concerts, sports events, and conventions, agriculture remains
a vital part of its history and present-day activities. From its
celebrated Saddle & Sirloin portrait collection of ag luminaries
that lines the walls of West Hall to its involvement in some of
ag's biggest shows, the Board maintains strong ties to agriculture.
"We
don't favor one group over another, certainly not, but if you
look at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, it was built
with a strong influence from the agricultural community,"
said Harold Workman, president and CEO of the Kentucky Fair Board.
"If you look at our Board, nearly half of the members, including
Dean Scott Smith of UK, represent a specific agricultural entity."
Faculty, staff, and students from our UK College of Agriculture
and Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve in a myriad of
capacities at many of the Fair Board's largest events, helping
with everything from exhibits to judging. FFA and 4-H members
from across the state, often traveling with parents and adult
leaders, participate in dozens of animal, crop, food preparation,
technology, and other ag-related projects and competitions.
"The partnership between the UK Cooperative Extension Service
and the KFEC (Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center) is definitely
a symbiotic relationship," said George Heersche, UK dairy
specialist and veteran of 25 Kentucky state fairs and North Americans.
"I've logged a lot of hours working with the good folks of
KFEC, and have always found them to be cooperative, professional,
competent, and productive."
"Over
the years our association with the Fair Board has been excellent,"
said Larry Turner, associate dean for Extension. "The relationship
between our college and the many events of the Kentucky Fair &
Exposition Center is an important one that dates back many years,
and we anticipate that relationship continuing well into the future."
Here are a few examples of the many Fair Board events that impact
our College:
- North American
International Livestock Exposition— More than 200,000 people
attend this storied event, which is recognized as the largest
purebred livestock show in the world. In addition to livestock,
technology is becoming an important part of the show's production.
Total entries for all categories have now surpassed 20,000.
- Kentucky
State Fair— More than 650,000 people attend this time-honored
event. In 2001 the fair welcomed its 25 millionth visitor since
making the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center its permanent
home in 1956. More than 8,000 exhibitors make their way to the
fair each year. General entries total about 31,600, livestock
entries are about 10,500, and horse show entries total more
than 6,500.
- National
Farm Machinery Show— More than a quarter million people
from around the globe travel to this event, which enjoys a long
association with the College of Agriculture and Department of
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. More than 700 exhibitors
fill the facility each year with products and technology that
comprise one of the most comprehensive displays of farming equipment
in the world.
- National
FFA Convention— A sea of blue jackets arrived in Kentucky
again this fall. Some 47,000 attendees, including 42,000 students
from over 7,000 chapters, gathered in Louisville to celebrate
FFA's 75th national convention. More than 350 businesses, corporations,
and universities set up displays for this premiere event.
Ag
Alums Make State's Biggest Shows Happen
Energy, creativity, working with people, and adapting quickly
to a changing environment: these are just some of the qualities
needed to manage three of the largest shows in the state, and
the nation. These are the qualities possessed by UK ag alums Corinne
(Phillips) Fetter, '91, animal sciences, and David Snider, '71,
animal sciences.
As director of expositions for the Kentucky State Fair Board,
Fetter coordinates three of the board's main shows: the North
American International Livestock Expo, the Kentucky State Fair,
and the National Farm Machinery Show. It's a huge responsibility,
but the Mason County native loves the challenge.
"One
of the things I like most about the job is the satisfaction of
being able to showcase the best of the best, whether it's at the
State Fair with people of all ages involved, or at the other shows,
which draw people from around the world," she said.
As branch
manager for the North American, David Snider joins Fetter in making
sure every puzzle piece— from tables to technology—is
in place when the Fair & Exposition Center's doors swing wide
on opening day. The task is daunting, but Snider said the work
fits his skills perfectly.
"I started out in 4-H at 10 years old, then went into FFA,
then went on to UK and was involved in all the judging teams from
meats to livestock," said the Bullitt County native. "From
the git-go, I knew I wanted to go to UK, and I knew I wanted to
be involved in agriculture. I did other jobs before I came here
in 1980, but this job fit me like a glove."
Both Snider and Fetter recall their time in the College of Agriculture
as some of the best days of their lives.
"The professors were great, people like Dr. Frank Buck and
Dr. Bill Moody," said Snider. "Faculty and staff there
made you feel welcome. UK was a big place, and some of the classes
on campus there had 300 students in them, but the ag college classes
were smaller and more one-on-one. It was a great experience."
"I'd say UK and the College of Agriculture touched me as
an individual from an early age," said Fetter. "My dad,
Larry Phillips, is an animal science graduate, and I became a
4-H member at 9 years old. And as a student at the College, I
can say that the professors and advisors helped prepare me personally
and professionally to go out into the world and start a career."
Fetter is also a graduate of the Philip Morris Leadership program
coordinated through the College of Agriculture.
"That was after I had been out of school for a while, and
I still felt that family atmosphere that accessibility of the
College's professors and staff and their willingness to help,"
she said.
It's not an exaggeration to say the jobs these two alums do for
the Fair Board and for the people of Kentucky require something
extra, something special. The person who knows this best is the
man they work for.
"Corinne and David are the kind of employees you can't do
without," said Harold Workman, Fair Board president and CEO.
"Corinne's job takes a lot organizational ability and energy
and talent in working with people. David's job takes a wide variety
of skills and computer know-how, and we couldn't get the job done
without him. They both do a wonderful job for us."
For today's agriculture students, Fetter and Snider offer advice
based on their own career paths and the lessons learned along
the way.
"Don't put blinders on," said Fetter. "If there's
an opportunity out there, you've got to start somewhere. On my
first job after college I found myself at one point managing 40
people on the night shift at a processing plant, but it helped
me grow and be a better person."
"Every experience will be a learning experience," said
Snider. "Whatever comes along, if it interests you, go ahead
and try it and learn from it. And if it doesn't fit, then move
on. Take advantage of every opportunity you have."
