Teaching and Learning Our Fundamental Responsibilities

These first months as Dean of the College of Agriculture have been exciting and rewarding for me. Although Kentucky has been my home for 22 years, this recent time has given me the opportunity to become acquainted with a remarkable number of alumni, friends and partners of the College.
Wherever I have been around the state I find that almost everyone shares the same positive outlook — they are proud of the College and our traditions of excellence, but they anticipate even greater things in the future.

Much of what I have heard, and what I have talked about since becoming Dean, relates to the remarkable transitions in Kentucky’s agricultural economy. This is not surprising, considering the urgent challenges faced by our farm families and rural communities. We are firmly committed to responding to such needs in new and aggressive ways.

However, in this column I want to comment briefly on the oldest but still the most fundamental responsibilities of our College — teaching and learning. The College of Agriculture will continue to take great pride in our outstanding teaching and advising. We will reward and recognize those faculty and staff who demonstrate personal commitment to the success of our students.
We often talk about the family and community atmosphere in the College. Personally, I have been fortunate to be a part of Cooperative Extension and ag college communities, literally since birth. My father was a county agent in New York and New Hampshire (where I was born). After going back to school for his doctorate, he became a professor and Extension specialist in farm finance at Cornell. “Helping” at meetings and tagging along on farm visits are among my earliest memories.

Summer jobs, both on-campus and with statewide Extension projects, later became an important part of my education. My wife, Susan, although she has found her greatest professional rewards as a busy piano teacher, is also a graduate of the Cornell College of Agriculture, majoring in business management and marketing.

For us, the three-part land-grant mission is as much a matter of family values as it is a professional philosophy. Our experiences have built a dedication to public service (Extension), a love of discovery and new knowledge (research), and a commitment to life-long teaching and learning (instruction). We hope to share those same kinds of experiences and values with the students and alumni of our College.

In the face of urgent needs to promote agricultural vitality through Extension and applied research programs, plus increasing expectations to build “top 20” research status for the University, we must always remember our commitment to excellence in instruction.
Yet I disagree with those who contend that strength in research and Extension must come at the expense of teaching. Strength in all of these areas can be merged. The opportunity to interact directly with great faculty is, of course, valuable. Of much more importance is the opportunity for students (and alumni also) to directly participate in public service, discovery research, and in the enormous variety of College programs addressing current, critical issues in agriculture, food, and natural resources.

During my years with the College, I have tremendously enjoyed working with the Ag Alumni Association. Each one of you plays an important role in supporting our College and our students, and I thank you for your participation. As we move into the summer alumni events, Susan and I look forward to renewing current friendships and making many new ones.

M. Scott Smith
Dean and Director

To our readers:
In case you hadn’t noticed, The Ambassador has a new look. Beginning with this issue, your ag alumni magazine has merged with the magazine. The new design will allow us to bring you all the alumni and development information that you enjoy receiving in an easy-to-read, more spacious format. The spring and fall issues of the magazine will be Ambassador issues, with regular issues of the magazine coming out in the summer and winter. We invite your feedback on the new look by mail or e-mail. For more than 26 years, The Ambassador has chronicled ag alumni news on its pages. We will continue this tradition with the new format, and welcome the future with anticipation of even greater things.

The Ambassador’s final issue in the previous format was volume 26, number 2 (Fall/Winter 2000).

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Continuing Our
Land-Grant Tradition

By Randy Weckman

M. Scott Smith became the eighth Dean and Director of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture in January 2001. As Dean, Smith is responsible for all facets of the College, including teaching, Extension, and research programs. Shortly after assuming the duties of Dean, we asked him about his vision for the College. Following are the questions and his responses.

As the new dean of the College of Agriculture, what do you see as the most important issues facing Kentuckians in terms of agriculture, families, youth, and communities?

The current transitions in Kentucky agriculture are well publicized and widely discussed. Dramatic changes in tobacco production and marketing have combined with the broader forces on agriculture worldwide to create substantial challenges for our family farms and our communities dependent on a strong agricultural economy.

I believe that despite these challenges, Kentucky agriculture can have a great, prosperous future. Achieving the future we want, however, will require strong leadership from the agricultural sector, wise public policies that nurture agriculture, investments in the infrastructure of agriculture, and a continuing stream of research, Extension and educational programs from the College of Agriculture that focuses on the needs of Kentucky.
Now, more than ever, those of us in the College of Agriculture must address a broad range of issues which are an important part of the food, agriculture, and natural resource system. Many of these issues are wider in scope than our more traditional contributions in crop and animal production. We will need to develop the expertise to address these issues by both refocusing our efforts and hiring faculty members with the appropriate expertise.

Given these issues, how do you see the College of Agriculture helping Kentuckians address them?

Higher education in Kentucky and around the nation is being asked to play a substantially increasing role in economic and community development. I believe Kentucky’s land-grant system of integrated research, teaching and Extension provides the best model for addressing these expectations. Specifically, I see five areas in which the College of Agriculture can help address Kentucky’s needs:

Teaching. We must continue our commitment to the success and personal and professional development of our students, for they are our future leaders. The greatest contribution we can make to Kentucky is to do an outstanding job of educating our students. Our College embarked a few years ago on initiatives to educate our students in not just skills they need to enter the job market, but also in the skills they can use to become life-long learners — and leaders. This philosophy is already benefitting Kentucky, as many of our recent graduates have already assumed leadership positions and are applying their expertise to the challenges of agriculture and strengthening Kentucky in the process.

Extension. The county Extension office and its staff continue to be the key to the success of local communities around Kentucky. But agents are being asked to assume ever greater and more complex responsibilities. It is imperative that we provide our county agents the tools they need to help lead their communities. Those tools include appropriate compensation for their efforts, as well as training opportunities for them to acquire expertise they need for application to local problems as they arise. We also must continue to build the communications infrastructure from Lexington to county offices so that the University of Kentucky can become the window to the world for rural areas.

Research. We can simultaneously meet the expectations of becoming a “top 20" research institution, contributing to the new economy, and sustaining our land-grant mission, but only if we set research priorities appropriate to the needs and opportunities of Kentucky. Our research efforts must continually assess the needs for research and constantly refocus our efforts to meet those needs.

Build New Partnerships. To meet the constantly changing challenges in the wide range of subjects the College must address, we will need to form partnerships and alliances with other institutions, agencies, and leadership organizations so that we can tap into their expertise and they into ours. By doing so, our College will be stronger, our partners will be strengthened, so that together we can address the important challenges ahead.

