Welcometo the

Twenty-Sixth AnnualAwards and

Recognition BanquetDepar��ent of

Soil and Crop SciencesApril 11, 2019

Awards ProgramApril 11, 2019

Welcome Dr. Way�e SmithInvocation Dinner Int�oductions Dr. Way�e SmithFeat�red Speaker Dr. Kim DooleyRecog�ition of St�dent Activities Dr. Way�e Smith Ag�onomy Societ� Turf Club Soil and Water Conser�ation Societ� Graduate St�dent Association Soil Judging Weed JudgingRecog�ition of Awardees Recog�ition of Graduate St�dents Dr. Way�e Smith Recog�ition of Underg�aduate St�dents LeAnn Hag�e Dr. David Baltensperger Outstanding Freshmen Outstanding Sophomores Outstanding Juniors Outstanding Seniors 2019-2020 Scholarship Desig�eesAdjour� Dr. David Baltensperger

2019-2020 ScholarshipRecipients

Lisette Aeschlimann Billy, Gloria, & Ger�� Conrad Scholarship H&H Ranch Scholarship Charles A. Schneider ’70 Memorial Scholarship

Marissa Bazan Jack Hulgan Memorial Scholarship

Emily Bush Dr. Cleveland & Frances Gerard Scholarship

Eduardo De La Garza H&H Ranch Scholarship

Shelby Ferguson J.F. Mills Endowed Scholarship Sunoco Endowed Scholarship Pat & Ed Runge Fut�re Leaders Endowed Scholarship

Nickolas Frisbee Luther Jones Outstanding Junior Scholarship H&H Ranch Scholarship

Cody Garcia J. Charlie & Judy Blue Scholarship A.W. & Barbara Crain Scholarship

Caroline Gavranovic Joe S. Campise Memorial Scholarship Church Scholarship Texas Turfg�ass - William E. “Bill” McLaughlin Scholarship Texas Turfg�ass - Paul Dr�mmet Scholarship

Olivia Hammonds Kenneth & Marion Por�er Endowed Scholarship

Dillon Harper J. Charlie & Judy Blue Scholarship James Foster Scholarship H. Jean Mills Memorial Scholarship

Leonard Herndon Frances & Miles Hall ‘39 Endowed Scholarship

2019-2020 ScholarshipRecipients

(continued)Gabriel Janish Trotter Endowed Scholarship

Blake Janysek Mor�is G. Merkle Endowed Scholarship

Jake Jones Sunoco Endowed Scholarship Pat & Ed Runge Fut�re Leaders Endowed Scholarship

Cole Klimitchek H&H Ranch Scholarship Charles ‘63 & Ly�ann ’66 Simpson Endowed Scholarship

Blaine Machicek James Foster Scholarship

Sarah Marsh Dick Holland Endowed Scholarship

Paul O’Farrell Allen & Joan Wiese Endowed Scholarship

Beau Olsovsky J. Charlie & Judy Blue Scholarship

Jacobb Pintar Billie B. & Gloria S. Tur�er Production Scholarship

Garrett Reed Billie B. & Gloria S. Tur�er Production Scholarship

Ty Riley Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship Joseph D. Whitaker ‘63 Scholarship Sequor Foundation/Milberger Turfg�ass Endowed Scholarship

Morgan Sanders Kenneth Lindsey Memorial Scholarship Olin & Thelma Smith Endowed Scholarship

Bailey Scogin McAfee Memorial Scholarship Pat & Ed Runge Fut�re Leaders Endowed Scholarship

Hyunseung “Jason” Seo Billie B. & Gloria S. Tur�er Production Scholarship

2019-2020 ScholarshipRecipients

(continued)Bailey Simmons Texas Turfg�ass Association Scholarship

Andrew Stolte Billie B. & Gloria S. Tur�er Production Scholarship

Ashtyn Stufflebeam H&H Ranch Scholarship Cecil & Ola Beasley Goodman Scholarship

Morgan Swoboda Cecil & Ola Beasley Goodman Scholarship

2019-2020 Freshman & TransferScholarship Recipients

Sam Cothron H&H Ranch Scholarship

Blaine Machicek Kenneth & Marion Por�er Endowed Scholarship

Paul O’Farrell Kenneth & Marion Por�er Endowed Scholarship

Bailey Simmons Texas Turfg�ass Research, Ex�ension and Education Endowment

Andrew Stolte H&H Ranch Scholarship

Trenton Sulak H&H Ranch Scholarship

2018-2019 Soil & Crop

Undergraduate Dean’s ListSpring 2018 Fall 2018Shelby Ferg�son Lisette AeschlimannNickolas Frisbee Kyle DavisJohn Gr�nseich Sarah MarshGabriel Janish Brett Mar�inFranklin Linam Jared MeyerSarah Marsh Nicole ShigleyNicole ShigleyMorgan Swoboda

Undergraduate Distingushed StudentsSpring 2018 Fall 2018John Brien Shelby Ferg�sonLauren Hayes Nickolas FrisbeeGar�ett Reed Leonard Her�donMarina Rismiller Morgan Swoboda

NOTE: Distinguished Student and Dean’s Honor RollAn underg�aduate st�dent who completes a semester schedule of at least 15 hours with no g�ade lower than C and with a g�ade

point average not less than 3.5 for the semester shall be desig�ated “disting�ished st�dent”. A st�dent who, under the same circumstances, achieves a g�ade point average of at least 3.75 shall also be desig�ated as a member of the “dean’s honor roll”.

Outstanding StudentsPlant and Environmental Soil Science

Eduardo De La Garza(Outstanding Freshman)

Gabriel Janish(Outstanding Sophomore)

Nickolas Frisbee(Outstanding Junior)

Caitlin Lakey(Outstanding Senior)

Turfgrass ScienceTy Riley

(Outstanding Freshman)

Bailey Simmons(Outstanding Sophomore)

Ryan Earp(Outstanding Junior)

Kaitlin Tanner(Outstanding Senior)

2018-2019 Soil & Crop UndergraduateStudent Awards & Recognition

Lisette AeschlimannSurface Mine Reclamation Scholarship

Senior Merit Award (College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)Donovan Davis

Surface Mine Reclamation ScholarshipKyle Davis

Senior Merit Award (College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)Ryan Earp

2019 Trans-Miss Golf Association ScholarshipMakayla Faldyn

Surface Mine Reclamation ScholarshipNickolas Frisbee

Surface Mine Reclamation ScholarshipCaitlin Lakey

Golden Oppor��nit� Scholar (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)Senior Merit Award (College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)

Savanna ShelnuttGolden Oppor��nit� Scholar (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)

Nicole ShigleyGolden Oppor��nit� Scholar (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)Senior Merit Award (College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)

Disting�ished St�dent Award (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)Chandler Simental

2019 Trans-Miss Golf Association Scholarship

Agronomy SocietySavanna Shelnutt - President

Morgan Sanders -Vice PresidentPay�e Whatley - Cor� Maze Chair

Bailey Scogin - Secretar�Ashley Car�er - Treasurer

Gabriel Janish - Merchandise CoordinatorOlivia Hammonds - Repor�er

Caitlin Lakey - Special Events CoordinatorDr. Ter�� Gent�� & Dr. Julie Howe - Facult� Advisors

Turf ClubCalvin Wilson - President

Shelby Ferg�son - TreasurerChandler Simental - St�dent Officer

Ryan Ear� - St�dent OfficerJohn Jordan - St�dent Officer

Dr. Ben Wherley - Facult� Advisor

Soil & Water Conservation SocietyAustin Kelly - President

John Duus - Vice PresidentNicole Shigley - Treasurer

Clay Rotter - Secretar�Dr. Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson - Facult� Advisor

2018-2019 Undergraduate Student Officers

2018-2019 Judging TeamsSoils Judging Team

Nicole Shigley - CaptainNikolas FrisbeeCooper StenceCody GarciaMarcus Rose

Dr. Cristine Morgan - Facult� Advisor

Weeds Judging TeamSeth Augho

Prabhu GovindasamyJames Griffin

Spencer SamuelsonAnir�ddha Mait�

Blake YoungCarson WadeCy�thia SiasAustin Kelly

Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan - Facult� Advisor

2018-2019 Soil & Crop ClubAwards & Recognition

Agronomy SocietySavanna Shelnutt, Ashley Car�er, Gabriel Janish Braden Tondre -

1st Place Quiz Bowl - National ChampionsMorgan Sanders - 2nd Place Manuscript

Caitlin Lakey - ARS-NIFA Science Policy Inter�ship(SASES)

Turf Club8 st�dents attended Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Conference

5 st�dents attended Spor�s Turf Managers Association Conference5th Place STMA Turf Bowl

Soils Judging Team3rd Place Team Pit

(Regionals)Weeds Judging Team

Seth Abugho - 2nd Highest Individual Weed IdentificationPrabhu Govindasamy - Perfect Score Herbicide Sy�ptomolog�

Prabhu Govindasamy - 4th Highest Individual Weed IdentificationJames Griffin - 12th Place Overall

Spencer Samuelson - 11th Place OverallTeam - 4th Place Overall

(Souther� Weed Science Societ�)

2018-2019 Graduate StudentAssistantship/Fellowship Recipients

Steven Anderson Tom Slick Fellowship

Heather Baldi Nick ‘81 & Ray�eil ’81 Bammer� Fellowship Marsha and Mur�ay Milford Graduate Endowment