* Harold Workman thinks College of Ag alums David Snider, ‘71
(left), and Corinne Phillips Fetter, ‘91, are “the kind
of employees you can’t do without.”
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Faculty/Staff/Student
Achievements
The 2002 UK Livestock Selection and Evaluation Team, made up of
students in the UK College of Agriculture, was named high team
overall in livestock evaluation at the 2002 All-East Livestock
Evaluation Contest held April 11-14 at Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Ind. The team was also named high team in swine evaluation,
placed second in sheep evaluation, and placed fourth in beef cattle
selection.
National Ranking —The Ag
Magazine’s Spring 2002 Ambassador issue took second place
honors in publications competition sponsored by the National Agricultural
Alumni and Development Association. The award was presented in
June at the association's annual meeting in Park City, Utah.
Gwenda Adkins and William
Thomas, Extension agents in Elliott County, and Marcella
Szymanski, Extension specialist in forestry, are recipients
of the Florence Hall Award by the National Extension Association
of Family and Consumer Sciences for their What Is Forestry? program.
Roy Burris and Les Anderson,
animal sciences, and Jimmy Henning, agronomy,
received a $250,000 grant from the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association
for development of the master cattleman program.
Marsha L. Bush, of Cave City ('03, agricultural
biotechnology) is among recipients of the Outstanding Student
Awards.
Charles Byers, community leadership and development,
received the Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Association
of Future Farmers of America.
Conley Chaney of Pine Knot ('03, public service
and leadership) has been awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman
Scholarship. The $30,000 national award is a first for a UK College
of Agriculture student. Chaney was one of 64 winners out of 590
candidates from 287 colleges and universities.
Glenn Collins, agronomy, received a grant of
$400,000 from the United Soybean Board to support the Soybean
Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Center.
Don Colliver, biosystems and agricultural engineering,
has been selected as a Distinguished Lecturer by the American
Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Nancy Cox, associate dean for research and associate
director, Agricultural Experiment Station, received $500,000 from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of the Experiment
Station for a multi-investigator research program concerning Mare
Reproductive Loss Syndrome.
Gary Cromwell, animal sciences, received the
American Society of Animal Science Morrison Award at the meetings
of the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy
Science Association.
Elisa D'Angelo, agronomy, received a National
Science Foundation grant for $225,000 to study microbial population
dynamics in soils.
Don Ely, animal sciences, received the American
Society of Animal Sciences Fellows Award in the teaching category
at the meetings of the American Society of Animal Science and
the American Dairy Science Association.
Matthew Gearhardt ('02, agricultural economics)
of Troy, Ohio, was among recipients of the 2002 Oswald Research
and Creativity Awards, which are given by UK Undergraduate Studies.
Richard Durham and William Fountain,
horticulture, John Hartman, plant pathology,
and entomologist
Monte Johnson received the Blue Ribbon Extension
Publication Award given by the Southern Region of the American Society
for Horticultural Science for the video Integrated Pest Management
in the Home Landscape-Trees and Shrubs.
Said Ghabrial, plant pathology, joined UK professor
Judy Lesnaw, biology, and others at UK in securing
and successfully hosting the prestigious American Society of Virology
national meeting held in July in Lexington. In addition, Ghabrial
has been elected as a Fellow of the American Phytopathological
Society.
Lenn Harrison, veterinary science, received
grants totaling $91,731 for surveillance of West Nile Virus in
horses and birds.
Clair Hicks, animal sciences, was one of six
faculty members to receive a coveted Great Teacher Award from
the UK Alumni Association. Hicks is also recipient of the American
Dairy Science Association Kraft Foods Teaching Award in dairy
manufacturing and the research and development award from the
2002 Institute of Food Technologists.
He and former graduate student Zeynep Ustunol,
(Ph.D., '88) have received a patent for their method of inhibiting
binding activity of immunoglobulins.
Zelia Holloway, minority recruitment director
for the College, has received the 2002 Evelyn Black Award from
the University of Kentucky for her commitment, service, and support
of African-American students at UK.
Craig Infanger, agricultural economics, has
been active in a project that recently received a USDA Secretary's
Honor Award. The Marketing Assistance Project in Armenia was recognized
for "exemplary leadership in strengthening the links between
the United States and Armenia, resulting in new markets for American
farmers and renewed hope for thousands of Armenians." Infanger
has been an on-site project director in Armenia. The project,
now involving 37 universities, began in 1992.
Dewayne Ingram, chair of the department of horticulture,
and the horticulture commodity teams have received a grant of
$1,732,000 from the Kentucky Horticultural Council to conduct
research and Extension programs on new crop opportunities for
Kentucky farmers and a grant of $687,491 from the USDA for Phase
3 of the New Crop Opportunities initiative.
Anthony H. Koch of Paris ('02, agricultural
economics) was among recipients of the 2002 Maurice A. Clay Award,
given by the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society.
Gary Lacefield, agronomy, a co-author of the
book Southern Forages, has now seen that book translated into
Chinese and put into use in that country. The book's third English
edition is being released this year.
Dennis Liptrap, '62 (former UK Extension specialist,
animal sciences) received the American Society of Animal Science
Fellows award in the Extension category and the Master Builder
of Men Award from FarmHouse Fraternity.
David Maehr and Jeffery Larkin,
forestry, received the Outstanding Edited Volume international
award from The Wildlife Society for their editing of the book
Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges
in the 21st Century.
Leigh Maynard, agricultural economics, and Sharon
Franklin, animal sciences, gained national recognition
for their study of cancer-fighting dairy products. Their work
is one of only 20 activities highlighted in the USDA's summary
of the President's fiscal year 2003 budget proposal for the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service-USDA.
Robert Miller, agronomy, received a Philip Morris
Inc. grant for $1,000,000 to study burley tobacco breeding and
genetics.
Peter D. Nagy, plant pathology, won two research
and development program awards from the Kentucky Science and Engineering
Foundation for his work in biotechnology.
William C. Nesmith, plant pathology, received
the Southern Division Outstanding Plant Pathologist Award from
the American Phytopathological Society.