Adapt and Change. As the pace of economic and agricultural transition accelerates, we need to become more adaptable, more flexible and more responsive as an organization. We must be constantly aware of the needs of our stakeholders, and better support innovative people and programs that respond to those needs.

Introducing
Dean M. Scott Smith

Educational

Ph.D., 1978, Michigan State University, microbial ecology/soil science
M.S., 1975, Cornell University, soil science
B.A., 1971, Cornell University, biology

Professional

Dean of College of Agriculture; Director of Agricultural Experiment Station (AES); and Director of Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky since
January 1, 2001

Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director of AES, UK,
1999-2000

Chair, Department of Agronomy, UK, 1989-1999

Faculty, Department of Agronomy, UK, 1978-1988

Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1984-1985

Field of expertise is nitrogen in soils. Has published more than 50 refereed journal articles and invited reviews, most of them related to the impact of agricultural practices on crop productivity and environmental quality and the ecology of nitrogen-transforming bacteria in soils.

Personal

Born July 7, 1949 in Laconia, New Hampshire
Married to Susan Smith
Three daughters—Hannah, Emily, and Rebecca

Robinson Station Celebration
By Randy Weckman

Aweek after the West Kentucky Experiment
Substation at Princeton was dedicated on Labor Day 1925, another Experiment station for Kentucky was dedicated 300 miles east, at the tiny hamlet of Quicksand. This time, the tract of land donated for a substation was considerably larger — 15,000 acres, or about 23.5 square miles, of logged-over forest in Breathitt, Knott, and Perry Counties.

E.O. Robinson, a self-made millionaire from northern Kentucky, had donated land that his and F.W. Mowbray’s lumber company had clear-cut from about 1912 to 1922 to the College of Agriculture to establish a forest and substation to “make the mountain section a more profitable as well as a more comfortable place in which to live and work, and to fit its people to live and do that work.”
An additional ten-acre plot in Quicksand was donated by Miles Back to be the headquarters of the station. Back had owned the original 15,000 acres of timber before selling them to Robinson and Mowbray.

While reports of the dedication at Quicksand are sketchy at best, we do know that College of Agriculture Dean T.P. Cooper and other dignitaries from Lexington sojourned by Pullman train from Lexington on the morning of September 11, 1925 for the dedication that afternoon.
By the following year, things were in full speed with a field day held in late September. The two-day event, called the Robinson Harvest Festival, featured ballad singing, hog and chicken calling and fiddling contests, as well as displays of fruits and vegetables, home handicrafts and farm products, a mule show and a healthy baby contest.

A strong dedication to Robinson’s specified purpose, coupled with the strong sense of community that developed quickly, led the substation to set up a unique deal. The deal was that any farm family in eastern Kentucky could bring in a bushel of ordinary seed corn and replace it with a bushel of improved seed; they could trade in a common rooster for a purebred rooster. They also could trade in a poor quality boar for a better one to improve their herd.
According to Nevyle Shackelford’s Robinson Substation: A Short History, “from out of the hills, hollows, creek and river bottoms, people came on foot, on horseback, in sleds, oxcarts and two-horse wagons, bringing their razorback hogs, worn out roosters and stunted seeds to swap for better strains that were being made available to the farmers of the mountains.”

During its three-quarters of a century of existence, the Robinson Substation has kept its promise to effect the reason for its existence. While the faculty and staff at the substation no longer take in old roosters, poor boars, or bad corn seed for trade, they do offer a complete panoply of research and educational services for the people of eastern Kentucky.
The tradition of a harvest festival continued every year until 1949. A field day is now held every other year, alternating with the Research and Education Center at Princeton.
This year’s field day, celebrating Robinson Station’s 75 years of progress, will be held July 19 at the station in Quicksand.

Visitors can expect tours conducted by faculty members about field and horticultural crops and forestry research.

A Little Encouragement
Goes a Long Way

The College of Agriculture is committed to remaining
competitive and attracting top students. Alumni and friends of the College interested in establishing a scholarship should contact the Ag Alumni and Development Office.

By Kathy Ibendahl

Cynthia Fletcher (’81) remembers well the challenges she faced as a first-generation college student new to the University of Kentucky. She was a shy young woman from Flatwoods, a small town in northeastern Kentucky. She loved animals but had no specific career in mind, no support from others, and no money for college.

“My mother and father always stressed the importance of education, and I have witnessed the
importance of education throughout my life. Through my support, if I could convince one kid to get an education, it would make me very happy!”
John Heick

Not to be hindered by such obstacles, Fletcher found a job at Central Bank and Trust, worked during the day while going to school at night, and seven years later graduated with a degree in animal sciences. “The people in the College of Agriculture were great,” Fletcher remembers fondly. “I felt comfortable with them and I liked the small environment.”

Fletcher has learned the importance of giving, and she firmly believes that a part of the human spirit does not develop until a person gives back from what he or she has received. Fletcher puts this philosophy into practice through a variety of volunteer activities. When she’s not carrying out philanthropic work, she works as the Director of Internal Audit at General Electric Evendale Employees Federal Credit Union in Cincinnati.

Fletcher had been a contributor to the College’s annual Phonathon for a number of years when she decided to create a scholarship in her name and support it in perpetuity through a will bequest. Every year she makes a contribution so that the Cynthia J. Fletcher Scholarship can be a awarded while she is living and so that she can get to know the recipients.
“I hope my recipients not only benefit from the financial gift but, more importantly, take courage from the realization that others have walked this path before them. With hard work and a steadfast heart, they, too, can achieve their goals,” Fletcher said.

These words of encouragement apply to Nicole McHam, a freshman biotechnology student from Columbia, Kentucky, who is this year’s recipient of the Cynthia J. Fletcher Scholarship.
“I’m very thankful for Cynthia’s scholarship support,” said McHam. “My mother is single and having to pay for my college education. It’s comforting to know that someone is interested in me; that inspires me to do my best.”

McHam and Fletcher got acquainted at the College of Agriculture Scholarship Banquet this past November and now share a genuine affection for each other. “I feel as if I’ve known her for a long while,” said McHam. “She asks about me and takes an interest in my progress.”
“I’m so impressed with Nicole,” said Fletcher. “Knowing her gives me a real hope for the future of the human race.”

Fletcher said being a donor makes her feel that she’s made the most of her life and has had an influence in the lives of others, the difference a little encouragement can make.

“Our jobs allow us to see children use what they learn and realize that they have more potential than they thought. There’s a real excitement in seeing them develop.”
Kristy Jury

Supporting Biotech Students While Honoring Their Son

Glenn Collins loves agricultural biotechnology, as anyone who has ever heard him speak on the subject can attest. He loves teaching it to students, too, and his enthusiasm for it sneaks unashamedly into his conversation and classroom.

