Mark Your
Calendar
—Gala in the Garden—
Sunday, June 7
—Area Meetings—
Watch your mailbox for info!
—Scovell & Erikson Society—
Saturday, September 26
—Roundup—
Saturday, October 24
—HES Hall of Fame—
See your next issue of Paw Prints
for more information.
Lifetime Achievement Award
(by area)
Fort Harrod—Bob Huffman Sr. ’52, ’60, Versailles (In Memoriam)
Lincoln Trail—Barney Hornback ’62, Elizabethtown
Louisville—Roy Catlett ’59, Shelbyville
Mammoth Cave—Floyd Ellis ’49, Rockfield
Northeast—Peter Kee, Grayson
Pennyrile—Jackie Jessup ’63, Greenville
Wilderness Trail—Virginia (Skidmore) Jones ’43, Harlan
(by region)
Southern—Dr. Maurice Cook ’57, ’59, Raleigh, N.C.
New Achievers
(by area)
Fort Harrod—Chuck Canter ’89, Nicholasville
Licking River—Julie (Catchen) Tuttle ’92, ’01, Mount Sterling
Lincoln Trail—Christi Marksbury ’00, ’01, Bardstown
Louisville—Beth Floyd ’00, Louisville
Mammoth Cave—Joel David Cook ’99, Franklin
Northeast—Rebecca (Wentz) Clark ’02, Catlettsburg
Pennyrile—Jason Jenkins ’98, Hopkinsville
Quicksand—Jill (Williams) Conway ’00, Hazard
(by region)
Southern—Gregg Munshaw ’97, ’00, Starkville, Miss.
Outstanding Achievers
(by area)
Fort Harrod—Gary Burdine ’76, ’78, Nicholasville
Lake Cumberland—Georgia (Gibson) Burton ’73, Monticello
Lincoln Trail—Chris Shewmaker ’89, Lebanon
Louisville—Keith Jeffries ’85, New Castle
Mammoth Cave—Keith Manion ’86, Glasgow
Northeast—Priscilla (Smith) Merritt ’76, Ashland
Pennyrile—Eston W. Glover Jr. ’70, Elkton
Quicksand—David F. Campbell ’82, Blackey
(by region)
North Central—Judith (Reffett) Stabel ’81,’83, Ames, Iowa
2008
Roundup Donors
Bronze ($250-$499)
Airgas Mid-America
ABAK Rinse & Return Program
Ale-8-One
Amburgey Farm Machinery Inc.
Bagdad Roller Mills
Blue Grass Stockyards LLC
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
Consolidated Grain & Barge Co.
Council for Burley Tobacco
Crowne Plaza Lexington
Furniture World
Hatfield Chrysler
H&R Agri-Power
Holbrook Implement Co.
Hyatt Regency Lexington
Kennedy Book Store
Kentucky Bank
Progressive Marketing
Seed Consultants Inc.
Southern States Cooperative
Stith, Wimsatt & Associates, CPAs
UK Alumni Association
Silver ($500-$1,499)
Central Kentucky Ag Credit
Coleman Home Center Inc.
Doubletree Guest Suites
Griffin Industries
Hands On Originals
Kentucky Corn Growers Association
Kentucky Soybean Association
Kentucky State Fair Board
Monsanto
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
UK Bookstore
UK Federal Credit Union
United Mountain Horse Association
Workman Tobacco Seed Inc.
Gold ($1,500-$3,499)
Farm Credit Services of Mid-America
Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kentucky Poultry Federation
Southern Belle Dairy
Whayne Supply Company
Platinum ($3,500-$8,999)
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association
Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
Red, White & Forever Blue College Tour
Diamond ($9,000 +)
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
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2008
Animal and
Food Sciences
Hall of Fame
Oran Little, dean of the College from 1988 to 2000 who was also a renowned researcher and teacher in animal nutrition during his career, has now been inducted into the College’s Animal and Food Sciences Hall of Fame.
Little, as an animal sciences faculty member at UK in the 1960s, developed a groundbreaking research technique that led to a much-improved understanding of how cattle digest different feed components. That work expanded the field of animal nutrition and opened the door to a wide range of new approaches in research as well as feed processing.
As an animal sciences faculty member, he authored or co-authored 69 research articles in refereed national publications and 121 publications for the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.
In 1969, he became the College’s associate dean for research, directing programs in 24 research areas. During his 16-year tenure in that position, research faculty increased by 21 percent, appropriated funds increased from $4.9 million to $14 million annually, and outside funding increased from less than $1 million to more than $8.5 million annually. The number of graduate students in the College more than doubled.
Under his leadership as dean, College achievements included an initiative with growers and other groups to increase commodity profits, updating of the curriculum to better prepare students for the global marketplace, strengthening of research in molecular genetics, increased research in agriculture and the environment, and securing of funding for the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center and the first phase of the Animal Research Center in Woodford County.
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HES
Grad Named
Alumni President
Michelle Knapke McDonald ’84, ’92, president of the AG and HES Alumni Association for 2009-2010, has fond memories of her undergraduate years.
“I could have been a permanent student,” she said.
But McDonald did graduate and for 12 years taught home economics in Pendleton County, earning a master’s degree from UK in vocational education along the way.
About 10 years ago, she moved back to her native Nicholas County. She is property valuation administrator there, and her husband Phillip is a businessman and part-time farmer.
Through it all, McDonald’s alumni ties have remained strong. She joined the UK Alumni Association soon after graduation in 1984, which isn’t surprising for someone with four out of five siblings who are also UK grads.
Several years later, she became active in the Northern Kentucky chapter of the HES Alumni Association and then the state HES Alumni Association, holding leadership roles in both.