Fred Payne, biosystems and agricultural engineering,
received a USDA teaching grant of $207,000 for a National Needs
Graduate Fellowship in Bioprocess Engineering.
Jerry Skees and Aslihan Spaulding,
agricultural economics, traveled to Turkey as part of a World
Bank mission to examine that nation's potential for agricultural
insurance as part of the Agricultural Reform Initiatives Program.
Skees is a primary advisor in the development of governmental
policies on agricultural insurance in Turkey.
William Snell, agricultural economics, has received
the Tobacco Economics Award from the Tobacco Merchants Association.
He also received an award for Outstanding Extension Program from
the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
Jeff Stringer, forestry, was presented the 2002
National Outstanding Extension Forester of the Year award by the
Forest Landowners Association at its annual meeting in South Carolina.
He was also elected to the association's board for at three-year
term.
In addition, he was awarded three Exceptional Programming awards
by the Cooperative Extension Service— Southern Region.
Rodney Tullock, community and leadership development,
received a Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Association
of Future Farmers of America.
Eric Vanzant, John Johns, Keith Schillo and
Darrh Bullock, animal sciences, and Larry
Turner and Richard Gates, biosystems
and agricultural engineering, received a $100,000 grant from the
Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation for their project
on remote continuous temperature detection in beef cattle.
The late Patch G. Woolfolk, a well-known and
respected animal sciences professor in the College from 1953 until
his retirement in 1986, has had a laboratory named in his memory.
(He died in May 2001.) The Patch G. Woolfolk Laboratory is located
at UK's state-of-the-art sheep facility at the Animal Research
Center in Woodford County.
* 2002 Livestock Selection and Evaluation Team— The Team
includes from left to right: UK graduate student Carrie Armstrong,
meats coach; Seth Boortz ,'03, Russellville; Connie Hall ,'03,
Allen; Rebecca Rassenfoss ,'03, Paris; Bryan Carroll ,'04, Vine
Grove; Kylen Douglas ,'03, Pleasureville; and UK graduate student
Aaron Arnett, team coach.
* Design Team Takes Honors— A student team in the Biosystems
and Agricultural Engineering Department tied for third place in
a national competition for quarter scale tractor design. The team,
left to right, includes Wanda Jones, '03 of Holy Cross; Brandon
McDonald, '04 of Henderson; Jason Ward, '02 of Ashland; Tim Smith,
team advisor; William Simpson, '02 of Cox's Creek; Scott Shearer,
team advisor; Ryan Figgins, '04 of Falmouth, graduate student
Jeremy Hudson, '03 of Bremen; graduate student Adam Garrison,
'03 of Manchester; Evan Conrad, '04 of Dry Ridge, and Tim Greis,
' 03 of Fort Thomas. Team members not pictured are Matt Peake,
'03 of Hodgenville and John Cole, '02 of Fulton. Seth Simpson,
William Simpson's son, is on the tractor.
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UK Credit Union and the Hilary J. Boone Center for faculty, staff,
and alumni.
Annual dues for 2003
Single $10
Spouse $7
Lifetime Membership
Single $150
Spouse $105
Lifetime membership may be paid over three years
at $50 a year. A lifetime spouse membership may be paid over three
years at $40 a year.
Graduates of the Class of 2002 may become lifetime members at the
special rate of only $100.
Make your check payable to:
UK Agriculture Alumni Association
Mail to:
UK Agriculture Alumni Association
c/o UK Federal Credit Union
1080 Export Street
Lexington, Kentuckly 40504
Ag Alumni Association
Winter Event
December 3, 2002
Lexington
Noon — 5 p.m., Hyatt Regency, Lexington:
Second annual professional development conference for ag alumni
(co-sponsored by the UK Alumni Association).
5 p.m., Hyatt Regency: Reception & buffet.
8 p.m., Rupp Arena: UK Wildcats vs. High Point. Wear your Wildcat
blue!
(More information to come by mail in early November.)
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Class
Notes
1930s
James Harvey Moore ,'31 is now retired.
1940s
Sarah Jean Potter Lanham,'40 worked for Farm Security Administration
in Williamsburg and in Whitley City. She received her master's
degree from Western Kentucky University, taught school, and was
director of pupil personnel in the Warren County Schools.
William O. Newell, Jr.,'42 works at the Cumberland Security Bank
and is chairman of the board of directors. He is also the owner
of Farmers Tobacco Warehouse and Eastern Welding, both in Somerset.
Marvin T. Wells,'42, in the Army Air Force until 1946, was in
Virginia and Kentucky education for a total of 16 years. He taught
science/biology in Jefferson County for 13 years. He was also
an insurance representative as a field underwriter and is currently
farming.
R. K. Kelly,'43 is married to Betty May Fervell, and they have
three children. He is president of Wicklifle Rental Properties,
Inc., operates WGKY radio station, and also operates two farms.
Mildred Forston,'44 is retired.
Anne R. Frye Caudill,'45 served as home demonstration agent in
Montgomery County. She and her husband lived in Letcher County
for 43 years, where their three children were born. Anne served
as Harry's secretary in his law practice for most of those years.
Since Harry's passing, she lives in New Albany, Ind.
Ted Wilson Cathey,'46 spent 26 years in the Animal Sciences Department
and taught agriculture in the Veterans Farm Program. He also produced
a grand champion barrow overall breeds at the International Livestock
Expedition in Chicago in 1959.
William M. Johnson, Jr.,'46 retired in 1988
after 43 years with Kentucky Utilities Company. He is now a farmer,
guitarist, and
watercolor artist.
Seldon V. Hail,'48 is the farm manager of Greer Farms in London,
Ky.
Nancy J. Houchen,'48 is married to Carol F. Houchen, who was
a business major at UK. They have two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Granville Kitchen,'49 is retired after 35 years service with
the USDA and is currently living in Shelby County. He and his
wife, Ann, have one son, Jon. Since retirement he keeps busy on
the Kitchens' small farm near Bagdad and with church activities
and veterans organizations.