Collins and his wife, Ruby, have combined his love of teaching with their desire to see talented young biotech students succeed by creating the Keven Glenn Collins Endowed Scholarship Fund in Agricultural Biotechnology.

The scholarship bears the name of their son, who died in the early 1970s just shy of his fifth birthday. “Keven was special to us, and so are our Kentucky students who are striving for their education,” said Glenn Collins, a professor who has been with the Agronomy Department since 1966.

“This is yet another way of being a part of the education process,” he said about the new scholarship. “It’s rewarding to see our financial resources at work.”
Agricultural biotechnology is the use of biological systems and organisms for scientific and commercial applications. Biotech involves genetic engineering, antibody and vaccine production, fermentation technology, plant regeneration from single cells, and many more emerging scientific techniques.

Collins, whose name is synonymous with biotechnology in the College of Agriculture and who is internationally renowned in the field, was instrumental in creating the biotech program in 1988, when it was first offered under the individualized curriculum option in the College. Thirteen students enrolled that first semester in the degree program that now is 146 students strong.

Collins serves as the director of undergraduate studies for the degree; teaches ABT 101, a first-semester course that all ag biotech students take together; and advises all biotech students for their first three semesters at UK. Fifteen permanent academic advisors take the students through the remainder of their degree.

The first recipient of the Keven Glenn Collins Endowed Scholarship is April Winstead from Slaughters, Kentucky. Collins taught Winstead in ABT 101 and served as her academic advisor; she worked part-time in his laboratory.“April is a super young woman; we enjoy seeing her happy and pleased to receive this scholarship,” Collins said. “She is a fine role model.” Winstead has been accepted to attend UK Medical School this fall.

According to Collins, he and his wife had established the scholarship in their estate plan and will some years ago, but decided to activate it now. “We were talking one day a couple of years ago about things we had planned and wanted to do, and the scholarship came up in the conversation. I said to Ruby, ‘You know, it would be nice to be around to see and interact with the Keven Glenn Collins Scholarship recipients rather than to have it activated after we are no longer around.’ She immediately said, ‘I agree totally.
I had been thinking of the same thing.’”

Glenn and Ruby knew they’d made the right decision when they were seated with the Winstead family at the Ag Scholarship Banquet last fall. “It was pretty special to interact with the first Keven Glenn Collins Scholarship recipient and her parents,” Collins added. “There were very nice warm and fuzzy feelings for us and a lot of appreciation from April and her parents.”
The $3,000 scholarship is designed to attract and provide an excellent level of financial support to an outstanding high school senior who is a biotechnology degree major. It is offered to the same student for all four years of the B.S. degree, provided the recipient maintains a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

“The degree involves rigorous course work but with the assistance of high school science teachers and counselors (and word of mouth from graduates), the degree attracts a very high caliber of high school science- and math-oriented students,” he commented.

Several factors contribute to the strength of the program. Collins credits ABT 101 with getting the students off on the right foot. “They get to know each other and form study groups and many friendships. We also get them subscribed to a biotechnology majors listserv that gives them the ability to communicate with each other and the faculty, and to receive information on seminars, special events, part-time jobs, internships, and career opportunities,” he said.
The faculty are also highly committed to the program and the students, Collins said. “Their offices are always open and they do all the teaching and advising for the degree. Many of the faculty hire biotech students as part-time research assistants and this gives the students excellent one-on-one interaction with a faculty member. This is very supportive during the degree and it often leads to a positive career-deciding experience.”

The Collins’ daughters have their own success stories. The elder, Leslie Marie, earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at UK and went on to earn a master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She is currently an assistant professor of electrical engineering and biomedical engineering at Duke University.
Their third child and second daughter, Ashli Nicole, received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Louisville and an M.D. degree from the
U of L School of Medicine.

She is in her second year of a residency in pediatrics there.
Both daughters are married, and Ashli and her husband have two young children.
Glenn and Ruby Collins are both UK Fellows and Scovell Society members. They have named their daughters and sons-in-law UK Fellows, and Keven a Fellow in memoriam. All are Scovell Society members as well.

Glenn and Ruby Collins are both UK alumni, Glenn having earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agronomy, and Ruby a bachelor’s in business. They left Lexington in 1963 while Glenn completed his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, returning in 1966, the year he joined UK’s agronomy faculty.

Ruby Collins retired in 1996 from a 16-year career as the executive secretary of the Kentucky Society of Radiologic Technologists. When not entertaining their grandchildren, she enjoys running, reading, boating and swimming. Glenn’s spare time is filled with running, woodworking, fishing, tennis, and boating.

While retirement is “not on his radar screen at the present time,” Collins is “confident that the outstanding faculty which comprise the biotechnology degree will provide all the continuity and leadership needed to keep the degree going strong when I do decide to join the ‘emeritus’ ranks.

“The agricultural biotechnology degree is one of the most rewarding things that I have been involved with in my career,” he concluded.

FarmHouse Excellence

Celebrates Fifty Years of Fraternal

By Charlie B. Edgington

As FarmHouse Fraternity
reaches its fiftieth anniversary, past and current members prepare to celebrate five decades of brotherhood and accomplishments.

The festivities will take place during Ag Roundup, September 7-8, 2001, creating an excellent opportunity for alumni and friends to renew friendships, share memories, and get a glimpse of the future of FarmHouse.

“Roundup is always a highlight of the academic year. It will be even more exciting with the celebration of FarmHouse’s fiftieth anniversary,” said Mike Richey, ’71. “I hope all the FH alumni will make a special effort to attend.”
Since 1951 more than 750 men have passed through the doors of FarmHouse as active members. During these years, FarmHouse has fostered a bond of brotherhood among these men, providing them with a new family apart from the ones left behind when they came to college.

Dennis Liptrap, ’62, remembers his time in FarmHouse as a time of personal growth. “I had brothers and a house mother who cared about me. It gave me recognition on campus and taught me personal responsibility, leadership, and fiscal management. FarmHouse’s motto, ‘Builders of Men,’ has been a guiding principle throughout my professional career. I still maintain contact with many FarmHouse brothers and consider them some of my closest friends,” he said.

The fraternity also has provided members the opportunity to become active in campus and community-wide activities, and has emerged as a respected leader among organizations on campus. The chapter has gained recognition on a broader scale by winning the 2000 FarmHouse International Chapter Achievement competition.