William Bowling Sequor Foundation/Milberger Turfg�ass Endowed Scholarship

Joseph Burke COALS St�ategic Fellowship

Baoxin Chang R.C. Potts Turfg�ass Assistantship Endowment

Nathália Penna Cruzato Monsanto Graduate Assistantship in Plant Breeding

Catherine Danmaigona Clement Borlaug Inter�ational Scholar

Garrett Flores R.C. Potts Turfg�ass Assistantship Endowment

Jales Fonseca Monsanto Graduate Assistantship in Plant Breeding

Tyler Foster J. Roy Quinby Scholarship

Jake Gendron C. Everette Salyer Fellowship in Cotton Research

Sarah Hetrick COALS Excellence Fellowship

Holly Lane COALS Excellence Fellowship

Andrew Lee COALS Excellence Fellowship IMC Fer�ilizer Endowed

Chia-Wei Lin COALS Excellence Fellowship

Jennifer MacMillan Diversit� Fellowship Lechner Excellence Scholarship

Mark McDonald COALS St�ategic Fellowship

Dorothy Menefee Dudley Smith Family Fellowship

Kimberlyn Pace IMC Fer�ilizer Endowed

Aditi Pandey Marsha and Mur�ay Milford Graduate Endowment

Nick Porter J. Roy Quinby Scholarship

Bishwa Sapkota COALS St�ategic Fellowship

Rajan Shrestha COALS Excellence Fellowship

Jeffrey Siegfried COALS Merit Fellowship

Jorge Valenzuela Antelo Monsanto Graduate Assistantship in Plant Breeding

Stephon Warren Diversit� Fellowship

Wenzhuo Wu Mor�is E. and Doris (Hughes) Bloodwor�h Fellowship

2018-2019 Graduate StudentAssistantship/Fellowship Recipients

(continued)

2019 Soil & Crop Graduate Travel Awards

Anthony S.R. Juo Memorial ScholarshipCatherine Danmaigona Clement

Lloyd & Maxine Rooney Fellowship Endowment Julia Brantsen Kaitlyn Duke

Dudley Smith Family Travel Scholarship Henrique Da Ros Carvalho Seth Abugho Aniruddha Maity

Gladys & Lar�� Wilding Inter�ational St�dent Travel Scholarship Anil Adhikari Bishwa Sapkota

2018-2019 Soil & Crop GraduateStudent Awards & Recognition

Seth Abugho2nd Place Oral (Weed Science Societ� of America)2nd Place Poster (Souther� Weed Science Societ�)

Travel Award (Office of Graduate and Professional St�dies)Dianna Bagnall

Aust�alian Academy of Science PhD Research Inter� (Universit� of Sydney)Mahendra Bhandari

2nd Place Poster (McFadden Sy�posium)Travel Award (Universit� of Florida Plant Science Council)

William Bowling3rd Place Poster (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)

Matt BrownSuperior Ser�ice for Team (Texas A&M Ag�iLife Ex�ension)

Joseph Burke1st Place Oral (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)2nd Place Paper (Belt�ide Cotton Conference)

Nathália Penna Cruzato3rd Place Video (American Seed Trade Association)

Roger Kr�eger Memorial Scholarship (American Seed Research Foundation)Opperation St�dent Connection Travel Award (ASRF)

Travel Award (Inter�ational Plant Phenot��ing Net�ork)Cor�eva Travel Award (Purdue Plant Sciences Sy�posium)

Catherine Danmaigona ClementTravel Award (Office of Graduate and Professional St�dies

2018-2019 Soil & Crop GraduateStudent Awards & Recognition

(continued)David Horne

USDA Scholarship (United States Depar��ent of Ag�icult�re)James Griffin

1st Place Poster (Texas Plant Protection Association)Sarah Hetrick

2nd Place Oral (Souther� Science Societ� of American)Ammani Kyanam

Association of For�er St�dents Scholarship (Texas A&M Universit�)Rapid Oral Presenter (Texas A&M Plant Breeding Sy�posium)

Aniruddha MaityGerald O. Mott Award (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)

Operation St�dent Connection Travel Grant (American Seed Research Foundation)Sumeet Mankar

IRC2018 Travel Grant for Poster Presentation (Inter�ational Rice Cong�ess)Dorothy Menefee

1st Place Oral (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)Karina Morales

Top Mock USAID Grant (Borlaug Summer Instit�te)Pramod Pokhrel

2nd Place Poster (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)Colby Ratcliff

Outstanding Graduate St�dent (Texas Plant Protection Association)

2018-2019 Soil & Crop GraduateStudent Awards & Recognition

Spencer Samuelson2nd Place Poster (Souther� Weed Science Societ�)

Bishwa Sapkota2nd Place Poster (Weed Science Societ� of America)

Marie Schirmacher1st Place Poster (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)

1st Place Oral (Soil Sur�ey and Land Use Workshop)Gar� “Pete” Peterson Scholarship (Soil Science Societ� of America)

Xiaoqin ShenTravel Award (Office of Graduate and Professional St�dies)

Cynthia Sias2nd Place Poster (Souther� Weed Science Societ�)3rd Place Oral (Weed Science Societ� of America)

Jeffrey Siegfried1st Place Oral (Belt�ide Cotton Conference)

2nd Place Poster (ASA Souther� Branch Meeting)Ranjita Thapa

3rd Place Poster (Texas A&M Genome Editing Sy�posium)Rapid Oral Presenter (Texas A&M Plant Breeding Sy�posium)

Carson Wade1st Place Poster (ASA Souther� Branch Meeting)

Wenzhuo Wu3rd Place Light�ing Talk (Belt�ide Cotton Conference)

3rd Place Poster (Belt�ide Cotton Conference)

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2018-2019 Soil & Crop FacultyAwards & Recognition

Dr. Muthu BagavathiannanVice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence - Early Career Research (Ag�iLife Resarch)

Dr. Steve HagueVice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence - Teaching (Ag�iLife Resarch)

Dr. Amir IbrahimASA Fellow (American Societ� of Ag�onomy)

Regents Professor (Texas A&M Board of Regents)Dr. Katie Lewis

Dr. J. Tom Cothren Outstanding Young Cotton Soil Scientist(Belt�ide Cotton Conference)

Dr. Cristine MorganFacult� Fellow (Texas A&M Ag�iLife)

Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Facult� Mentoring(College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)

Dr. Gaylon MorganOutstanding Research for Cotton Ag�onomy (BASF)

Dr. Seth MurrayCSSA Fellow (Crop Science Societ� of America)

Dr. Larry RedmonVice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence - Administ�ation (Ag�iLife Resarch)

Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence - Climate & Diversit� (Ag�iLife Resarch)Superior Ser�ice for Team (Texas A&M Ag�iLife)

Dr. William “Bill” RooneySenior Facult� Fellow (Texas A&M Ag�iLife)

2018-2019 Soil & Crop FacultyAwards & Recognition

(continued)Dr. David Stelly

2018 Cotton Biotechnolog� Award (Cotton Incor�orated)AAAS Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

Dr. Ben WherleyTexas A&M Veterans Association Facult� & Staff Recog�ition Award

(Texas A&M Universit�)Dr. Wenwei Xu

Research Scientist of the Year (Texas A&M Ag�iLife)Dr. Qingwu Xue

Regents Fellow (Texas A&M Board of Regents)Dr. Diane Boellstorff, Dr. Drew Gholson, & Mr. John Smith

Texas Environmental Excellence (Texas Well Owner Net�ork)Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Facult� Mentoring

(College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)Dr. Seth Murray & Dr. William “Bill” Rooney

Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Interdisciplinar� Research Team(College of Ag�icult�re and Life Sciences)

2018 Soil & Crop Department Awards

Kathleen PeacockAdminist�ative Suppor� Award

Dr. Keerti RathoreB.B. Singh Award for Outstanding

Research in Crop Sciences

Rick AuckermanCollaborating Count� Ex�ension Agent

Dr. Jourdan BellEx�ension Facult�

Diana ZapataGraduate Research - Ag�onomy

Nicholas Ace PughGraduate Research - Plant Breeding

Dianna BagnallGraduate Research - Soil Science

Heather BaldiGraduate Teaching

Debalin SarangiPostdoctoral Resarch

Dr. Drew GholsonResearch/Ex�ension Collaboration

Dr. Girisha GanjegunteResearch Facult�

Javid McLawrenceResearch Suppor� - Lab

Reagan HejlResearch Suppor� - Field

ASCO EquipmentSpecial Ser�ice/Recog�ition

Williamson County Equipment Company

Special Ser�ice/Recog�ition

Dr. Haly NeelyTeaching

David RooneyTechnical Staff Suppor� - Lab

Donald JakubikTechnical Staff Suppor� - Field

Nicole ShigleyUnderg�aduate St�dent Suppor�

Those we Honor

Without you this would not be

possible

Irvin M. (I. M.) and Mary AtkinsDr. Atkins, a native Kansan, received B.S. and M.S. deg�ees in Ag�onomy from Kansas State Universit� and a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the Universit� of Minnesota in 1945. He began his career with the United States Depar��ent of Ag�icult�re in San Antonio in 1928 shor�ly aster receiving his B.S. deg�ee. He was located at the research station in Denton from 1930 to 1954 when he moved to College Station and stayed until retirement in 1968. Dr. Atkins was leader of the research prog�am in small g�ains for the last four�een years of active ser�ice. In his professional capacities, Dr. Atkins had a sig�ificant impact on small g�ain cropping in Texas and in educating young scientists — 18 Ph.D. and 9 M.S. deg�ee recipients, including Dr. Kenneth Por�er. Aster retirement Dr. Atkins summarized a cent�r� of wheat research in Texas and the Southwest. Dr. Atkins died at 90 years of age in 1995 leaving t�o children, five g�andchildren and six g�eat-g�andchildren.

Nick C. and Rayniel BamertMr. Bamer� received his B.S. deg�ee in Ag�icult�re Economics (Ag�iBusiness). He began his career working on the seed far� his father, Carl Bamer�, star�ed in 1951. Bamer� Seed Company, located in Muleshoe, Texas, provides over 400 native conser�ation seeds for restoring prairies and rangeland for several energ� indust�ies as well as providing seeds for all t��es of wildlife habitat projects from deer, quail, and even butterflies. Cur�ently, Bamer� Seed Company produces over 50 species of native g�asses and wildflowers on their production far�s. Nick and Ray�iel have t�o sons; Brett ’10 and his wife Madison ’11, and Austin ’14 and his wife Aver� ’14. Cur�ently, Brett and Austin both ser�e in leadership roles at Bamer� Seed Company. Nick has ser�ed as President of the Texas Seed Trade Association and the Souther� Seed Association, as well as ser�ed on several state and national boards for nat�ral resources and conser�ation initiatives. He has ser�ed on the Muleshoe ISD board of t��stees and is an alumnus of TALL, Texas Ag�icult�ral Lifetime Leadership prog�am.