Noble Howard,'49 spent 30 years working for the USDA and 20 years
as a full-time farmer. He has been farming part time since 1999.
1950s
Russell Wells,'50 retired in 1987 as CEO of the Lawrence County
ASCS office.
Kenneth B. Holland,'51 retired as district conservationist (SCS)
in 1986.
Dr. Robert Teater,'51 is now retired. He was director of the
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, director of the School of
Natural Resources at Ohio State University, and associate dean
of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics at The Ohio State
University. Dr. Teater was also a major general in the Ohio Army
National Guard. He has been married for 50 years to Dorothy Seath
Teater, and they have four sons and 12 grandchildren.
Dr. Arthur Asbury,'51 is currently a Van Meter Professor Emeritus
of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(UPSOM) and also working full time in neurology. He was interim
dean at UPSOM from 1988 to 1989 and 2000 to 2001.
Bobby Hall Jr.,'53 is president and co-owner with his wife Bonnie
of Farmers Feed Mill Inc. He and his wife live on their family
farm outside Georgetown where they raise cattle, sheep, tobacco,
and hay crops. They have two children, Lee C. Hall and Julia Hall
Mahan. Lee is the vice-president of Farmers Feed Mill Inc., and
Julia is vice-president of Incredipet, a division of Farmers Feed
Mill.
John D. Baldwin, Jr.,'53 played for Bear Bryant in 1950, 1951,
and 1952 and lettered all three years. He has been in business
as a major oil gasoline distributor for 20 years. John and his
wife, Barbara, have four children and also have grandchildren.
Robert Hahn,'54 is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Glen McCormack,'54 was a U.S. Army colonel, a county Extension
agent, a bank director, president of the Chamber of Commerce,
president of the hospital board, and a state director for the
Farm Bureau Federation.
William Brinkley,'54 is married to the former Betty Preston,
and they have one daughter, Joyce. William retired in 1990 from
the Cooperative Extension Service.
Harold Vaught,'57 is very active in church, the Mid-Kentucky
Antique Car Club, and the Logan County Antique Engine and Tractor
Club.
James S. Mobberly Jr.,'58 is retired as a safety engineer for
Ashland Chemical Company.
Dr. Gene A. Bramlett,'58 was the assistant vice-president for
Extension and Public Service at the University of Georgia from
1960 to 1975, the vice-president for Extension and Public Service
at Auburn University from 1975 to 1981, and the dean of General
Extension and director of the Center on Aging from 1982 to 1995.
Edgar Kash Jr.,'58 retired from the USDA Soil Conservation Service
in 1991 and from the Lee County judge/executive position in 1998.
He and his wife have two children.
Ermel D. Wilson,'59 retired as a Hart County vocational agriculture
teacher in February 1986. He and his wife, Phyllis have four children,
three of whom graduated from UK.
Kenneth Arnold,'59 is the owner of Ken Arnold and Associates
but is retired.
1960s
Mancil J. Vinson,'60 was a vocational agriculture teacher, a marketing
director, an agricultural communications assistant, and a legal
consultant for individual bankers, digital equity, and the American
Association of Retired Persons (AARP). He also farmed.
Carol F. Berryman,'60 has been a legal assistant in Georgia and
Kentucky for over 25 years and is currently a senior legal assistant.
Wiley Faw,'60 is retired from the International Mission Board,
Southern Baptist Convention. He spent 33 years in Nigeria, West
Africa, doing church planting and agricultural missions. He is
married to Geneva Willis Faw, who graduated in 1961 from the UK
College of Education.
John W. Deme,'63 retired from teaching in 1994. He now has a
rare plant nursery in Kingston, N.C.
Dr. Bonnie O. Tanner,'63 has been the assistant director for
Family and Consumer Sciences at the UK Cooperative Extension Service
since November 1998 after working for other agencies in the USDA
in Washington, D.C. Her experience included serving as a USDA
Extension specialist in consumer science and as a Maryland Extension
agent for home economics. She was recently named to the Governor's
Commission on Family Farms.
Dr. Michael Covitt, D.V.M.,'66 is an equine veterinarian and
owner of Robin Ridge Farm in Crestwood.
Robert O'Bryan,'68 of Leander (Johnson County) received Rank
I in educational administration. He taught 15 years as a vocational
agriculture teacher at Johnson Central High School and has been
in administration for 19 years.
Glenda Simpson,'68 has been retired from teaching family and
consumer sciences for four years. She still does some substitute
teaching.
William Ellington,'69 is an agency manager for the Bath County
Farm Bureau Insurance Services. He is married to Jane Cook Ellington,
who received her master's degree in vocational education in 1972.
They have a son, Derek Thomas Ellington, who graduated in May
2002 from UK with a major in plant and soil science.
1970s
Larry R. Smith,'70 is currently employed by the Kentucky Farm
Bureau Federation. He works with 12 Eastern Kentucky county Farm
Bureaus.
Linda Miller,'70 is a sales representative for Kraft.
Jane Ann Osman,'70 is currently a substitute teacher in Clark
County. She is married with a son in college.
Michael A. Carney,'70 is a medical account manager with Procter
& Gamble Pharmaceuticals. He has one son, Christopher.
Catherine J. Parke,'72 is the owner and manager of Valkyre Stud
in Georgetown and the business recently foaled, raised, and sold
a million dollar earner, Milwaukee Brew.
James A. Vail,'72 is currently a professor at Elizabethtown Community
College and has worked for the community college system since
1979. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children, Rita and Katherine.
Nathan L. Moore,'74 graduated from the University of Louisville
School of Medicine in 1978 and is currently employed by the Bluegrass
Medical Clinic.
Mary Ann S. Core,'76 is a district conservationist for the United
States Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources and
Conservation Service. She is currently working to restore the
wetlands and increase the greenways along streams in the Central
Ohio region.