How FarmHouse Came to Campus

Dr. Dwight M. Seath, an Iowa State FarmHouse alumnus, had been chair of the University of Kentucky Dairy Department a scant two years when he was contacted in the spring of 1950 by Harold K. Wilson, his former college roommate. Wilson, who was serving as executive secretary of FarmHouse fraternity, encouraged him to help start a FH chapter at UK.
In April of 1950, an assembly of six faculty and ten students met with Joseph Ackerman, the National President of FarmHouse, to discuss founding a Kentucky chapter. Among the faculty in attendance were former Dean of the College Charles Barnhart and former Associate Dean for Instruction Stanley Wall, both FarmHouse alumni. After the initial meeting, the group voted to proceed.

Through the hard work and dedication of these faculty and students, the Kentucky chapter, the twelfth FarmHouse group to be chartered nationally, was established on May 12, 1951.
The continued support and commitment of faculty, alumni, and current student members have developed FarmHouse Fraternity into the organization it is today. Many of its members have gone on to high-level positions within academic institutions, the business world, and personal endeavors.

Call Me ‘Mom’

House mothers are a part of fraternity living, but the ten women who have served at FarmHouse through the years have especially endeared themselves to the residents. Most of the young men have never lived away from home before, so the house mothers serve as their second mom.

1951-61 Josephine Urmston
1961-62 Eunice Nelson
1962-64 Katharine Dennis
1964-66 Adelaide Heilborne
1966-72 Scottie Arnold
1972-74 Helen Kellogg
1974-75 Ella Smith
1975-79 Elizabeth Unsworth
1979-80 Goldie Herb
1980-86 Elizabeth Unsworth
1986 to Present Lea Coatney

FarmHouse Anniversary Weekend Schedule

Friday, September 7

12 - 4 p.m. Golf Outing — Location TBA
2 - 4 p.m. Campus Tours/Founding Fathers Gathering — Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church
6 - 10 p.m. Banquet — University Student Center

Enjoy an evening reliving 50 years of FarmHouse memories, highlighted with special alumni speakers representing our chapter’s past, present, and future.

Saturday, September 8

8 - 10 a.m. Coffee Reception — E.S. Good Barn

Following Football Game — Chapter House Tours/Live Entertainment

There’s lots to do under the big Roundup tents. Be sure to join us for lunch and entertainment before the UK vs. Ball State football game. You’ll be in good company, too, as 1,800 other Ag alumni and friends gather for Roundup. The FarmHouse group will be seated together at the meal and game. Information about purchasing tickets will be mailed to you in early August

This Mathematician Made It All Add Up
By Libby Noble

Ronald E. Phillips was a researcher, a mathematician who spent his career teaching soil physics and researching
no-tillage agriculture.

His accomplishments and accolades accumulated over a 27-year tenure in the Agronomy
Department in the College of Agriculture. So when Phillips died unexpectedly last December at age 71, his family, friends, colleagues, and former graduate students took measures to ensure that his memory and values would endure.

The result is the Ronald E. Phillips Graduate Enrichment Fund, the proceeds of which will be used for programs in agronomy and related disciplines, particularly soil science, to enhance the learning experience for graduate students.

“Dad cherished his opportunity to pursue higher education, and then he treasured his privilege to work professionally in institutions of higher learning,” said Gregory Phillips, son of Ronald Phillips and professor of plant cellular and molecular genetics at New Mexico State University.

“Everyone in our family is well aware of the value Dad placed on learning and education, and he instilled these values not only in his children and grandchildren, but also among his students,” he said.

According to Gregory Phillips, two concepts have emerged as possible enrichment opportunities. One would provide funding for a recognized scientist to come to the College for a short period of time to present seminars, mentor graduate students, or conduct career development activities. The other would support a professional travel engagement by a graduate student — for example, a trip to a leading laboratory or research location for a few days or weeks to allow students to acquire new skills or technologies in their respective sub-disciplines.

H. Don Scott, professor of soil physics at the University of Arkansas and former Ph.D. student of Ron Phillips, helped establish the enrichment fund. The idea for such a fund evolved from his own positive experiences as a student at similar events conducted in the College by invited speakers.

“I remember that there were some excellent and intense discussions that frequently occurred between the speaker and the faculty, and excellent career-promoting advice given by many of the speakers to the graduate students. The students received long-lasting benefits on how to conduct quality research and how to attack current research problems.

“My hope is that current and future graduate students in the Agronomy Department at UK will be the ultimate beneficiaries and that Dr. Phillips’ life and work will be honored in very special ways during these events,” Scott said.

Ron Phillips is remembered as a consummate mathematician, tough instructor, and good friend. Virgil Quisenberry, now a professor of soil physics at Clemson University, describes one of his earliest encounters with Phillips. “I began working in N-139 (Ag Science Center, Phillips’ lab) in the fall of 1967. I had been working in another lab but they would only pay $1.00 an hour. I had met Dr. Phillips earlier in the year and knew his graduate student, so I went by the lab looking for a better offer. Well, they paid $1.50 so I took the job, entered the lab, and did not leave for seven years.

“In the late spring of my senior year, Dr. Phillips came into the lab and said he needed a graduate student to work on a research project for the next two years. He said he had been unable to find a really good student and he wanted to know if I would be interested,” he said. Despite the implication that Quisenberry was not Phillips’ first choice, he accepted the offer, staying on to earn a master’s and Ph.D. under Phillips.

The two continued to collaborate, even after Quisenberry began working at Clemson. “He made several trips to Clemson, and I spent many days and nights back in N-139 watching water run through soil,” he said.

Quisenberry credits Phillips with helping him formulate his own attitude about their common field. “I don’t think I would see soils and soil physics the way I do if it were not for Dr. Phillips. While the courses and discussions were immersed in math, they were also a great attempt to see what was going on in the system,” he said. “I think I learned to isolate just what it is I am trying to do.”

Scott also was influenced greatly by Phillips, his major professor. “He was the best applied mathematician I have ever met. During my time at UK, he convinced me that I should take at least one math course every semester and that application of mathematics is extremely helpful in defining research problems in the soil and plant sciences,” he said. “I adopted many of his ideas in my own academic program at the University of Arkansas and am passing his philosophy on the use of mathematics to my graduate students,” Scott said.

Scott and Quisenberry both note that Phillips took personal interest in his students, often inviting them to visit in his home at Christmas. The close relationship they enjoyed as students continued throughout their professional careers and into Phillips’ retirement. “He frequently called his former students and inquired about their progress, both professionally and personally,” Scott said.

But the student-teacher relationship was clearly defined, according to Quisenberry. “I never felt like I was a friend when I was a student, but I was amazed at how things changed when I graduated and got a job. Overnight I had become a colleague. Some of his last research effort was spent on projects that I had proposed,” he noted.
Phillips may be gone, but his methods, philosophy, and name live on in memory of a life committed to excellence in education and research.