Henry M. BeachellHenr� Monroe Beachell, known to his friends as “Hank,” was bor� in 1906 in Waverly, Nebraska. He received his underg�aduate deg�ee from the Universit� of Nebraska, and g�aduate deg�ee from Kansas State Universit�. In 1972, he was awarded an honorar� doctorate by the Universit� of Nebraska. Dr. Beachell is a world renowned rice breeder. He worked at the Research and Ex�ension Center in Beaumont from 1931 to 1963; with the Inter�ational Rice Research Instit�te in the Philippines from 1963 to 1981; and has worked for RiceTec in Alvin since 1981. Dr. Beachell’s most noted achievement was the development in 1966 of IR8, a stiff-st�awed, semi-dwarf variet� that literally revolutionized ag�icult�re in the rice-g�owing regions of the world. Dr. Beachell established himself as a rice breeder at the USDA’s Ag�icult�ral Research Station at the Texas A&M Universit� Research and Ex�ension Center in Beaumont bet�een 1931 and 1963. He created and helped int�oduce nine rice varieties which event�ally accounted for over 90 percent of the long-g�ain rice g�own in the United States. He received the World Food Prize (the USA ag�icult�ral prize equivalent to the Nobel Prize) in 1996. Dr. Beachell passed away December 2006 at the age of 100. This scholarship shows evidence of the generosit� of Dr. Beachell, as does his major cont�ibution to the Beachell Chair at TAMU.

Morris E. and Doris (Hughes) BloodworthDr. and Mrs. Bloodwor�h were native to Cent�al Texas. He worked as an ir�igation and drainage specialist in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from 1946 to 1956. In 1956 the Bloodwor�hs moved to Br�an when Mor�is became a member of the facult� in the Depar��ent of Ag�onomy. Doris, a g�aduate of Baylor Universit� with a deg�ee in Spanish, taught in public schools for t�ent�-three years. Dr. Bloodwor�h (’41 B.S. Ag En - ’53 M.S. Soil Physics - ’58 Ph.D Soil Physics) moved through the ranks of the facult�, becoming Head of the newly for�ed Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences in 1963, operating in that capacit� until 1979. He ser�ed through a period of rapid g�owth for the depar��ent and the state-wide development of TAMU’s ag�icult�ral centers. In 1977 the Depar��ent moved into a $10 M, 155,000 sq. st. building which Dr. Bloodwor�h facilitated. From 1978 to 1984, he ser�ed as Director of Inter�ational Prog�ams. Dr. Bloodwor�h was inst��mental in developing the Research and Ex�ension Center concept in the state, obtaining positions at these centers and in recr�iting ag�onomists to fill them. Upon retirement in 1984, Dr. Bloodwor�h became professor emerit�s and remained active in consulting. A long�ime lover of Big Band music and collector of recordings, Dr. Bloodwor�h became Music Director for the weekly prog�am Big Band Sat�rday Night on KORA. Unfor��nately, Mrs. Bloodwor�h, loved by those who knew her, was killed in an automobile accident in 1994. Dr. Bloodwor�h died in his sleep at home in October 1998. The Bloodwor�hs had t�o children, Bar�� and Beverly, four g�andchildren and one g�eat g�andchild. Dr. Bloodwor�h, his family, colleag�es and friends established the Mor�is E. and Doris Bloodwor�h Endowment Fund from which scholarships can be awarded.

J. Charlie and Judy BlueMr. Blue ’60, a native Cent�al Texan who g�aduated from Mosheim High School, was on the 1959 and 1960 Soil Judging Teams. The team won the Regional Contest in 1960 when Mr. Blue had the second high individual score in the contest. Aster g�aduation Mr. Blue was a field sales representative for Union Carbide Ag Products. In 1965 he for�ed Blue Chemical operating in South Carolina, Nor�h Carolina and Georgia. In

1971, Blue Chemical merged with Helena Chemical. Mr. Blue held various management positions in Helena Chemical from 1971 to 1985 when he lest to become President of UAP, Florida and for�ed a 50/50 par��ership company with United Ag�i-Products which purchased 100% interest in 1991. From 1991-2000, Mr. Blue was President of United Ag�i Products, a company with $2.5B in annual sales operating in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Per�, El Salvador, Argentina and Asia. He now ser�es UAP as a consultant. Mr. Blue, his wife Judy (who hails from Cleveland, Ohio) and their son Scott, live in For� Collins, Colorado. The Blues have t�o daughters, Allison (a g�aduate of Memphis Universit�) and Heather (a g�aduate of Vanderbilt Universit�). Heather received a MBA from TAMU in 1998 and Scott is a st�dent at TAMU. Charlie and Judy Blue endowed an underg�aduate scholarship for a deser�ing COALS underg�aduate st�dent who has financial need and is from Bosque Count� where Mr. Blue was raised and still owns a far�.

Joe S. CampiseMr. Campise, a life-long far�er and rancher, was bor� in Burleson Count�, Texas. He died in 1992, one month before his 76th bir�hday. When Mr. Campise was eight years old his father passed away and at an early age he became the sole provider for his mother and t�o sisters. He star�ed far�ing cotton and g�ain as a sharecropper on rented land and in time became a ver� successf�l far�er. Aster more than fist� years of far�ing and ranching, Mr. Campise owned 200 commercial cattle, owned 650 acres of land, operated another 350 acres with his sons and helped his sons purchase additional acreage. Although he had little for�al education, he absolutely believed in the impor�ance of a good education. Mr. Campise and his wife Frances, who passed away in July 2006, are sur�ived by three sons. Sam J. Campise ’58, AGRO, is President of Cent�al Valley Chemicals, Inc., Joe S. Campise, Jr., a g�aduate of Sam Houston State Universit� and a for�er professional baseball player, is a retired scout for the Florida Marlins. James W. Campise ’66, ACCT, is Vice-President of Cent�al Valley Chemicals, Inc. A scholarship has been established in Mr. Campise’s memor� by family and friends.

Warren ChurchMr. Church, the youngest in a family of six boys and six girls, was reared on a ranch in West Texas. Following g�aduation from high school in Colorado Cit� in 1934, Mr. Church worked for an oil company, making 35 cents per hour. He managed to save $35 over the summer, and with that stake, he entered Texas A&M, where he was a tackle on the Aggie football team. Aster receiving his B.S. deg�ee in Ag�onomy in 1938, Mr. Church accepted a job with the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice working at a CCC camp in Wolfe Cit� until called to ser�ice in the Air Force in 1941. He completed more than 50 missions as a bombardier on a B17 in Nor�her� Africa and Europe. In 1947, Mr. Church resumed his career as a conser�ationist, first in Corsicana and then in Sher�an where he worked from 1951 until retirement in 1967. He and his wife Helen purchased a small far� and raised Charolais cattle. Mrs. Church died a few years ago. Mr. Church resided on the far� near Sher�an until his death in March 2004.

Billy, Gloria, and Gerry ConradDr. Conrad, a native of Car�izo Springs, received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. deg�ees from Texas A&M Universit� in 1957, 1958, and 1971, respectively. First located at Beeville, then in College Station, from 1961 to 1989, Dr. Conrad improved the use of war�-season g�asses as forages for efficient livestock production systems. His g�azing st�dies of hybrid ber�udag�ass, kleing�ass, and buffelg�ass effectively integ�ated environmental, plant, and animal factors for higher productivit� of forage-livestock systems. He was among the first to initiate the use of multiple stocking rates in g�azing st�dies, making economic analyses possible. Dr. Conrad shared his knowledge of the forage-animal interface through field days, classroom teaching, g�aduate advising, and publications. Dr. Conrad died in 1994 and was sur�ived by his wife Gloria (Williamson) Conrad, four sons, three daughters-in-law and seven g�andchildren. Gloria, in addition to being a caregiver to her family and a church volunteer, worked in suppor� roles on campus for many years. From 1987 to 1993, Gloria was senior secretar� in the Soil and Crop Science Depar��ent Inst��ction Office where she had an in loco parentis role to many of our st�dents. One of Billy and Gloria’s sons, Ger�� Conrad, a landscape desig�er for Ar�ow Lawn Ser�ice, died in October 2000 at the age of 41. An endowed scholarship has been established by family and friends in memor� of Billy and Ger�� and in honor of Gloria. Gloria died in November 2018 at the age of 87.

A. W. and Barbara CrainMr. Crain ser�ed as volunteer executive secretar� of the Texas Turfg�ass Association for many of its early years. In that capacit�, he published its newsletter, Texas Turf News, beginning in 1955. Following Mr. Crain’s death his wife Barbara ser�ed as executive secretar� and editor until 1975. Mr. Crain was an early innovator in recog�izing the value and cont�ibution of t�rf to the Texas economy. Professionally, Mr. Crain was an ir�igation specialist with Gothwaites in Houston. In addition to endowing a scholarship in memor� of the Crains, the Texas Turfg�ass Association has named its most prestigious award the A. W. Crain Diamond Award.

Joe B. and Martha DixonDr. Joe Dixon, Emerit�s Professor of Soil Clay Mineralog� at Texas A&M, retired in 2001. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Ag�onomy from Universit� of Kent�cky, ser�ing in the Ar�y bet�een the deg�ees. He then received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Universit� of Wisconsin in 1958. Dr. Dixon joined the facult� at Texas A&M in 1968 as Professor Soil Mineralog�. Mar�ha and Joe g�ew up on far�s in Wester� Kent�cky where the soils are good! They were mar�ied a semester before he finished his B.S. deg�ee. They have t�o sons, Mark and Paul, and six g�andchildren. Mark and his family reside in Georgetown and Paul and his family reside in Tampa, FL. Both Mark and Paul are g�aduates of Texas A&M Universit�. Joe and Mar�ha established the endowment with the help of family and friends to promote g�aduate st�dent research in soil mineralog� with par�icular interest at fostering g�aduate st�dents from Mexico and Cent�al America. Mar�ha helps school st�dents via the Bush Center and A&M Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation. She also enjoys hosting Joe’s g�aduate st�dents.