Bobby Gaffney,'75 was awarded the Jane Longley Cook Volunteer
Service Award at a 2002 national meeting of the National Agricultural
Alumni and Development Association.
Keith Lyons,'76 is the owner of H. L. Lyons Company. He is married
to Ann Abbott Lyons, and they have two children, Sara (19), and
Clayton (13).
Peggy S. Helton,'78 has two daughters, Lindsay and Jessica. She
enjoys being a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension agent in
Whitley County.
1980s
Dr. Mary Ann Schwartz-Gowdy,'80 is an instructor in the horticulture
department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2001 she
received the College of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources
outstanding teacher of the year award.
Virginia L. Russell,'81 was the first graduate of the UK Landscape
Architecture Program to become a Fellow of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, into which she was inducted in 1997.
She is now an associate professor of architecture at the University
of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design.
Pamela M. Bowling,'81 has been married for 20 years to Joe Fred
Bowling, and they have three children, Matt (18), Katie (15),
and Emma (3). She works as a logistics coordinator at Dow Corning
Corporation.
Kent Georgel,'82 started Georgel Insurance Agency in April of
1988. He is married to Kim Georgel, and they have three children,
Adam, Kelley, and Alex, who are 13, 10, and 5, respectively.
Joseph ('85) and Toni Myers have two children, Colby, 10, and
Ruth Ann, 7. On their farm in Montgomery County they raise pure
bred Angus cattle and horses.
Gregory Stephens,'86 owns an environmental contracting company
that manages municipal, industrial, and agricultural water and
wastewater materials. He has two daughters.
Myron Moore,'86 and his wife have one daughter, Emery Moore,
who was born July 20, 2000. Myron is the branch manager and assistant
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of Jessamine County.
Barry Hines,'87 is a partner in the Louisville legal office of
Stites & Harbison.
Kim Ragland,'87 (M.S., '90) and her husband Brent Woodrum are
the proud parents of a son, Landry Owen Ragland Woodrum, born
July 18, 2002.
1990s
Brent Ware,'90 has been teaching agriculture at Casey County High
School for 10 years. He also farms a 210-acre farm in Casey County,
has a beef cow and calf operation, and operates a Kent Feed dealership.
He and his wife, Lisa, have twin 6-year-old daughters, Allison
and Ashley.
Kevin Sage-El,'92 is currently working as an officer for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service.
He completed a three-year tour in the Philippines last September
and began another three-year tour to Japan.
Donovan Craig Corum,'93 has been employed with the Fredrick County
(Md.) government for the last two years as a land planner.
Robert Joseph Schmitt,'93 received his master's degree in agriculture
at Murray State University in 1998 and is now an ag teacher at
Livingston Central High. He and his wife Karen have a daughter,
Lauren.
Corinne Heath,'93 is married to Jacob Kephart. Her daughter,
Joyce Heath, is now 4. She has been coaching the 4-H Livestock
Judging Team for the past eight years and is the leader of 4-H/FFA
Livestock Club in Shelby County. Corinne is also a sales manager
at Bagdad Roller Mills in Bagdad.
Kimberly Staggs,'94 married Travis Wenzel in 2001. They live
on the Two Iron Ranch near Arthur, Nebraska, and were expecting
their first child in October of 2002.
Julie Givens Howell,'94 has been a Marion County Extension agent
for seven years. She and her husband Bill live in Pennyrile with
their twin daughters, Allie and Shelby, who were born in 1999.
Jesse M. Brothers, D.V.M.,'94 is currently working as a mixed
animal practitioner in North Central Ohio.
Celia Oldfield Barker,'95 is a senior health environmentalist
for Gateway Distribution Health Department. She is married to
Joe Barker, and they have three children, Jacob, Samuel, and Erin.
Deana K. Reed,'95 is working as a Campbell County Extension agent
for 4-H/Youth Development and is currently pursuing her master's
degree in vocational education at UK.
Emily Branstetter-Robison,'95 has been working in sales with
the Monsanto's animal agriculture division since her graduation.
She has a 3-year-old daughter, Lauren.
Stephanie Kay Casey,'95 has been married to Greg Casey since
1997, and they have twin sons, Brandon and Zachary, who were born
in March of 2001. Stephanie has been working since 1995 at Burkmann
Feeds in Danville.
Bethany G. Wilson,'95 has been with the Pulaski County Cooperative
Extension Service since December of 1997. She married Joel Wilson
in 2001. They operate a farm in Somerset raising peppers, cantaloupes,
and pumpkins.
D. Cole Mitcham,'95 recently passed the Professional Engineers
Exam and is project engineer at CDP Engineers, Inc.
Dr. L.W. Beckley, D.V.M.,'96, Auburn '00, has a new position
at Burk Veterinarian Services in Hardinsburg.
Mary Louise Clark,'96 has been married to Tim Clark since 1995.
They owned a dairy herd in Iowa for four years but then sold the
cows and moved to Wisconsin. The have a 4-year-old daughter.
Heather Vidourek,'96 married Ronald Hornback in 2001. She is
the director of training and development at Farm Credit Services
of Mid-America.
Courtney Lynn Roberts,'97 has been a sales agent with Kentucky
Farm Bureau Insurance Company since graduation. She auctioneers
with H. Barry Smith Company of Shelbyville.
Robert Lewis Doyle,'97 married a fellow UK graduate, Aleta Botts,
'97, '00 on October 6, 2001, and they are living in Washington,
D.C.
Douglas Smith,'97 is currently managing his family farm as well
as co-owning two feed businesses.
Alicia Beth Eden-Myers,'97 graduated from Auburn University with
a D.V.M. degree in May 2001. She now has a private practice for
ruminants in Central Kentucky and at Small Animal Emergency Medicine
in Northern Kentucky. She has also gone back to school at the
UK College of Agriculture in animal sciences to earn her master's
degree in reproduction and nutrition.
James Perry Murdock, Jr.,'98 is currently living in Montgomery,
Ala., where he is a civilian flight instructor for the U.S. Air
Force. He recently made Gold Seal, the highest honor awarded to
instructor pilots.