McDonald was in line for president of the state HES Alumni Association when talks began about merging HES with the College of Agriculture.
“Once we realized the merger was going to happen, Ag was our first choice,” McDonald said. “Ag is where HES came from. It seemed logical, the best fit.” (HES and Ag were linked for a few years beginning 1908 and again from 1917 to 1969. The merger took place in 2003.)
McDonald said the merger has been successful “because so many people were committed to doing it right.”
She served as both treasurer and vice president of the combined association before being elected president earlier this year at Winter Event.
This former 4-H’er and state officer in Future Homemakers of America wants to build alumni membership. She points to kid-friendly events at Roundup and area meetings as part of what the association is doing to draw in younger alums.
McDonald is a strong believer in what alumni association membership can do. “You are able to maintain contact with schoolmates, and recontact others,” she said. “Membership also is a way of keeping up with what’s going on,” she said.
“It’s important to know what a vital college this is,” McDonald said. “The College educates farmers, but it also offers economics, equine education—so many different things that don’t take place on a farm.”
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2009 Board of Directors
AG & HES Alumni Association
Area Presidents
Bluegrass—
Andrew Fritsch ’01, Paris
Fort Harrod—
Chuck Canter ’89, Nicholasville
Green River—
Alex Bryant ’03, Calhoun
Lake Cumberland—
William Wallace Evans ’79, Campbellsville
Licking River—
Gerald Atkinson, Mount Sterling
Lincoln Trail—
Christi Marksbury ’00, ’01, Bardstown
Louisville—
Brent Frazier ’98, Shelbyville
Mammoth Cave—
Joe Duncan ’73, Rockfield
Northeast—
Bill Cropper Jr. ’71, South Portsmouth
Northern Kentucky—
Dr. Carl “Jay” Hellmann Jr. ’85, Independence
Pennyrile—
Tim Henderson ’88, Hopkinsville
Quicksand—
Merle Caudill ’80, Blackey
Wilderness Trail—
Mark “Buck” Jones ’79, London
Faculty Directors
Teaching—
Dr. Martha Nall ’70, Lexington
Research—
Dr. Steve Higgins ’88, ’96, ’05, Lexington
Student Directors
Ag Student Council—
Emily (London) Davis ’10, Cave City
Ag Student-at-Large Representative—
Jim Gilles ’10, Owensboro
HES Student-at-Large Representative—
Deena Cotterill ’08, Maysville
Executive Board
President—
Michelle (Knapke) McDonald ’84, ’93, Carlisle
Vice President—
Bill McCloskey ’84, ’87, Bardstown
Secretary—
Whitney Stith ’90, Union
Treasurer—
Diana (Wells) Doggett ’75, ’77, Lexington
Immediate Past President—
Tony Holloway ’91, Gracey
National Agriculture Alumni and
Development Association
(NAADA) Representative—
Amelia Brown ’03, ’07, Lexington
Alumni Program Coordinator—
Jaime (DeMent) Sparrow ’00, ’03, Stamping Ground
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Alumni and friends gave $136,635 during 2007-2008 to support scholarships and student activities and other programs. In January, Bill McCloskey (left), who was treasurer at that time, presented a “check” for that amount at 2009’s Winter Event to the College’s administrative team. Pictured with McCloskey, from left to right, are Ann Vail, director of the School of Human Environmental Sciences and extension assistant director for Family and Consumer Sciences; Scott Smith, dean of the College of Agriculture; Mike Mullen, associate dean for academic programs, Jimmy Henning, associate dean for extension and director of the Cooperative Extension Service, and Nancy Cox, associate dean for research and director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Executive officers of the alumni association for 2009-2010 are, from
left to right, Michelle McDonald, president; Bill McCloskey, vice president; Amelia Brown, representative to the National Agriculture Alumni and Development Association; Diana Doggett, treasurer; and Whitney Stith, secretary.
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2008 Donors
Joe T. Davis Memorial / AG & HES Alumni Association
Scholarship Golf Tournament
Wildcat ($500)
Alltech
Alpha Gamma Rho Active
Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni
Equine Initiative
F.W. Rickard Seeds
Farm Credit Services
Kentucky 4-H Foundation
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association
University Inn
Whayne Supply Company
Blue ($250)
College of Agriculture Office of Academic Programs
Dean, Dorton & Ford
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
H & R Agri-Power
White ($100)
AG & HES Alumni Association Executive Board
AG & HES Alumni Pennyrile Area Chapter
AG & HES Alumni QuicksandArea Chapter
Animal and Food Sciences
Central Equipment
Custom LogoWare
EdgeView Farms
Farmhouse Alumni
Jeffrey and Stephanie Bewley
Jim Lawson
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky FFA Foundation
Liz Toombs, Décor & You
Mike King
Robert L. Conley Livestock
School of Human Environmental Sciences
Slone’s
Stith & Wimsatt & Associates, CPAs
UK Alumni Association
UK Credit Union
Gifts-in-Kind
Ag & HES Alumni Association
Ale-8-One
Bob Herbst
Bullock Family Chiropractic
Cherry Blossom
Coke
College of Agriculture Office for Advancement
Consolidated Grain & Barge
DeerCreek Developers
Eagle Ridge Golf Course
Embassy Suites
Hallmark Trophies
Heritage Hill Properties
Hickory Sticks Golf Club
Kennedy Book Store
Kentucky Ale
Kentucky Corn Growers Association
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Eagle Beer
Liz Toombs, Décor & You
Malone’s of Lexington
Marriott Griffin Gate
Old Silo
Partners in Agriculture
Peninsula
Radisson Plaza Hotel
Rafferty’s
Retirement Tax Advisory Group
Triple Crowne Country Club
Whayne Supply Company
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