Paul DrummetMr. Dr�mmet received a B.S. from Texas A&M in Elect�ical Engineering in 1922 and a M.S. in Indust�ial Education. He was a long time loyal member of Texas Turfg�ass Association, st�ongly endorsing its educational effor�s. He par�icipated without fail in regional and statewide conferences and field days. For many years he owned and operated H & H Guest Ranch just nor�heast of Houston. Intercontinental Air�or� now occupies much of the same area. Aster his death Mrs. Dr�mmet endowed, through Texas Turfg�ass Association, a scholarship in his memor�, to assist young people.

Gerald Keith Ebanks, Jr.Keith Ebanks, bor� in Shrevepor�, Louisiana, entered Texas A&M in September, 1985, aster g�aduating from high school in Car�ollton. He g�aduated from Texas A&M in December, 1989, with a B.S. deg�ee in Ag�onomy - Turf Management option. Upon g�aduation he was employed as Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at The Woodlands Count�� Club in The Woodlands. He had been there 5½ years when he was t�agically st��ck and killed by an automobile. Keith was highly respected by his fellow employees and loved by many of the club members. In t�ibute to his widespread admiration by so many people, a benefit golf tour�ament was held in Keith’s honor to raise f�nds for establishing a scholarship endowment. The tour�ament initially was organized by Jason McConnell, assistant pro at The Woodlands Count�� Club, suppor�ed by the entire Woodlands organization and attended by club members, co-workers, friends and other golfers from the vicinit�. The ear�ings were used to establish the per�anently endowed Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship. Keith is sur�ived by his parents, Gerald and Bulinda Ebanks of College Station; and a sister, Cy�thia Wade, also of College Station. His brother Michael was one of the t�elve killed in the collapse of the bonfire in 1999.

James Hubert FosterFollowing a year of st�dy at Texas Lutheran College and a tour of dut� with the U. S. Marine Cor�s in Viet�am, Jim Foster, a native Houstonian, entered Texas A&M Universit� as a hor�icult�re major in the College of Ag�icult�re from which he received a B.S. deg�ee in December 1974. Subsequently, he received a Master’s deg�ee in Plant Patholog�. Until his death in 1994, Mr. Foster worked as an ag�onomist in various locations in Texas as well as in Puer�o Rico and Venezuela. He is sur�ived by three daughters, a son, a g�andson and t�o sisters. In her will, his mother, Julia Helen Foster, provided f�nds to endow a scholarship in his memor� for an ag�onomy st�dent with financial need at Texas A&M Universit�.

Cleveland and Frances GerardDr. Gerard, a soil physicist, was a long time employee of the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station at the Weslaco Center from 1957 until 1975, and at the Ver�on Center from 1975 until his retirement in 1990. A native Louisianian, Cleve was a submariner during World War II, received a B.S. deg�ee from Kansas State Universit� in 1950, and the Ph.D. deg�ee from Texas A&M Universit� in 1955. Cleve and Frances Dyer mar�ied in 1962 in Weslaco. While Dr. Gerard gained recog�ition for his work on the physics of poorly st��ct�red soils, soil hardpan for�ation, and factors affecting soil st�eng�h, Frances was a homemaker to Cleve and their t�o daughters, Gigi Gail and Ann Marie. Dr. Gerard died October 14, 1996, at the age of 72. Fran died September 13, 2018 at the age of 85. Gigi Gail Franklin lives in Austin, and Ann Marie Winstead lives in Wichita Falls. Fran is the proud g�andmother of Emma Claire Winstead. The Dr. Cleveland and Frances Gerard Memorial Scholarship was established at the time of Cleve’s death by family members and friends.

Cecil and Ola Beasley Goodman Cecil Goodman and Ola Beasley were bor� in 1911 and 1908 respectively, near Wells in East Texas. Cecil star�ed far�ing at a ver� early age to suppor� his mother and sister. Cotton, cor�, tomatoes and later beef cattle were produced. Cecil and Ola mar�ied in 1932 and lived at Wells all their lives. Ola taught school for 33 years and Cecil far�ed with active involvement in the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice and other count� ag�icult�ral organizations. Both were active in local communit� activities. Education was always a priorit� for them and they encouraged their children and others to get good educations. Ola died in 1995 and Cecil in 1996. Their ties to A&M include a son and son-in-law, 2 g�anddaughters, 3

g�andsons, and Ola’s brother, James Otis Beasley ‘32, for whom the Beasley Cotton Laborator� is named. The Cecil and Ola Beasley Goodman Underg�aduate Scholarship was established in their parents’ memor� by Rober� and Kay Goodman.

H&H RanchMr. Dr�mmet received a B.S. from Texas A&M in Elect�ical Engineering in 1922 and a M.S. in Indust�ial Education. He was a long time loyal member of Texas Turfg�ass Association, st�ongly endorsing its educational effor�s. For many years he owned and operated H & H Guest Ranch, 600 acres nor�h of what is now Belt�ay 8 bet�een HI-59 and I-45. Mr. Dr�mmet mar�ied Ms. Inez Fielder in the late 1960’s, and aster his passing in 1976 lest the ranch to Ms. Fielder and William R. Dur�ill Jr. Shanda and William R. Dur�ill, Jr. ’94, Laura Fielder, Garland Fielder III, Michele Dur�ill, Ginger Dur�ill ’89, Melissa Dur�ill Holtz, William R. ’55 and Shirley Dur�ill, and Garland Fielder, Jr. have endowed the “H and H Ranch Scholarship, an underg�aduate scholarship for incoming freshmen planning to st�dy Ag�onomy, in memor� of Paul Dr�mmett ’22 and Inez Fielder”.

Frances and Miles HallFrances and Miles Hall ‘39 g�ew up in the Crossroads communit� near the east Texas town of Hughes Springs. Miles g�aduated with a B.S. in Ag�icult�re Education from Texas A&M Universit� and was the only college g�aduate of his t�elve siblings. Aster first teaching vocational ag�icult�re, Miles then worked for more than thir�� years as a soil conser�ationist with the Sulphur-Cy�ress dist�ict of the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice. During that time, he continued to work with local vocational ag�icult�re teachers in t�aining their land judging teams, placing among the top competitors at the state and national levels. He was feat�red in The Prog�essive Far�er magazine in a 1957 ar�icle titled “Best Past�re in East Texas.” Frances, a seamst�ess, operated her own draper� business in Mt. Pleasant, where they resided for more than 50 years.

R. F. “Dick” HollandMr. Holland was reared on a far� near Athens, Texas. Following Naval Ser�ice in World War II, he received a B.S. in Ag�onomy in 1950 and a M.S. in Genetics and Plant Breeding in 1952 from Texas A&M. For the latter deg�ee, he st�died male sterilit� in g�ain sorghum under the direction of J. Roy Quinby and J. C. Stephens at the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station in Chillicothe. Subsequently, he joined DeKalb Hybrid Seed Co. in Lubbock, where the first commercial hybrid sorghum was produced and sold in 1957. In 1961, Mr. Holland moved to DeKalb, Illinois, to manage DeKalb’s Plant Breeding research. There he led the largest cor� breeding g�oup in the world with a global research prog�am. Mr. Holland ser�ed as President of Ag�icult�ral Research Instit�te and National Council of Commercial Breeders. In 1964, he was elected Fellow in the American Societ� of Ag�onomy. Mr. Holland retired in 1986, but remained active, conducting research on hybridizing cotton until his death in 2000. Dick’s wife Bobbie lives in College Station. The scholarship in his name has been endowed by his friends in the seed indust��.

Jack HulganMr. Hulgan was the highly respected Superintendent of Woodlake Count�� Club in San Antonio for many years. Following his death in 1987 the Club staged a f�nd raising golf tour�ament in his memor� and raised $32,000 to endow a scholarship to be awarded, preferably, to an incoming freshman, native to the San Antonio area and interested in t�rfg�ass management.

IMC Fertilizer, Inc.IMC Fer�ilizer, Inc. of Nor�hbrook, Illinois, in 1989 cont�ibuted $75,000 matched by universit� sources to establish a g�aduate fellowship to ex�and collaborative work in ag�icult�ral biotechnolog� of mut�al interest to the fer�ilizer indust��. These interests include sustainabilit� of production, maximum economic yield, and fer�ilit�-related activities in ag�onomic crops. At the time of establishment of the fellowship, Mr. Billie Tur�er was the President of IMC. He received a B.S. in Ag�icult�ral Education from TAMU in 1952 and he is now emerit�s chair�an and CEO of the company. Mr. Tur�er has provided national and global leadership in crop nut�ition and yield enhancement. He now divides his time bet�een Illinois and Florida.

Luther Goodrich JonesDr. Jones was bor� in 1894 on a far� near Temple. The family moved to town when he was five years of age, and he g�aduated from high school in Dallas. His father was a forester who in 1905 organized the Texas Forest�� Association, the precursor of today’s Texas Forest Ser�ice. Luther Jones was a three year letter�an wrestler at Princeton Universit� where he received a B.S. in Geolog� in 1917. Aster spending t�o years in the ar�y, mostly in France, he ser�ed as a Forest Ranger in East Texas until he entered Texas A&M in 1919. He organized and coached its first wrestling team and ear�ed an M.S. in Ag�onomy in 1921. He taught high school in Houston, ret�r�ed to the campus to teach chemist��, and then went to Cor�ell Universit� at age thir��-t�o where he won a national wrestling championship and received a Ph.D. in Soils in 1927. He ret�r�ed immediately to A&M where he taught all of the courses offered in ag�onomy, with the exception of forage crops. Dr. Jones retired in 1951 but remained in College Station where he was active in many aspects of communit� life until his death in 1992 at age 98. Well into his eighties, Dr.

Jones played a good game of tennis, challenging many Aggies to a friendly game and osten going home the winner.