Anne Marie Jewell,'98 is currently working at the Fort Campbell
military installation in the forestry program.
Justin Thomas King,'98 is living in his hometown of Henderson.
Since graduation he has worked for Monsanto in Haubstadt.
Anna Sidebottom Lucio,'98 is currently working with farmers markets
across Kentucky to help farmers better directly market to consumers.
Also, she is soon to be managing the Farmers Market Nutrition
Program. She was married April 20, 2002 to Tony Lucio.
Brian Burkhead,'99 married Paige Andrews in 2000. He is a student
at Southern Seminary working on a master's of divinity degree
and took a pastorship at Rocky Ford, a church in Casey County,
in 2001.
Patsy G. Duncan,'99 has worked for UK for 13 years as an Expanded
Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) agent in Harlan County.
She received the Harlan County Outstanding Leadership Award and
the 2000 EFNEP Award.
Jennifer Kay McCleese,'99 is in her sophomore year at Oklahoma
State University Veterinary College.
Amy Nipper,'99 married Mark Abney in July 2000 and they have
a 14-month old baby boy, Tracy Cole Abney. Amy is the probation
and parole officer in Powell County. Amy shows Tennessee Walking
Horses as well as Spotted Saddle Horses, and she won the Reserve
World Grand Champion in October 2001.
2000s
Matthew Koch,'00 is currently in Camp LeJeune, N.C., where he
is an infantry officer and a grounds intelligence officer in the
U.S. Marine Corps.
Alison Sexten,'00 graduated from Oklahoma State University in
December 2001 with a master's degree in agricultural education.
In May she married Daniel Smith,'98 (animal sciences), and they
live on a farm in Stamping Ground.
Jeremy Teal,'00 has completed his first year as a 4-H Extension
agent in Hopkins County.
Shana Shannon,'00 is a sales assistant at Walmac International
Stud.
Brian Scott Drury,'01 is now an agent for the Kentucky Farm Bureau
in Fayette County.
Richard Tanner,'01 graduated with a minor in biology and a major
in animal sciences. He is now attending Auburn University College
of Veterinary Medicine and hopes to return to Western Kentucky
to practice.
Alumni Association
Members by Choice
Carlisle Besuden III is a retired farm editor for the Lexington
Herald-Leader and currently a semi-active farmer. He was married
44 years to his wife before she passed away in 2001. They have
a son and a daughter.
Edna M. Akers retired this past December after serving as secretary/staff
assistant for the Hardin County Cooperative Extension Service
for 30 years.
Nick Carter has a bachelor's degree in farm management from Eastern
Kentucky University and is currently the Agriculture and Natural
Resources agent for the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service.
He is married to Lois Carter, a Bourbon County 4-H Extension agent,
and they live with their two children in Bourbon County.
Belinda Graves is a secretary for the Bourbon County Cooperative
Extension Service, where she has worked since November of 1989.
Diane M. Perkins is a Hancock County Extension agent for Agriculture
and Natural Resources. She is the 1999 recipient of the Achievement
Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.
Covetta H. Ramey began working at the Research and Education
Center in Princeton in January 1991. Covetta now has an older
son enrolled in the College of Agriculture's biotechnology program.
Carolyn Z. Royalty is a Mercer County Extension agent for Family
and Consumer Sciences.
Margaret G. Thrasher is the owner of Margaret's Pet Groom and
Board, and her basic education came through the Extension programs.
She is now a member of Twilight Extension Homemakers, president
of Russell County Extension Homemakers, a UK Fellow, and a member
of the Lake Cumberland Area Agriculture Alumni Association.
Opal Ernestine VanHoose is a 1960 graduate of Mayo State Vocational
School. She has been a secretary/staff assistant for the Johnson
County Cooperative Extension Service for more than 41 years.
Robert Welch is retired as manager of Southeast Grain Operation
Countrymark Cooperative. He is now an agribusiness consultant.
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In
Memoriam
Charles E.
Barrett, '38, Franklin, Oct. 10, 1998
Dr. Audra Earl Bell, '39, Lake Forest, Calif., Oct. 7, 2001
Oren J. Bernhardt, '87, Conyers, Ga., Sept. 23, 1994
Robert Bingham, '99, Stanford, Aug. 26, 2002
Roxie (Arnold) Caldwell, '39, Kissimmee, Fla., Dec. 28, 2000
Cecil E. Carter Jr., '53, Durham, N.C., April 28, 1999
George M. Cheniae, Agronomy Department faculty, Lexington, Aug.