Gift to Provide Professorship, Scholarship, & Renovations
“Always gracious in her support for the programs of this College.”

By Kathy Ibendahl

T he College of Agriculture lost a long-time friend and supporter on October 30, 2000,
when Betty Jo Denton Heick died. Heick, formerly of Paris, Kentucky, and her late husband, John Heick (’50), were strong supporters of such campus-based programs as Partners in Agriculture, the Good Barn renovation, and the Ag Phonathon. Betty Jo Heick set in place a will bequest that left the College a significant gift to be used several different ways.
Her largest gift will go toward renovating the E.S. Good Barn’s entrance and creating the John H. and Betty Jo Denton Heick Alumni Board Room in the barn’s south wing. Any additional monies will be used to renovate the barn’s north wing.

“We are grateful for Mrs. Heick’s generous gift that will go a long way toward completing the Good Barn,” said Bill Sheets, Director for Advancement. She also left $100,000 to create the John H. Heick Professorship in Soil Science, which will be matched by the Research Challenge Trust Fund to bring the total to $200,000. Additional estate monies and memorial gifts from friends will go toward the John H. Heick Scholarship Fund in Agriculture. The Heicks created this scholarship in 1997 to assist Bourbon County students attending the College of Agriculture. Again, a portion of John Heick’s life income trust will now go toward scholarship support for deserving students.

Betty Jo Heick was a graduate of Paris High School and Randolph-Macon College in
Virginia, and kept close ties to both schools throughout her life. She recently had served as chair of Randolph-Macon’s Planned Giving Committee. Most Bourbon County citizens remember Heick as their county court clerk. For 18 years she served as the Deputy County Court Clerk and for 27 years was the County Court Clerk before her retirement in 1993.
Her capable leadership skills helped her claim several “firsts” among Kentuckians. She was the first woman president of the Kentucky Association of Counties. She was also the first female Kentuckian to serve on the board of directors of the National Association of Counties and the state’s first woman chairperson for Wendell Ford’s successful campaign for the U.S. Senate. Heick was the second female president of the Kentucky County Clerks’ Association.
She was active in the Democratic party and served on the Kentucky Democratic Central Committee. Her work there led her to a term on the Democratic National Finance Committee.

Having a heart for the youth in her community, Betty Jo Heick dedicated a great deal of her time to Teen Square, a youth activity center once located in downtown Paris. Many of the center’s activities took place under her guidance and supervision.

“Betty Jo’s deep commitment to young people reflected in the Paris community carried over to every student in the UK College of Agriculture. She was always gracious in her support for the programs of this College,” remembers Pam Poe, personal friend and administrative associate for Dean Scott Smith.

A meaningful part of Heick’s life was her church. A member of the First Christian Church in Paris, she served as an elder, board member, and trustee. At the time of her death she was the church’s moderator.

“Everyone who knew her loved her,” said Mike Richey, UK’s Lexington campus Director for Development and a close friend. “She did so much good for her community and the other organizations she so faithfully supported. I have lost a dear and long-time friend.”

John Heick worked the family’s Bourbon County farm throughout his life, and from 1977 until his retirement in 1985 he served as president of the Federal Land Bank Association of Lexington. He was active in numerous community organizations, an elder in his church, and a member of the Burley Co-op Board.

When asked why he was such an avid supporter of the College, John Heick once said, “My mother and father always stressed the importance of education, and I have witnessed the importance of education throughout my life. Through my support, if I could convince one kid to get an education, it would make me very happy!”

An active alumnus, Heick served a term as president of the Ag Alumni Association in 1985 and received the association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1987. He credited Dr. John Robertson for generating his interest in the Ag Alumni Association. When the two men met, Robertson was assistant county Extension agent in Oldham County; he would later become the Associate Dean for Instruction in the College of Agriculture.
The Heicks were Scovell Society members and UK Fellows. Betty Jo Heick enjoyed coming to Scovell events and even attended last fall’s event just weeks before her death.

Teamwork
This Couple’s Key to Success

“As a couple, it makes it easier to sit down and iron out the details. It’s also a lot of fun working with the same students.”
Tony Jury

By Kathy Ibendahl

Five years ago, Tony Jury (B.S. ’98, M.S. ’99) agreed to take a trip home with FarmHouse brother Brian Burkhead. Anxious to get away from school for a relaxing weekend and meet the family of his good friend, Jury never imagined that the trip would change his life forever.
When he met Burkhead’s younger sister, Kristy (B.S. ’99), Jury knew he wanted to get to know her better. At the time, Kristy Burkhead was a first-year student in the College of Agriculture, and she and Jury soon began to date.

They remained a couple throughout the next few years and decided they’d make a great team for life. They married May 22, 1999, the weekend after her graduation from UK.
Today the Jurys are quickly becoming agricultural and youth leaders in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Kristy became the County Extension Agent for 4-H/Youth Development almost two years ago, and Tony is in his second year as the vocational agriculture teacher at Gallatin County High School in Warsaw.

One of the things they enjoy most about their new jobs is that they often get to work together. Since their jobs overlap, they know many of the same students and parents, and work on some of the same programs and events. “As a couple, it makes it easier to sit down and iron out the details,” said Tony Jury. “It’s also a lot of fun working with the same students.”
“We enjoy making a difference in the lives of young people,” added Kristy Jury. “Our jobs allow us to see children use what they learn and realize that they have more potential than they thought. There’s a real excitement in seeing them develop.”

Combined, the Jurys are in contact with hundreds of young people. Kristy works with about 500 Gallatin County youth, teaching them life skills, helping them gain personal knowledge, and promoting lifelong learning. Tony teaches approximately 120 high school students. As a vo-ag teacher, he helps them gain a knowledge of agriculture as well as skills they will need after high school graduation.

The Jurys stay in touch with friends and keep up to date with the College through the Ag Alumni Association. “We want to give back to the College,” said Tony Jury. “Being a member of the Alumni Association makes you feel like you have a voice to make changes and support current students through scholarships. We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the College of Ag.”

Throughout college, the two ag ed majors were busy student leaders. Tony was active in FarmHouse, the Ag Ed Society, Baptist Student Union, and the Dairy Club. Kristy was a member of the CERES women’s fraternity, the Ag Ed Society, Baptist Student Union, Student Athletics Council, Ag Student Council, and the Ag Ambassadors. Ending her college career on a high note, Kristy was chosen to be the student speaker at the 1999 University commencement ceremony.