Anthony S. R. JuoDr. Juo was bor� in Shandong Province, China in September 1936. He received his B.S. and M.S. deg�ees in Ag�icult�ral Chemist�� from National Taiwan Universit� in Taipei. In 1967, he received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Michigan State Universit�. He became a professor of Ag�onomy at Texas A&M Universit� in October of 1988. Dr. Juo dedicated his research and teaching to t�opical ag�icult�re and nat�ral research conser�ation. He ser�ed as a leader in the Tropical Soils Research Prog�am which had research activities in many African and Latin American count�ies. Dr. Juo was dedicated to teaching and research in inter�ational ag�icult�re and sought to enhance its relevance for both inter�ational st�dents pursuing advanced deg�ees in the U.S. and to U.S. st�dents seeking to reach out globally. An endowed scholarship has been established by Rosalind Juo Cunha to suppor� g�aduate st�dents in Soil and Crop Sciences who will be engaged in inter�ational ag�icult�re research or other scholarly inter�ational ag�icult�re activities in or relevant to developing count�ies in Africa, Asia or Latin America.

Kenneth LindseyDr. Lindsey, a native of Grand Saline, attended Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M before receiving a B.S. deg�ee from Texas Tech Universit� in 1957, following t�o years of ser�ice in the Marine Cor�s from 1951 to 1953. He received a M.S. from Universit� of Califor�ia - Davis in 1959 and the Ph.D. in Plant Physiolog� from TAMU in 1968. When he died in 1983 at the age of 54, Dr. Lindsey had lived in For� Stockton and ser�ed as ex�ension ag�onomist for a t�ent�-t�o count� area for eighteen years. He was recog�ized widely as a top Ex�ension Ser�ice educator in the Southwest. Dr. Lindsey assisted in the development of the ECONOCOT System for cotton production in the Pecos Valley. Dr. Lindsey, an unselfish and hard worker, was respected widely for making the Count� Agents in his dist�ict look better in the eyes of those they ser�ed. Family and friends endowed a scholarship to assist a st�dent having interest in an ex�ension career. Dr. Lindsey is sur�ived by his wife, the for�er Mar� Ann Means, also a native of Grand Saline.

Thomas E. “Ed” McAfeeDr. McAfee, a native of For� Towson, Oklahoma, received B.S. and M.S. Deg�ees from Oklahoma State Universit� in 1939 and 1940, respectively. He was an inst��ctor at TAMU from 1939 to 1942 when he joined the war time nat�ral r�bber research project in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He was in the Ar�ed Forces for a shor� time, then managed Rio Far�s, Inc., in the Valley and ret�r�ed to TAMU as an inst��ctor in 1946. He received a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding in 1953, moved through the academic ranks to professor in 1957, and received the college’s Outstanding Professor Awardthree times, (1952, 1957 and 1968). He taught several different courses, but his specialt� was g�ain crops production. He osten worked during summers as a commercial plant breeder. He received one of the first For�er St�dents Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Awards for teaching in 1957. As teacher and advisor to st�dents, Dr. McAfee had few peers. He knew his material; he ex�ded enthusiasm; and he was well known for deflating “st�ffed shir�s” whether they be wor� by facult� or st�dents. Although he gamely fought a nine year battle with rheumatoid ar�hritis that made ever� move a painf�l one, he exhibited g�eat courage and raw deter�ination that ear�ed him g�eat respect. Dr. McAfee died at age 57 in 1973. His wife, Catherine, a native of Paris, Texas, resided in College Station until her death in 2001. The McAfees have t�o daughters, Nancy Adams (deceased October 2010) and Virginia Pitt�an, and a son, James, who was the Ex�ension Turf Specialist at the Dallas Center until his death in Febr�ar� 2015.

Milton and Carolyn McDanielDr. McDaniel was bor� in Brinkman, Oklahoma on Januar� 17, 1938. He g�ew up in Brinkman and went on to g�aduate from Oklahoma State Universit�. While there, he was a ASA Inter�ational Crop Judging Champion. Aster OSU, he began g�aduate t�aining on an NDEA Fellowship at Virginia Poly�echnic Instit�te and State Universit� and received a PhD in 1965. He came to TAMU in 1965 as an Assistant Professor working as a small g�ain breeder. Although he was par� of the universit�'s wheat breeding prog�am, he became most widely known as an oat breeder. He later developed an oat variet� that was highly resistant to crown r�st, an ongoing threat to oat crops in Texas. These resistant lines were widely g�own across Texas, the souther� U.S., and crossed upon by oat breeders around the world. Because of his success, he was employed as a consultant with Quaker Oats Company and t�aveled annually to several count�ies in South America. Dr. McDaniel received the American Oat Workers Disting�ished Career Award and the Souther� Small Grain Workers Outstanding Career Award. He was elected to membership in Sig�a Xi, Alpha Zeta, ASA, CSSA, and other professional societies. He was also an associate editor for "Crop Science" Jour�al. Dr. McDaniel passed away on November 13, 2006. His wife, Caroly� McDaniel, set up this endowed scholarship in his memor�.

William E. “Bill” McLaughlinMr. McLaughlin, a native of San Antonio, received a B.S. deg�ee in hor�icult�re from Texas A&M in 1958. He specialized in parks administ�ation in the Austin area and later with the Dallas Parks System. Mr. McLaughlin ser�ed as President of the Texas Turfg�ass Association in 1972 and then

as its Executive Director from 1975-1982. The Texas Turfg�ass Association raised the f�nds to endow a scholarship in honor and memor� of his ser�ice.

Morris G. MerkleDr. Mor�is Merkle, a native of Alabama, received B.S. and M.S. deg�ees from Aubur� Universit� and a Ph.D. in 1963 from Cor�ell Universit�. He came to Texas A&M as a research ag�onomist in weed science for USDA-ARS before joining the facult� as an associate professor in 1966. Dr. Merkle was promoted to professor in 1970. He led the prog�am in weed science research and teaching until his retirement in 1992 when friends instit�ted a f�nd to establish an endowed scholarship in his honor. Dr. Merkle established a reputation as an outstanding mentor to g�aduate st�dents and as a superb classroom teacher with a unique st�le. His homespun humor, enthusiasm, st�ong convictions, high ex�ectations for conduct and perfor�ance by st�dents and his abilit� to convey his exceptional knowledge of herbicide chemist�� are remembered by all those he taught. Dr. Merkle received the depar��ent’s first teaching award in 1980 and the Association of For�er St�dents Disting�ished Achievement Award for teaching in 1985. Dr. Merkle and his wife, Jean, have three children, all of whom are g�aduates of Texas A&M. Each has beg�n a professional career in Texas. The Merkles have t�in g�andchildren. That probably ex�lains why Dr. Merkle didn’t ret�r� to his beloved red, clay hills of Alabama upon retirement.

Marsha and Murray MilfordProfessor Emerit�s Mur�ay Milford was reared on a far� near Honey Grove, Texas. Entering Texas A&M aster high school, he received a deg�ee in Ag�onomy in 1955, thinking he would ret�r� to the family far� upon completion of his t�o year obligation to the ar�y. However, as an underg�aduate st�dent he had worked in the lab of Professor George Kunze, who encouraged him to consider g�aduate st�dy. As his stint in the ar�y neared an end, knowing that his brother also had eyes for the far�, he applied for an assistantship with Dr. Kunze. With the help of assistantships, he received an MS in Ag�onomy from Texas A&M in 1959 and a Ph.D. from the Universit� of Wisconsin in 1962. Aster spending six years at Cor�ell Universit�, he ret�r�ed to Texas A&M as an associate professor in 1968 and retired in 2001. During that time he ser�ed as the depar��ental g�aduate advisor and ear�ed three universit�-level Disting�ished Achievement Awards; t�o for teaching and the third for st�dent relations. His wife, Marsha, whom he met in Madison, is also a Badger with a deg�ee in early childhood education, which she taught publicly until she had children of her own and their play�ates to teach. In addition to being the homemaker, she has been an active church and communit� volunteer. Aster Dr. Milford’s retirement he and his wife, Marsha, established an endowment, with the aid of retirement gists, to suppor� teaching assistantships in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences. Their desire “…to encourage a g�aduate st�dent who has an interest in teaching and is committed to it…” The Milfords have t�o children, both Aggie g�aduates. Dan, a Presby�erian minister, and his wife, Nadia, and their three children live near Tulsa. Becky, administ�ative coordinator in Liberal Ar�s, her husband, Jim Jobling, and their daughter live one mile from the Milfords in Br�an.

J. F. “Hank” MillsMr. Mills was bor� near Winnsboro in 1921. He received a B.S. in Ag�onomy from TAMU in 1943, then joined the navy where he ser�ed as a P.T. boat captain in the Pacific Theater. He ret�r�ed to Texas A&M as an inst��ctor in 1946 and ear�ed a M.S. in Soils in 1953. He ser�ed continuously on the facult� for 41 years until his retirement as an associate professor in 1987. He was the principal underg�aduate advisor for t�ent�-t�o years. He taught many different courses, but specialized in conser�ation and land use, mor�holog�, and classification. He coached the Soil Judging Team for many years including one team that won a national title. Mr. Mills received the Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Award for Teaching in 1966. Along the way he received three outstanding professor awards from the Collegiate FFA and, in 1984, an outstanding advisor award from the National Recog�ition Prog�am for Academic Advising. The Mills scholarship, endowed in its totalit� by his friends and for�er st�dents, is indicative of the many lives he has touched. Mr. Mills’ first wife, Henr� Jean, died in 1985. They had three sons, all of whom g�aduated from A&M. The youngest, Jere, retired to College Station aster ser�ing 30 years as a Manager of Public Golf Courses in Dallas. Mr. Mills and his second wife Marily� lived in College Station until his death on March 8, 2001. Mrs. Mills had one of the most att�active yards in the communit� until she moved to Grand Prairie to be near family.

Henry Jean MillsMrs. Mills, first wife of J. F. “Hank” Mills, died in 1985. Mr. Mills has endowed a scholarship in her memor�. Mrs. Mills, a native of Nacogdoches, attended Stephen F. Austin Universit� for t�o years before entering nursing school at Jefferson Davis Hospital where she received a deg�ee in nursing in 1943. At the time of her death, Mrs. Mills had worked with the Brazos Count� Health Depar��ent for fisteen years where she dispensed both health care and tender concer� for people. Previously she had worked in several different capacities as a registered nurse. In addition to their three sons, Mrs. Mills took an active interest in the many st�dents with whom Mr. Mills worked.