27, 2001
Willard A. Clawson, '54, Lexington, Aug. 16, 1999
Jewell B. Colliver, '42, Cave City, Feb. 19, 2001
Michael D. Courson, '61, Virginia Beach, Va., Oct. 15, 2000
William E. Davis, '40, Nashville, Tenn., June 24, 1997
John C. Dicken, '51, Nicholasville, date unknown
Dr. Vasilios "Bill" Evangelou, former Agronomy Department
faculty, Ames, Iowa, March 24, 2002
Paul Everman, '55, Louisville, Aug. 12, 2002
Margaret A. (Gaddie) Fuller, '61, Lexington, April 18, 2002
Clarence A. Gerstle, '50, Richmond, Ind., May 15, 1999
William H. Hale, '46, Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 9, 1998
Dr. Frank Harding, South Burlington, Vt., Jan. 2002
John S. Harrison, '47, Lexington, Oct. 31, 2001
William E. Hensley, '51, Bradenton, Fla., April 22, 2002
Elizabeth A. Hogg, '44, Bonita Springs, Fla., Feb. 2, 2002
James B. Jackson, '48, Corydon, Ind., July 14, 2001
Joan (Pittelko) Kirchhoff, '59, Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 15, 1999
Alice (Penn) Leachman, '36, Bowling Green, Sept. 27, 2001
Dr. Tsu H. Lin, '72, Gaithersburg, Md., Sept. 20, 2000
John Miller, '55, Paradise, Calif., Sept. 19, 2000
Mary H. Paradis, '77, Louisville, Feb. 20, 2002
Dr. Thomas L. Riley, '49, Lexington, April 26, 2002
Burl S. St. Clair, '38, Falls of Rough, Feb. 15, 2000
James D. St. Clair, '46, Falls of Rough, Jan. 9, 2001
Frances Miller Stallard, '29, Louisville, Sept. 17, 2000
Lois Sara Straus, '40, Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 28, 2002
Harry M. Stratton, '49, Carrollton, Feb. 15, 2000
Margaret (Whaley) Thomson, '37, Georgetown, March 23, 2002
James W. Towler, '48, St. Petersburg, Fla., March 24, 2000
Clayton R. Turner, '47, Morehead, Jan. 29, 2000
John H. Van Cleve, '54, retired Edmonson County Extension agent,
Brownsville, May 17, 2002
Cyrenius Wade, '75, Nicholasville, June 3, 2002
Sara (Dugan) Wolfe, '52, Worthington, Ohio, May 12, 1999
James E. Woodrow, '49, Louisville, Aug. 29, 2001
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Donors
for Roundup 2002
AGA Gas
BASF
Bagdad Roller Mills
Burley Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association
Cagle's-Keystone Foods
Cal-Maine
Cecilia Farm Service
Central Equipment
Chick-Fil-A
Council for Burley Tobacco
Embassy Suites
Executive West Hotel
Four Points Sheraton
F.W. Rickard Seeds
Farm Credit Services
Farmers Feed Mill
Greater Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau
Griffin Industries
Hands On Originals
Hyatt Regency Lexington
Kennedy Book Store
Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
Kentucky Cattlemen's Association
Kentucky Corn Growers Association
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Kentucky Pork Producers
Kentucky Poultry Federation
Kentucky Soybean Association
Kentucky's Touchstone Energy
Cooperatives-East Kentucky Power
Kingsford Charcoal
McRay Feed LLC
Monsanto
Perdue
Pioneer-a Dupont Company
Preston Farms
Radisson Plaza Hotel
Rector Hayden Realtors/Deborah Back
Red Barn Nursery
Sheraton Suites Lexington
Southern Belle Dairy
Southern States Cooperative
Telmark LLC
Tyson
UK Alumni Affairs
UK Federal Credit Union
Valent
A very special thanks to the Kentucky Farm Bureau for continuing
the tradition of donating the tents. Thanks also to the Kentucky
Poultry Federation for the delicious chicken.
RoundUp 2002
* Chef's Hall of Fame— Inductees into the Chef's Hall of
Fame at Roundup 2002 were, left to right: Meredith Scales, Southern
Belle Dairy; Mary Hollencamp, Hyatt Regency, Lexington; William
Fritz, Council for Burley Tobacco; Dennis Parrett, Cecilia Farm
Service; Frank Vaughn, Southern States; and Bill Tucker, Bagdad
Roller Mills. Not pictured are Barry Biggar, Lexington Convention
and Visitors Bureau; Nancye Secrest, Executive Inn West Hotel;
and Leslie Stith, Monsanto. Their organizations have contributed
to RoundUp for 10 or more years.
*- No picture
here - Text only version.
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Kurtz
in Animal Sciences Hall of Fame
George
M. Kurtz, '37, of Sturgis, a well-known Kentucky businessman and
cattle producer, has been elected to the College's Animal Sciences
Hall of Fame.
Kurtz was
presented the award during Roundup festivities this fall.
“We are
proud to induct Mr. Kurtz into the Animal Sciences Hall of Fame,"
said Bob Harmon, chair of the Department of Animal Sciences. "He
has distinguished himself and the College in his career, his tireless
work for 4-H and FFA, and in his family and community life. Kentucky
has been made a better place through his energies, and we are
privileged to count him one of our own. His early achievements
in youth activities and his contributions to Block and Bridle
during his collegiate years make him an especially fitting inductee
as Block and Bridle celebrates its 80th anniversary."
Early in his
career, Kurtz was an Extension agent in Edmondson County, assistant
agent in Clark County, and substitute county agent in Casey County.
For much of his career, Kurtz, a Garrard County native, has been
both a producer on the Union County farm where he has lived for
half a century and owner of Kurtz Auction Realty Company in Morganfield.
His firm, recognized throughout the Southeast, has conducted purebred
livestock auction sales in 18 states, including sales for state
universities and departments of agriculture.
Kurtz's auctions
have included locks and dams for the federal government, 25,000
acres of Camp Breckinridge Army Camp, and islands in the Ohio
River.
He was named
to the Kentucky Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 1989.
Kurtz raised
registered Angus cattle from the 1930s through the late 1950s.
Since 1959, he has maintained a commercial cow and calf herd and
has also raised registered sheep.
He is a longtime
Lions Club member and has taught a men's class at his church for
25 years.
Kurtz has distinguished himself as a supporter of animal agriculture
by integrating his professional skills with civic contributions
to agriculture. He is past president of the Union County Farm
Bureau and has supported 4-H and FFA financially and auctioned
innumerable 4-H and FFA projects without charge. He
continues to judge livestock shows and fairs for 4-H and FFA.
Kurtz was
active in 4-H from his youth, serving as president of his local
club, the Garrard County club, and the state 4-H association.
He was a member of the 4-H dairy judging team that placed second
in the state at the Kentucky State Fair.
While at UK
Kurtz won first place in the UK livestock judging competition.
He was also a member of the team that won in a judging competition
for the Southeast.
He was also president of the Block & Bridle Club, vice-president
of Alpha Gamma Rho, and a member of the University 4-H Club.
A UK Fellow,
he has been active in the UK ag alumni organization and was the
distinguished alumni award winner for the Green River area in
1979.
Kurtz's first
wife was the late Jane Shaffer Kurtz. Their children are Martha
Kurtz Williams; William, Kurtz; Julia Kurtz Tackett, '68, '71;
and Kelly Kurtz Goetz, '69.