The Jurys credit the College of Ag for the success they are enjoying in their new positions. “The College gave me the opportunity to gain experience in the classroom setting,” said Kristy Jury. “I’m in classrooms frequently and my experience has helped me prepare lesson plans, learn how to discipline, and use attention-grabbing techniques.”

For Tony Jury, college taught him to respect others’ opinions and learn to work with them. “I learned to enjoy people for who they are,” he said. “When you teach kids, it’s very important to forgive and get along.”

When it came to selecting a school, there was no other choice for Tony Jury but the UK College of Agriculture. As a child, he had heard about the University and, during his involvement in 4-H dairy judging, he crossed paths with Dr. George Heersche in the Department of Animal Sciences. Heersche’s encouragement solidified his decision to attend UK.

Kristy Jury admits that she chose UK because she wanted to be a part of the rifle team. The team’s advisor met her at an FFA event and made a good impression. She also credits Dr. Charles Byers in the ag education program and Lou Ann Waldner, former Director of Student Relations, for inspiring her to attend the College.

“There are great people in the College,” smiled Tony Jury. “We gained friends for life. We relate better and are closer to our friends in ag because of our similar backgrounds.”
Tony and Kristy Jury both grew up on farms, one of the many things they have in common. The couple enjoy various outdoor activities such as hunting, hiking, and camping.
Tony is the son of Freddy and Jean Jury of Nelson County; Kristy’s parents are J.O. and Judy Burkhead of Lancaster in Garrard County. Tony’s younger sister, Erin, entered UK last fall, working toward a degree in ag education.

Keeping a Beautiful Memory Alive
By Grace Gorrell

When my 25-year-old coworker, Charlie, and I sit down together, he talks about how many of his friends’ weddings he attended in the last year; I seem to talk about how many funerals of my friends’ parents I have attended. The circle of life is truly an interesting one, with many twists and turns along the way.

At age 43, I became a middle-aged orphan when my mother passed away last fall. I had been blessed with two wonderful parents who were perfect role models. Now I face one of the biggest challenges I have ever undertaken — carrying on their beliefs to the next generation.
I was truly overwhelmed by the level of support I received from alumni, friends, and coworkers from throughout the state and country, a testament to the tremendous College of Agriculture family. That same sense of family led me to apply for a job with the College over 21 years ago.
My father, Paul Gray, was a county Extension agent for agriculture for more than 30 years; he also was an alumnus of the College of Agriculture. His occupation wasn’t just his job; it was his hobby, too. He loved what he did and those he worked with.

Thanks to our family farm, my mother was able to stay at home to raise my sister and me while Dad spent his days, nights, and weekends helping the people of Franklin and Owen Counties.

When I was a senior in college, my father was diagnosed with cancer. While in intensive care, he averaged over 30 visitors a day. People from all walks of life came to see him. They always said, “Paul Gray is my friend,” and then shared the many things my father had helped them accomplish.

At that time I decided to become an Extension agent. I thought it would be wonderful to have a job that I enjoyed and in which I could help people improve their lives. As my father told me, “You may not become rich at the bank, but you will never miss a paycheck and the rewards will be immeasurable.”

About five years ago, my mother sold the farm that had been in our family for more than 100 years. That same farm — thanks to the profits from the sale of corn, tobacco, and cattle — had put my sister and me through college with no bills to pay when we graduated.
The profits from the sale of the farm were invested to put her grandchildren through college. Then my mother sent a check to the College of Agriculture and asked me to decide how the money should be used. We decided that since it was the farm that had put two children of an Extension agent through college, it would be fitting for the Shan Stone and Paul H. Gray Scholarship Endowment Fund to help children of Extension agents attend the UK College of Agriculture.

In my current position as coordinator of the Ag Alumni Association, I have worked with many people in helping them establish scholarships in the College but, thanks to my parents, I now get to see how truly wonderful it feels to be a donor. The scholarship has given my sister and me a means to remember our parents and have their names and their belief in helping others live forever.

Thanks to many friends, we will soon have a bench and tree placed in my mother’s name at the UK Arboretum. As we sit on the bench, I will be able to tell my daughter many wonderful stories about the two people who taught me how to make this world a better place.
I hope some day each of you can find a way to share the memories of the special people in your life. It is truly the best gift you will ever give to yourself.

Faculty/Staff/Student
Achievements

Brian K. Coffey, Ag Economics, won a 2001 Southern Agricultural Economics Association Graduate Student Paper Distinguished Professional Contribution Award. Advisors on the paper included Carl Dillon and John Anderson, Ag Economics, and Eric Vanzant, Animal Sciences.

Gary Cromwell, Animal Sciences, is chair of the Committee on Animal Nutrition of the National Research Council (National Academy of Science).

Meizhu Du, Plant Pathology graduate student from Beijing, China, recently introduced a delegation from her home country to Kentucky burley tobacco production. The team was in Kentucky to gather the information necessary to advise the Chinese government on quarantine and import issues relating to U.S.-grown tobacco, and blue mold in particular.

Jennifer L. Flowers, graduate student in Plant Pathology, was recently selected by the American Phytopathological Society (APS) for an APS Foundation travel award to support her attendance at the APS annual meeting, where she presented a poster project. Flowers was also honored as the first to receive the College of Agriculture’s Harry E. Wheeler Travel Award.

Sharon Franklin, Animal Sciences, was named chair of a multi-state project entitled “Management systems for improving decision making and profitability of dairy herds.” The project will encourage cooperative research among states to attack specific problems. In addition, Franklin serves as secretary/treasurer of the Midwestern Section of the American Dairy Science Association.

Kevin Laurent, Animal Sciences, received the Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists’ Outstanding Extension Associate Award.

Jennifer O’Banion, sophomore Horticulture student from Campbellsville, Kentucky, finished a term as President of the National Junior Horticulture Association in November 2000.

Tony Pescatore, Animal Sciences, is program chair of the first joint meeting of the American Society of Animal Science, the American Dairy Science Association, the Poultry Science Association, and the American Meat Science Association. He recently completed a three-year term as founding board member of the Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS).

The Philip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development Program was named Outstanding Program for 2000 by the Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists. The program is directed by Larry Jones, Ag Economics.

Jerry Skees, Ag Economics, was appointed to a three-year term on the governing board of the Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE). This is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the national presence of the agricultural economics profession.

Will Snell, Ag Economics, has been appointed to Governor Paul Patton’s Tobacco Marketing and Export Advisory Council. The Council is charged with developing plans to ensure global competitiveness and future growth in Kentucky’s burley industry.