1971, Blue Chemical merged with Helena Chemical. Mr. Blue held various management positions in Helena Chemical from 1971 to 1985 when he lest to become President of UAP, Florida and for�ed a 50/50 par��ership company with United Ag�i-Products which purchased 100% interest in 1991. From 1991-2000, Mr. Blue was President of United Ag�i Products, a company with $2.5B in annual sales operating in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Per�, El Salvador, Argentina and Asia. He now ser�es UAP as a consultant. Mr. Blue, his wife Judy (who hails from Cleveland, Ohio) and their son Scott, live in For� Collins, Colorado. The Blues have t�o daughters, Allison (a g�aduate of Memphis Universit�) and Heather (a g�aduate of Vanderbilt Universit�). Heather received a MBA from TAMU in 1998 and Scott is a st�dent at TAMU. Charlie and Judy Blue endowed an underg�aduate scholarship for a deser�ing COALS underg�aduate st�dent who has financial need and is from Bosque Count� where Mr. Blue was raised and still owns a far�.

Joe S. CampiseMr. Campise, a life-long far�er and rancher, was bor� in Burleson Count�, Texas. He died in 1992, one month before his 76th bir�hday. When Mr. Campise was eight years old his father passed away and at an early age he became the sole provider for his mother and t�o sisters. He star�ed far�ing cotton and g�ain as a sharecropper on rented land and in time became a ver� successf�l far�er. Aster more than fist� years of far�ing and ranching, Mr. Campise owned 200 commercial cattle, owned 650 acres of land, operated another 350 acres with his sons and helped his sons purchase additional acreage. Although he had little for�al education, he absolutely believed in the impor�ance of a good education. Mr. Campise and his wife Frances, who passed away in July 2006, are sur�ived by three sons. Sam J. Campise ’58, AGRO, is President of Cent�al Valley Chemicals, Inc., Joe S. Campise, Jr., a g�aduate of Sam Houston State Universit� and a for�er professional baseball player, is a retired scout for the Florida Marlins. James W. Campise ’66, ACCT, is Vice-President of Cent�al Valley Chemicals, Inc. A scholarship has been established in Mr. Campise’s memor� by family and friends.

Warren ChurchMr. Church, the youngest in a family of six boys and six girls, was reared on a ranch in West Texas. Following g�aduation from high school in Colorado Cit� in 1934, Mr. Church worked for an oil company, making 35 cents per hour. He managed to save $35 over the summer, and with that stake, he entered Texas A&M, where he was a tackle on the Aggie football team. Aster receiving his B.S. deg�ee in Ag�onomy in 1938, Mr. Church accepted a job with the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice working at a CCC camp in Wolfe Cit� until called to ser�ice in the Air Force in 1941. He completed more than 50 missions as a bombardier on a B17 in Nor�her� Africa and Europe. In 1947, Mr. Church resumed his career as a conser�ationist, first in Corsicana and then in Sher�an where he worked from 1951 until retirement in 1967. He and his wife Helen purchased a small far� and raised Charolais cattle. Mrs. Church died a few years ago. Mr. Church resided on the far� near Sher�an until his death in March 2004.

Billy, Gloria, and Gerry ConradDr. Conrad, a native of Car�izo Springs, received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. deg�ees from Texas A&M Universit� in 1957, 1958, and 1971, respectively. First located at Beeville, then in College Station, from 1961 to 1989, Dr. Conrad improved the use of war�-season g�asses as forages for efficient livestock production systems. His g�azing st�dies of hybrid ber�udag�ass, kleing�ass, and buffelg�ass effectively integ�ated environmental, plant, and animal factors for higher productivit� of forage-livestock systems. He was among the first to initiate the use of multiple stocking rates in g�azing st�dies, making economic analyses possible. Dr. Conrad shared his knowledge of the forage-animal interface through field days, classroom teaching, g�aduate advising, and publications. Dr. Conrad died in 1994 and was sur�ived by his wife Gloria (Williamson) Conrad, four sons, three daughters-in-law and seven g�andchildren. Gloria, in addition to being a caregiver to her family and a church volunteer, worked in suppor� roles on campus for many years. From 1987 to 1993, Gloria was senior secretar� in the Soil and Crop Science Depar��ent Inst��ction Office where she had an in loco parentis role to many of our st�dents. One of Billy and Gloria’s sons, Ger�� Conrad, a landscape desig�er for Ar�ow Lawn Ser�ice, died in October 2000 at the age of 41. An endowed scholarship has been established by family and friends in memor� of Billy and Ger�� and in honor of Gloria. Gloria died in November 2018 at the age of 87.

A. W. and Barbara CrainMr. Crain ser�ed as volunteer executive secretar� of the Texas Turfg�ass Association for many of its early years. In that capacit�, he published its newsletter, Texas Turf News, beginning in 1955. Following Mr. Crain’s death his wife Barbara ser�ed as executive secretar� and editor until 1975. Mr. Crain was an early innovator in recog�izing the value and cont�ibution of t�rf to the Texas economy. Professionally, Mr. Crain was an ir�igation specialist with Gothwaites in Houston. In addition to endowing a scholarship in memor� of the Crains, the Texas Turfg�ass Association has named its most prestigious award the A. W. Crain Diamond Award.

Martha F. and Albert NovosadDonor infor�ation coming soon.

Kenneth “Kenny” and Marion PorterDr. Por�er was a native Kansan. He received a B. S. from Kansas State Universit� in 1940, a M.S. from Iowa State Universit� in 1947 and a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from TAMU in 1957. He also ser�ed in the Ar�y from 1941 until 1946. His Ph.D. was done under I. M. Atkins. Dr. Por�er worked in wheat breeding for the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station at Bushland, from 1947 until retirement in 1988. From 1966 to 1976 he provided leadership for all TAES research in the nor�her� Panhandle area. Before his retirement in 1988, he was inst��mental in developing 16 varieties of wheat, which are planted across millions of acres and produce billions of loaves of bread. In 1986, Dr. Por�er was named a Fellow of the Crop Science Societ� of America in recog�ition of his outstanding cont�ibutions. Mrs. Por�er was a steadfast suppor�er of her husband and both were avid tennis players. Dr. and Mrs. Por�er endowed a scholarship from their resources. Dr. Por�er died in November 2002; Mrs. Por�er passed away in March of 2006.

Richard C. PottsDr. Potts was bor� in 1912 on a far� in Oklahoma. He g�aduated from Oklahoma State Universit� in 1935, and then shor�ly joined the Georgia Ex�eriment Station. In 1937, he came to TAMU and received a M.S. deg�ee in 1945 and, a Ph.D. from Nebraska in 1950. He then rose through the ranks to Professor, as a teacher and researcher of forages and t�rf. Exhibiting a t�emendous love for st�dents, Dr. Potts ser�ed as Assistant then Associate Dean for Resident Inst��ction in the College of Ag�icult�re at Texas A&M for over 20 years. Among his honors were the Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Award for St�dent Relations in 1964. Many g�aduates of the College of Ag�icult�re in the 60’s and 70’s give credit for their success to Dr. Pott’s “counseling sessions” with them. Dr. Potts retired in 1977, died in 1987 at age 75, having been preceded in death by his first wife Eva, mother of their t�o sons and t�o daughters. His second wife, Pauline Potts, passed away in 2008. Through the effor�s of the Texas Turfg�ass Association and the generosit� of his many friends, a $150,000 endowment matched by the universit� was established. The income suppor�s t�o g�aduate fellowships.

J. Roy QuinbyMr. Quinby was bor� in 1902 in Corsicana. He received a B. S. in Ag�onomy in 1924 and a M.S. in Genetics in 1934 from Texas A&M. While working at the research station in Chillicothe, Mr. Quinby and his associate, J. C. Stephens, succeeded in hybridizing sorghum and releasing the first parent seeds to producers in 1956. A major step in 1943 was to abandon work on genetic sterilit� to uncover and concent�ate on cy�oplasmically inherited male sterilit�. Mr. Quinby was Superintendent of the Chillicothe Station from ar�ival in 1925 until retirement in 1959. Subsequently, he ser�ed as head of sorghum breeding for Pioneer Hy-Bred Inter�ational in Plainview. In 1982, he retired from Pioneer only to continue research at the TAES facilities near Half�ay, Texas from which he retired in 1987 at 85 years of age. Among his honors are Fellow in the American Societ� of Ag�onomy in 1952, Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Award in Research in 1961 and Disting�ished Alumnus Award from Texas A&M in 1977. During his lifetime, Mr. Quinby was a visionar� and stimulating individual. He was a humble man with a st�ong work ethic. The fellowship honoring “Mr. Sorghum” has been endowed by his friends in the indust��.

Lloyd and Maxine RooneyDr. Lloyd Rooney, Professor Emerit�s in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Science was bor� and raised in Rawlins Count�, KS. Aster g�aduation from McDonald High School, he attended Kansas State ear�ing a B.S. in Grain Science in 1961. He continued in g�aduate school at Kansas State, ear�ing a Ph.D. in Grain Science in 1965. Aster completion of his Ph.D., he accepted the position of Assistant Professor in Cereal Chemist�� with a challenge to work with crop improvement prog�ams to improve the qualit� and utilization of cereal g�ains and products made from them. Working with wheat, cor� and sorghum breeders, he and his prog�am identified key g�ain qualit� t�aits and worked with them to select and develop crop varieties with improved g�ain qualit� for end use. Fur�her, he and his prog�am interacted with food processors of all t��es, from villages in West Africa to multinational milling companies to identif� key t�aits related to processing of cereal g�ains to food products, ranging from beer to tor�illas. Over his fist�-year career at Texas A&M, Dr. Rooney was chair or co-chair�an for over 134 g�aduate st�dents in emphasis in Food Science with many having impact in research and teaching around the world. He has been recog�ized within the universit� as a Regents Professor and ear�ed numerous research awards from Ag�iLife Research, commodit� suppor� g�oups and food indust�� societies. His wife, Maxine, whom he met at Kansas State, has a B.S. deg�ee in Home Economics. In addition to managing the home, she has and/or is active as a church and communit� volunteer. Aster retirement, Lloyd and Maxine have established an endowment to suppor� a g�aduate st�dent in pursuing a deg�ee in applied food science related to the processing of food g�ains. The Rooney’s have three children, Bill ’87, Tammy, ’90 and Marcille, ’93 and ten g�andchildren who range in age from 12-24.