* George M. Kurtz, his wife Emogene Clements Kurtz, and some very
young family members.
* Distinguished
Alumni Area Winners for 2002 are, left to right: Cindi Sullivan,
Louisville; Larry Dame, Green River; Gerald Atkinson, Licking
River; Ken Martin, Wilderness Trail; Danny Wilkinson, Lake Cumberland;
Daniel Blevins, Northeast North; George L. Hall, Lincoln Trail;
David Pettus, Fort Harrod; George Pettit, Pennyrile; Samuel Francis,
Bluegrass; Tim Isaacs, Mammoth Cave; and Richard Jett, Quicksand.
Not pictured is Gary Wilmhoff, Northern Kentucky.
* No picture
here - text only version.
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Three
Named 2002 Distinguished Alumni
Gerald W.
Atkinson of Mt. Sterling, Tim Isaacs, '81, of Horse Cave, and
Ken Martin, ‘75, of Cadiz have been named 2002 recipients
of the Distinguished Alumni Award given by the UK College of Agriculture.
The awards were presented during 2002 Roundup festivities.
This award is given annually to alumni over the age of 41 who
have supported the college as well as their communities. The state
winners were chosen from distinguished alumni named by ag alumni
associations in 15 areas across the state.
Gerald
Atkinson, from the Licking River Area, began his relationship
with the College in 1982 as an ag agent in Fleming County. After
serving in this position for 10 years, he worked as program director
of Cooperative Extension for the Northeastern Kentucky Area from
1992 to 1997. Currently, Atkinson is employed as the tourism director
for Mt. Sterling.
Atkinson has served as board member for his local Chamber of Commerce,
Leadership Montgomery County, and the Kentucky Tourism Council.
He has supported the College of Agriculture by conducting on-farm
testing of tobacco, dairy forages, and corn. He has also conducted
annual career days in conjunction with UK to acquaint students
with the University. He and his wife, Judy Rogers Atkinson, have
two children, Sander and Heather Leigh.
Tim
Isaacs, from the Mammoth Cave Area, after graduating
with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture, became owner/operator
of a dairy farm, milking up to 200 regular Holsteins. In 1990,
he converted his herd to a beef operation of 500 regular Angus
cows.
He is president of the Hart County Cattlemen's Association, director
of the Kentucky Angus Association, and chairman of the board of
directors for Southern States-Horse Cave. Isaacs has received
awards including the Master Herdsperson Award, Reserve Champion
Cow/Calf award at the Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes, Farmer/Agribusiness
of the Year from the Hart County Chamber of Commerce, and the
Outstanding Cooperator award from the Hart County Conservation
District.
Isaacs regularly supports the College and other educational programs
by serving as a 4-H volunteer leader for livestock judging teams
and beef projects. He also hosts field days for the UK Cooperative
Extension Service.
He and his wife Ann Marie have five children, Amanda Isaacs Sticker
and Stephanie, Stacy, Megan, and Matthew.
Ken
Martin, of the Wilderness Trail Area, graduated from
the College with a bachelor's degree in animal sciences and then
worked as a manager of a swine operation, manager of a feed mill,
as a swine specialist for Southern States, and as a sales representative.
From 1982 to 1995 he owned and operated a small feeder pig and
tobacco farm. In 1992 he took a job with the Oneida Baptist Institute
in Oneida as a farm manager and agriculture teacher.
Martin served as an executive board member of the Kentucky Pork
Producers Association, president of the Pennyrile Pork Producers
Association, and chairman of the advisory board of Murray State
University's Breathitt Veterinary Center. He created the first
FFA Chapter at a Kentucky private school at the Oneida Baptist
Institute.
Martin has supported the College by conducting corn variety test
plots and providing data for research efforts in sow production.
In addition, he has recruited students from the Oneida Baptist
Institute to attend the College of Agriculture and has hosted
Wilderness Trail Area Extension field days at Oneida. Martin and
his wife, Nancy Brown Martin, have two children, Beverly and Jennifer.
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Basketball2002-03
Kentucky Men's Basketball Schedule
| Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Time |
| Nov
11 |
Athletes
In Action (Exh.) |
Home
|
7:30
p.m. |
| Nov
18 |
Nike
Elite (Exh.) |
Home |
7:30
p.m. |
| Nov
25-27 |
Maui
Invitational |
Maui,
Hawaii |
TBA |
| UK,
Indiana, Arizona St., Gonzaga, Virginia, Utah, Chaminade,
UMass |
| Dec
3 |
High Point |
Home |
8
p.m. |
| Dec
7 |
North
Carolina |
Chapel
Hill |
4
p.m. |
| Dec
10 |
Tulane
|
New
Orleans |
9
p.m. |
| Dec
14 |
Michigan
State |
Home
|
4
p.m. |
| Dec
21 |
Indiana |
Louisville
|
5
p.m. |
| Dec
28 |
Louisville
|
Louisville |
Noon |
| Dec
30 |
Tennessee
State |
Home |
8 p.m. |
| Jan
2 |
Alcorn
State |
Home
|
7:30
p.m. |
| Jan
4 |
Ohio |
Cincinnati
|
4
p.m. |
| Jan
8 |
Tennessee |
Knoxville |
8
p.m. |
| Jan
11 |
South
Carolina |
Home |
7
p.m. |
| Jan
14 |
Vanderbilt
|
Nashville |
9
p.m. |
| Jan
18 |
Notre
Dame |
Home
|
2
p.m. |
| Jan
22 |
Auburn
|
Home |
7
p.m. |
| Jan
25 |
Alabama
|
Tuscaloosa
|
8
p.m. |
| Feb
1 |
South
Carolina |
Columbia
|
TBA |
| Feb
4 |
Florida
|
Home
|
9
p.m. |
| Feb
8 |
Mississippi
|
Oxford
|
3
p.m. |
| Feb
11 |
Georgia
|
Home
|
TBA |
| Feb
15 | |