Jennifer Thompson, Forestry, received an Environmental Merit Award from the federal Environment Protection Agency for her work in the Kentucky Natural Resources Leadership Institute.

Steve Vickner, Ag Economics, and Stephen Davies, Colorado State University, have been awarded the 2001 Outstanding Article Award by the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

The Wildcat Way to Wellness, a total fitness program, won the 2000 Outstanding Project Award given by the Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists. Janet Tietyen, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, is the program’s originator.

Craig Wood and Ag Communications’ Distance Learning Program team received a gold medal at the National Epsilon Sigma Phi meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award was part of the national broadcast teleconference which highlighted outstanding programs submitted from across the nation.

Tim Woods, Ag Economics, has been appointed to serve as economist for the Commonwealth’s Phase I Tobacco Settlement Board.

Julie Zimmerman, Rural Sociology, was named Outstanding New Specialist by the Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists.

Jay Coleman
Kentucky’s Outstanding
Young Alumnus

Jerry Allen “Jay” Coleman is this year’s recipient of the state Outstanding Young Alumni award and was recognized at the Ag Alumni Association’s Winter Event on December 5, 2000.
The honor goes to alumni under age 41 who are selected for their personal development and advancement, general and civic leadership, support of the University and the Ag Alumni Association, and other miscellaneous awards.

Coleman graduated from the College in 1992 with a B.S. in ag education. Since then, he has been working as the sales manager at J&J Sales, Inc., a family-owned farm machinery dealership in Glasgow. In addition, he operates a family farm.

He has been active in his community by serving in several organizations. Coleman is first vice president of Barren County Farm Bureau, a member of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Feed Grains and Wheat Commodity Committee, a member of the Executive Board of the Kentucky County FFA Alumni Chapter, and is an incoming member to the state FFA Alumni Board.
Coleman also has supported UK teaching, Extension, and research programs by his membership in MAEDA, an organization that provides scholarship funds for ag students; his participation in a tractor rollover protection project; and by serving as a judge for 4-H contests.
An outstanding alumnus is selected annually in each of the 15 area alumni chapters.

Ag Alumni Association
2001 Board Members

Board of Directors

Jeff Pendleton — President
Dennis Parrett — Vice President
Don Johnson — Secretary
Don Haney — Treasurer
Bill Smith — Past President
Bobby Gaffney — NAADA Representative
Doug Thomas — Bluegrass
Ken Parsons — Fort Harrod
Larry Dame — Green River
Terry Bertram — Lake Cumberland
Don Johnson — Licking River
Bill McCloskey — Lincoln Trail
Dennis Cannon — Louisville
Jay Coleman — Mammoth Cave
Danny Bailey — Northeast-North
Suzanne Stumbo — Northeast-South
Larry Walton — Northern Kentucky
Tony Holloway — Pennyrile
Brian Stedelin — Purchase
Ted Holbrook — Quicksand
Charles Cornett — Wilderness Trail

Student Directors

Ryan Bivens — Ag Student Council
Casey Mulberry — FarmHouse
Megan Sands — Independent Representative
Will Davis — Alpha Gamma Rho
Anna Reding — CERES

Faculty/Extension

Lori Garkovich — Teaching/Research
Lyndall Harned — Extension
Bob Pearce — Teaching/Research

Alumni/Development
Grace G. Gorrell
Bill Sheets
Kathy Ibendahl
Charlie Edgington

Winter Event

Incoming president Jeff Pendleton (left) presents outgoing state secretary William Wallace Evans with a plaque honoring his service.

Outgoing president Bill Smith (right) receives a plaque from Jeff Pendleton in appreciation for his service as president of the Ag Alumni Association.

Outgoing board members, from left: Barney Barnett, Louisville; Marie Smith, Fort Harrod; and Bill Roberts, Lake Cumberland. Not shown: Harold Rice, North East-North; Laura Keith Arnold, Extension representative; Joe Claxon, Northern Kentucky; Rory Deweese, Purchase; and Mitchell Philpot, Wilderness Trail.

2001-2002 Ag Alumni Executive Board members, from left: Bill Smith, immediate past president; Dennis Parrett, vice president; Jeff Pendleton, president; Don Haney, treasurer; and Bobby Gaffney, NAADA representative.

2000 Outstanding Young Alumni, from left: Glen Croley (’81), Wilderness Trail; Mike Mullican (’93), Green River; Heather Vidourek (’96), Louisville; John Robert Robinson (’83), Lincoln Trail; Jim Akers, Jr. (’85), Bluegrass; Jay Coleman (’92), Mammoth Cave and overall state winner. Not shown: Doug McMurray (’88), Fort Harrod; Steven Doss (’93), Lake Cumberland; and Tom Cravens (’87), Quicksand.

Remember When?

Whether you have been out of college for a few years or a few decades, you’re sure to have noticed that things today aren’t quite the same as when you were an ag student. Here’s your chance to have some fun looking back and reminiscing about humorous or heartwarming events related to the College of Agriculture.

Contribute your memories about different topics in this recurring feature of the magazine. We’ll pose a question or situation; you can then submit your response to it for use in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

We found this photo of a livestock judging team from 1954 in our archives. The animal sciences seniors pictured are (from left) Jim Simmons, Nelson Gay, George Warren, David Winn, and Roy Gray, along with herdsman Dick Goetz and team coach Dr. Bob Long. The Shorthorn steer is Spotlight.

This issue, we’d like you to tell us about your judging team experiences. Did you wear a hat, tie, and overcoat to the competitions? Who was on your team and what are you doing these days? Did something humorous or interesting happen while you were judging? How did participating on a judging team influence your life?

We will accept responses through our Web site at
http://dobson.ca.uky.edu, or via e-mail to magazine@ca.uky.edu. You can also mail us a note to the address in the front of this magazine. We want to hear from you!

IRS Gives Everyone
Largest Tax Cut in History
By Bill Sheets

On January 12, 2001, the IRS issued new rules governing distributions from qualified pension plans (IRAs, Keoghs, SEPs, 401(k)’s, 403(b)’s, etc.), making many simplifications and allowing greater flexibility for minimum distributions. Several of these changes could affect people who have already passed the age 70½ milestone.

These changes, the first significant ones since 1987, provide opportunities to set up “stretch IRAs” and allow for charitable beneficiaries that enable estates to save tens of thousands of dollars and more in federal estate, state inheritance, federal income, and state income taxes.
If you would like to know more about how these changes affect you or your planned gift, please contact the Development Office staff.