Joe B. and Martha DixonDr. Joe Dixon, Emerit�s Professor of Soil Clay Mineralog� at Texas A&M, retired in 2001. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Ag�onomy from Universit� of Kent�cky, ser�ing in the Ar�y bet�een the deg�ees. He then received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Universit� of Wisconsin in 1958. Dr. Dixon joined the facult� at Texas A&M in 1968 as Professor Soil Mineralog�. Mar�ha and Joe g�ew up on far�s in Wester� Kent�cky where the soils are good! They were mar�ied a semester before he finished his B.S. deg�ee. They have t�o sons, Mark and Paul, and six g�andchildren. Mark and his family reside in Georgetown and Paul and his family reside in Tampa, FL. Both Mark and Paul are g�aduates of Texas A&M Universit�. Joe and Mar�ha established the endowment with the help of family and friends to promote g�aduate st�dent research in soil mineralog� with par�icular interest at fostering g�aduate st�dents from Mexico and Cent�al America. Mar�ha helps school st�dents via the Bush Center and A&M Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation. She also enjoys hosting Joe’s g�aduate st�dents.

Paul DrummetMr. Dr�mmet received a B.S. from Texas A&M in Elect�ical Engineering in 1922 and a M.S. in Indust�ial Education. He was a long time loyal member of Texas Turfg�ass Association, st�ongly endorsing its educational effor�s. He par�icipated without fail in regional and statewide conferences and field days. For many years he owned and operated H & H Guest Ranch just nor�heast of Houston. Intercontinental Air�or� now occupies much of the same area. Aster his death Mrs. Dr�mmet endowed, through Texas Turfg�ass Association, a scholarship in his memor�, to assist young people.

Gerald Keith Ebanks, Jr.Keith Ebanks, bor� in Shrevepor�, Louisiana, entered Texas A&M in September, 1985, aster g�aduating from high school in Car�ollton. He g�aduated from Texas A&M in December, 1989, with a B.S. deg�ee in Ag�onomy - Turf Management option. Upon g�aduation he was employed as Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at The Woodlands Count�� Club in The Woodlands. He had been there 5½ years when he was t�agically st��ck and killed by an automobile. Keith was highly respected by his fellow employees and loved by many of the club members. In t�ibute to his widespread admiration by so many people, a benefit golf tour�ament was held in Keith’s honor to raise f�nds for establishing a scholarship endowment. The tour�ament initially was organized by Jason McConnell, assistant pro at The Woodlands Count�� Club, suppor�ed by the entire Woodlands organization and attended by club members, co-workers, friends and other golfers from the vicinit�. The ear�ings were used to establish the per�anently endowed Keith Ebanks Memorial Scholarship. Keith is sur�ived by his parents, Gerald and Bulinda Ebanks of College Station; and a sister, Cy�thia Wade, also of College Station. His brother Michael was one of the t�elve killed in the collapse of the bonfire in 1999.

James Hubert FosterFollowing a year of st�dy at Texas Lutheran College and a tour of dut� with the U. S. Marine Cor�s in Viet�am, Jim Foster, a native Houstonian, entered Texas A&M Universit� as a hor�icult�re major in the College of Ag�icult�re from which he received a B.S. deg�ee in December 1974. Subsequently, he received a Master’s deg�ee in Plant Patholog�. Until his death in 1994, Mr. Foster worked as an ag�onomist in various locations in Texas as well as in Puer�o Rico and Venezuela. He is sur�ived by three daughters, a son, a g�andson and t�o sisters. In her will, his mother, Julia Helen Foster, provided f�nds to endow a scholarship in his memor� for an ag�onomy st�dent with financial need at Texas A&M Universit�.

Cleveland and Frances GerardDr. Gerard, a soil physicist, was a long time employee of the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station at the Weslaco Center from 1957 until 1975, and at the Ver�on Center from 1975 until his retirement in 1990. A native Louisianian, Cleve was a submariner during World War II, received a B.S. deg�ee from Kansas State Universit� in 1950, and the Ph.D. deg�ee from Texas A&M Universit� in 1955. Cleve and Frances Dyer mar�ied in 1962 in Weslaco. While Dr. Gerard gained recog�ition for his work on the physics of poorly st��ct�red soils, soil hardpan for�ation, and factors affecting soil st�eng�h, Frances was a homemaker to Cleve and their t�o daughters, Gigi Gail and Ann Marie. Dr. Gerard died October 14, 1996, at the age of 72. Fran died September 13, 2018 at the age of 85. Gigi Gail Franklin lives in Austin, and Ann Marie Winstead lives in Wichita Falls. Fran is the proud g�andmother of Emma Claire Winstead. The Dr. Cleveland and Frances Gerard Memorial Scholarship was established at the time of Cleve’s death by family members and friends.

Cecil and Ola Beasley Goodman Cecil Goodman and Ola Beasley were bor� in 1911 and 1908 respectively, near Wells in East Texas. Cecil star�ed far�ing at a ver� early age to suppor� his mother and sister. Cotton, cor�, tomatoes and later beef cattle were produced. Cecil and Ola mar�ied in 1932 and lived at Wells all their lives. Ola taught school for 33 years and Cecil far�ed with active involvement in the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice and other count� ag�icult�ral organizations. Both were active in local communit� activities. Education was always a priorit� for them and they encouraged their children and others to get good educations. Ola died in 1995 and Cecil in 1996. Their ties to A&M include a son and son-in-law, 2 g�anddaughters, 3

Ed and Pat Runge Dr. Runge ser�ed as Head of the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences for 19 years. In 2000, he was named first recipient of the Billie B. Tur�er Chair in Production Ag�onomy which he held until 2005. He continues working par�-time as Prog�am Director and Judging Panel Chair for “Monsanto’s Beachell-Borlaug Inter�ational Scholars Prog�am” which t�ains Ph.D. st�dents in rice and wheat breeding any�here in the world. Monsanto announced this prog�am at Dr. Nor�an Borlaug’s 95th bir�hday par�� on March 25, 2009. They f�nded the prog�am for five years at $2,000,000 per year that was renewed in 2013 for an additional 3 years at $1,000,000 per year. Dr. Runge holds B.S. and M.S. deg�ees from the Universit� of Illinois and a Ph.D. from Iowa State Universit�. He began his professional career at Iowa State prior to joining the facult� at the Universit� of Illinois where he worked from 1963-1973. He was Head of the Depar��ent of Ag�onomy at the Universit� of Missouri for seven years before coming to Texas A&M in 1980. Dr. Runge’s career has included work in ex�ension, teaching, research, administ�ation and ser�ice, making him one of the leading cont�ibutors to the disciplines of soil science and ag�onomy in the last half of the t�entieth cent�r�. In addition, Dr. Runge has held ever� elected position and received many of the honors available to members of the Soil Science Societ� of America, the American Societ� of Ag�onomy and CAST (Council for Ag�icult�ral Science and Technolog�). He received the For�er St�dents Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Award for Administ�ation in 1988. Dr. Runge received the “Alumni Award of Merit” from the College of Ag�icult�re Consumer and Environmental Ser�ices at his alma mater in 2001. Pat Runge is a registered nurse with deg�ees from DePauw Universit� and Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She has been ver� active in the Br�an/College Station communit� as a volunteer health clinic and hospital worker, as well as a volunteer with Hospice and George Bush Presidential Librar�, in addition to her roles as an administ�ator’s wife, a mother and g�andmother. The Runges are native Illinoians and ret�r� there osten to visit family and friends. They have t�o children and five g�andchildren on whom they shower much love. Endowed scholarships have been established through a generous gist from Pat and Ed Runge to recog�ize st�dents with leadership abilit� in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences. Texas A&M matched their gist for a second endowed scholarship and friends and colleag�es added to the scholarship when Dr. Runge stepped down from his position as Depar��ent Head in 1999. Aster a sabbatical in 2000 he ret�r�ed as the holder of the Billie B. Tur�er ‘51 Chair in Production Ag�onomy, assuming teaching and research responsibilities in the Depar��ent of Soil & Crop Sciences. In 1983, Dr. Per�� Adkisson (Then Chancellor of TAMU System) and Dr. Runge followed up on President Frank Vandiver’s desire to have a Nobel Laureate on the Texas A&M Universit� facult� by inviting Dr. Nor�an Borlaug to accept a one semester per year teaching appoint�ent in the Soil & Crops Sciences Depar��ent beginning in Januar� 1984. Dr. Borlaug’s appoint�ent continued until he died in 2009. The Runges became good friends and colleag�es of Dr. and Mrs. (Margaret) Borlaug and the entire Borlaug family.

Charles A. SchneiderMr. Schneider, bor� in La Grange in 1947, was reared on a dair� and beef cattle far�. He attended Blinn College and Texas A&M, from which he received a B.S. deg�ee in Ag�onomy in 1970. Aster one semester of st�dy towards a master deg�ee in Soil Chemist��, he was drasted into the U.S. Ar�y, attended Officer Candidate School, and ser�ed three years as an ar�iller� officer. In 1974, he was employed by the Soil Conser�ation Ser�ice in Taylor. Charles was killed in a t�actor accident on the family’s far� in 1996. At that time he was the Dist�ict Conser�ationist for the Nat�ral Resources Conser�ation Ser�ice. A Cer�ified Professional Ag�onomist, he was also active on the Temple College at Taylor committee, a director for the Noack Water Supply Board and Taylor Kiwanis, member of the American Legion Post, vice-president of the Taylor Interagency Youth Council, an officer in his church, and chair�an of the Trinit� Child Development Center Board. He was also active in Little Leag�e as a coach, director of the Williamson Count� A&M Club, and member of the Taylor Inter�ational Barbecue Cook-off Committee. Charles is sur�ived by his wife, Arlene; a son, Charles Walter (C. W.) ‘95; and a daughter, Christina St�omberg ‘97. The Charles A. Schneider Memorial scholarship has been endowed by his wife and children.