Capital Campaign
Gifts and Pledges as of March 1, 2001
University of Kentucky Campaign Goal:
$600,000,000

UK Campaign Commitments:
$376,561,817
Percentage of Goal: 62.76%

College of Agriculture Goal:
$54,500,000

College Campaign Commitments:
$35,286,628
Percentage of Goal: 64.75%

Building Named
for Barnhart
The Agricultural Engineering Building has been renamed the Charles E. Barnhart Building, in honor of the former College of Agriculture Dean. The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved the change at its March meeting.

In the recommendation to the trustees, Barnhart’s tenure as Dean and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1969-1988, is cited as being one of tremendous growth and development for the College and its programs. In addition, Barnhart “inspired people across Kentucky to view the College as theirs, to freely give their time and resources, and to send their college-bound students to the University.”
Barnhart’s service and leadership spanned forty years in the College, beginning in 1948 when he was hired as an instructor in animal husbandry. Prior to becoming Dean, he was the Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director of the Ag Experiment Station.

Class Notes

1989
Chris and Deana Shewmaker became the parents of Zachary Mason on November 2, 2000. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, was 19½ inches long, and arrived four weeks early — just in time for the start of the UK basketball season.

1993
Eric L. Baker is in his second year as County Extension Agent for Agriculture in Estill County, and says he is “enjoying every minute of it.” Baker and his wife are proud parents of a three-year-old son, Allen, and a one-year-old daughter, Gentry.

1996
Regina Browning became Shelby County’s Extension Agent for 4-H/Youth Development in November 2000. Previously at Swift and Company, she is excited to be working under the College of Agriculture umbrella.

1997
David W. Swenk is now the senior environmental planner for Santa Barbara, California, after having served as the urban forester for Lexington, Kentucky. He is responsible for all environmental assessments and mitigations for development in the county. In addition, Swenk was appointed to the California Urban Forests Council and selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council to the President.

Correction
In our Fall/Winter 2000 issue, we printed a Class Note on Jennifer Beard. She is now Jennifer Dickey, and graduated in 1997, not 1998, as appeared in the Class Note.

In Memoriam

Ronnie S. Adkins, ’67
London, KY, March 25, 1994

Larry J. Bark, ’91
Minneapolis, MN, May 31, 2000

Garland M. Bastin, ’45,
retired Animal Sciences
Extension Specialist
Lexington, KY, November 18, 2000

Lucy Gaines Baugh,
retired Seed Laboratory employee
Lexington, KY, October 6, 2000

Reynolds T. Bell, ’23
Paris, KY, August 6, 2000

William R. Bridges,
retired Specialist
Lexington, KY, October 20, 2000

Ernest L. Clifford, ’57
Cynthiana, KY, December 28, 2000

Kelcy Driskill, ’49
Bowling Green, KY,
September 24, 2000

Walter B. Early, Jr., ’49
Williamsburg, KY, date unknown

John Dennis Goodman,
retired 4-H Extension Specialist
Lexington, KY, October 6, 2000

Henry C. Hartman, ’53
Campbellsburg, KY,
November 28, 1998

Zona (Sears) Jones, ’39
Nashville, TN, December 9, 1994

William Buckner Kenney, ’32
Paris, KY, April 6, 2000

Mary F. (Kells) Lanter, ’40
Williamstown, KY, April 11, 1991

James Paxton Marshall, ’47
Prospect, KY, June 16, 2000

Calvin Martin, Jr., ’48
Cynthiana, KY, October 1, 1999

Charlie Mason, ’49
Grayson, KY, December 17, 2000

Ronald E. Phillips, ’54,
retired Agronomy faculty
Lexington, KY, December 1, 2000

JoAnn Pierce,
retired Hopkinsville County
FCS Extension Agent
Hopkinsville, KY, January 3, 2001

Dr. Harry E. Raplus, ’54
Hampshire, IL, August 9, 1995

Glen L. Reynolds, ’49
Irvine, KY, November 19, 1998

Kathyrn G. Sebree, ’41
Lexington, KY, August 28, 2000

Edward W. Stroube, ’51
Columbus, OH, November 25, 2000

Amos Tackett, ’52
Wilmington, NC, October 12, 2000

Charles L. Wathen, ’76
Bardstown, KY, date unknown

Stewart M. Watson, ’64,
Paris, KY, December 21, 1998

Congratulations,
Class of 2001
Best wishes to our newest alumni!

2001 UK
Football Schedule
Date Opponent
Sept. 1 Louisville
Sept. 8 Ball State (Roundup)
Sept. 15 at Indiana
Sept. 22 Florida
Sept. 29 Mississippi
Oct. 6 at South Carolina
Oct. 13 Louisiana State
(Homecoming)
Oct. 20 at Georgia
Oct. 27 Open
Nov. 3 at Mississippi State
Nov. 10 at Vanderbilt
Nov. 17 Tennessee

Alumni & Development Staff
http://dobson.ca.uky.edu/alumdev

William Sheets
Director for Advancement
S-129 Ag Science Center Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091
(859) 257-7200
FAX: (859) 323-2885
wsheets@ca.uky.edu

Grace Gray Gorrell
Associate Director
Alumni & Development
L-104 Ag Science Center Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091
(859) 257-7211
FAX: (859) 323-2885
ggorrell@ca.uky.edu

Deborah W. Taylor
Executive Director
UK Equine Research Foundation
805 South Limestone Street
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0339
(859) 257-1308
FAX: (859) 257-8963
dtaylor@ca.uky.edu

Kathy Ibendahl
Assistant Director
Alumni & Development
(859) 257-7211
kibendah@ca.uky.edu

Charlie B. Edgington
Assistant Director
Alumni & Development
(859) 257-7211
cedgingt@ca.uky.edu

Linda Forbes
Administrative Support Associate
Alumni & Development
lgforbes@ca.uky.edu

Linda Berry
Staff Support Associate
Alumni & Development
lberry@ca.uky.edu

Jodi Whitaker
Staff Support Associate
Equine Research Foundation
jwhit3@pop.uky.edu

College of Agriculture
2001 Roundup

September 5-8, 2001
Roundup’s on the way! Start making your plans now.

Sept 5
Farm Bureau Night

Sept 6
Area Student Recruitment Program
Rotary Lunch
Student/Faculty/
Staff Picnic

Sept 7
Staff Awards Reception and Program
3rd Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon
FarmHouse Fraternity 50th Anniversary Activities
Agricultural Economics Reunion
Animal Sciences Reunion

Sept 8
ROUNDUP — Tents open at 9:30
Biosystems & Ag Engineering Reunion
Tractor Pull
Kick off at 1 p.m., Kentucky vs. Ball State

This year’s meat will be pork chops. Our thanks to the Kentucky Pork Producers.