Sequor Foundation / Arthur MilbergerThis endowment was jointly created by Sequor Foundatin and Mr. Ar�hur Milberger to f�nd a f�ll-time underg�aduate or g�aduate st�dent pursuing a deg�ee in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences majoring in or conducting research in Turfg�ass Management.

Ar�hur J. Milberger is an officer and par��er in Milberger Turf Far�s Co., Milberger Turf Sales Inc., Milberger Landscaping Inc., and C&D Turfg�ass. Mr. Milberger ser�ed as a Director at Lower Colorado River Authorit� since 1997. His companies have installed t�rfg�ass throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is active in a number of t�ade associations. Mr. Milberger has a bachelor of Business Administ�ation deg�ee in the Business Honors Prog�am from The Universit� of Texas at Austin and a law deg�ee from St. Mar�'s School of Law in San Antonio. Mr. Milberger is a Bay Cit� resident.

Charles and Lynann SimpsonDr. and Mrs. Charles E. Simpson have provided endowed financial suppor� for st�dents with good academics and a demonst�ated financial need,

preferably from a family involved in the peanut indust��. Originally from the r�ral, predominantly cotton-g�owing communit� of Winters, Texas, but with a commit�ent to the genetic improvement of peanuts, Dr. Simpson has completed over 25 ex�editions deep into Latin America to collect and preser�e over 1300 lines of indigenous wild peanut ger�plasm (Arachis spp.), 250 Rhizobium isolates, and 4500 land races. These materials, now secured in the USDA ger�plasm collection, ser�e as the genetic base for global peanut improvement. Through breeding and cooperative work since 1967 at the Texas A&M Research and Ex�ension Center at Stephenville, Dr. Simpson and co-workers have incor�orated improved ag�onomic and qualit� t�aits and pest resistance, resulting in the release of ger�plasm lines for use by other breeders and the commercial development of 16 varieties for g�owers in the southwester� U.S. In 1993, Dr. Simpson received the Frank N. Meyer�edal for plant ger�plasm, has provided leadership in professional societies, and has collaborated with peanut research on five continents. He has produced over 80 technical ar�icles, 10 book chapters, and completed a t�anslation from Spanish to English of the monog�aph of the peanut collection. Ly�ann Kr�se Simpson, also from Winters, TX, was one of the first 100 women to g�aduate from Texas A&M in 1966, has retired from teaching English and histor� in the junior high at Stephenville Independent School Dist�ict, and has been a long-ter� par�icipant in peanut prog�ams. Their t�o daughters, also Aggie g�aduates, car�� on research in ag�icult�re fields. Professor Emerit�s Simpson continues research, including ger�plasm collection t�ips. All combined, the Simpson family ear�ed eight deg�ees from Texas A&M and is now pleased to provide financial suppor� to others in their educational pursuits.

Dudley Smith FamilyThe Dudley Smith Family endowment prog�am provides financial suppor� for g�aduate st�dent recr�it�ent, ex�lorator� t�avel out of state, and suppor� for a fellowship Heritage prog�am in the depar��ent. Dr. Dudley Smith ‘79 and his wife Angela both came from far� families who placed a high value on education. Dr. Smith worked for the Texas A&M System for nearly 40 years. Dr. Smith ear�ed his B.S. and M.S. from the Universit� of Mar�land, a Ph.D. from Michigan State Universit�, and an MBA from Universit� of Houston. During g�aduate school at MSU, Dr. Smith received suppor� for t�avel to commodit� field days in wester� states and work in private and public pest management prog�ams. Aster g�aduate school Dr. Smith had disting�ished careers in weed research in the High Plains of Texas, administ�ation with Texas Ag�iLife Research at College Station, and classroom teaching in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences. He retired as a Professor Emerit�s in 2006. Mrs. Smith is involved in family life, church, professional societies, and ranch work. The Smiths along with their son and his wife, Gresham ’96 and Barbara Sobell Smith ’96, and their daughter Beth Glasshoff, live in Texas. Today, the Smith's endowed prog�ams "give back" by enabling g�aduate st�dents in field and forage crops to broaden their research ex�eriences with lasting benefits for st�dents and research for Texas ag�icult�re.

Olin and Thelma SmithDr. Smith, a native of Tonkawa, OK, received B.S. and M.S. deg�ees in Ag�onomy from Oklahoma State Universit� and a Ph.D. in 1969 from the Universit� of Minnesota. In 1970, he joined the facult� of the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences as Director of the peanut breeding prog�am. For nearly 30 years, he provided state and regional leadership in peanut breeding and released a number of improved peanut varieties and breeding lines with host-plant resistance, st�ess tolerance, superior yields and food-g�ade qualit� t�aits. For 15 years he provided leadership in the Collaborated Research Prog�am (CRSP) for Inter�ational Development as CRSP project leader for peanut improvement for West Africa, and as Chair�an of the CRSP Technical Committee. At the time of his death at age 67 in March 1999, he was st�dying genetic alteration of fatt� acid ratios in peanuts to reduce oxidative rancidit�. Dr. Smith taught the basic g�aduate course in plant breeding and prepared g�aduate st�dents for careers in plant breeding. Dr. Smith was a fellow and past president of the American Peanut Research and Education Societ�. He was also a ver� active member of First Baptist Church in Br�an, ser�ing as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, pitcher for the sostball team, and in many other capacities. His wife, Thelma is ver� active in the local communit�, as church member and quilter. Their family includes three children and six g�andchildren. An endowed scholarship has been established by Thelma and family to recog�ize a st�dent aspiring to be a plant breeder or genetist.

Texas Seed Trade AssociationAdvances in lear�ing about seeds and plants led to the development of the seed indust��, as businessmen began to breed and offer seed for sale. The Texas Seed Trade Association (est. 1977) was for�ed by the merger of the Texas Seedmen’s Association (est. 1933) and the Texas Cer�ified Seed Producers, Inc. (est. 1956). “TSTA’s mission is to promote the general business interest of its members in Texas; to cooperate with gover�ment entities and producers working for the improvement of ag�icult�re; to encourage and promote the sale of qualit� planting seed; to encourage and promote public and private invest�ent in crop improvement research and development for the benefit of the general public; and, generally, to encourage all activities for the benefit of its members and the public.” TSTA provides scholarships to outstanding Universit� Ag�icult�ral st�dents. In recent years three scholarships have been awarded annually to st�dents in Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences.

Texas Turfgrass AssociationThe Texas Turfg�ass Association, with membership open to ever�one interested in the t�rfg�ass indust��, suppor�s education and research ver� st�ongly. In addition to taking leadership in raising f�nds to endow several fellowships and scholarships, the Association allocates a sig�ificant percentage of its annual income to sponsor scholarships. Many of today’s Texas Turfg�ass Association members are past recipients of one or more of the scholarships that the Association, as the largest cont�ibutor to depar��ental underg�aduate scholarships and g�aduate fellowships, has endowed or f�nded directly. The Crain, Dr�mmet, Hulgan, and McLaughlin Endowed Scholarships and the Potts Fellowships are att�ibutable to the effor�s of the Texas Turfg�ass Association.

Trans-Mississippi Golf AssociationThe Trans-Mississippi Golf Association was one of the first golf organizations to recog�ize the necessit� to educate qualified young men and women in golf course management and t�rf research. It has been continually building its Turf Scholarship Prog�am for nearly 50 years. Cur�ently $51,000 in universit� scholarships are awarded at 14 different schools across the count��. The Trans-Mississippi Turf Prog�am encourages ag�onomy st�dents to pursue golf course management and super�ision as a career, places a special emphasis on t�rf management and g�ass cult�re, and helps g�aduates find jobs.

Ide P. TrotterDr. Trotter, native Tennessean bor� in 1895, received a B.A. from Mississippi College in 1915 and B.S. and M.S. deg�ees from Mississippi A&M in 1918 and 1921 respectively. Following ser�ice in the ar�y and t�o years with the Mississippi Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station, he was an Ex�ension Ag�onomist in Missouri from 1923-36. Using st�dy leaves, he obtained a Ph.D. from the Universit� of Wisconsin. At Texas A&M, Dr. Trotter ser�ed as Head of the Depar��ent of Ag�onomy (1936-1944), Director of the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�ension Ser�ice (1944-1948), Dean of the Graduate School (1949-1956) and Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Ex�ension Consultant for Professional Improvement (1956-1960). Dr. Trotter was a Fellow in the American Societ� of Ag�onomy and in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Upon retirement in 1960, Dr. Trotter ser�ed for four years as an USAID Consultant on Educational Administ�ation at a universit� in India. In this capacit� he assisted in drasting and enacting India’s first legislation for coordinated ag�icult�ral research education and ex�ension based on the Land Grant model. In India, the Trotters assisted local Christians in building a new church. Upon ret�r�ing to this communit�, Dr. Trotter resumed duties as a Deacon and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church in Br�an, ser�ed as local chair of the Red Cross (1965-67) and President of the Literacy Council. Dr. Trotter died at the age of 77 in 1973. The endowed scholarship has been established in his memor� by his son and daughter-in-law, Ide P. and Luella Trotter.

Billy B. and S. Gloria TurnerBillie B. Tur�er ’52 AGED, is Chair�an Emerit�s of IMC Global Inc., headquar�ered in Nor�hbrook, Illinois. He previously held the positions of Chair�an of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in Febr�ar� 1993. Mr. Tur�er joined IMC Global in 1954 following militar� ser�ice. He moved through many ranks and divisions within the company before becoming President of the Fer�ilizer Group in 1983. Prior to his retirement Mr. Tur�er was responsible for one of the world’s largest private-enter�rise producers of phosphate and potash, t�o basic crop nut�ients used primarily in ag�icult�re. The Company’s business also includes production and marketing of phosphate chemicals, premium mixed crop nut�ients for retail far� markets and the production of sulf�r and oil. Mr. Tur�er is Vice Chair�an and Director of The American Mining Cong�ess and a Director of Cy�r�s Minerals Company. He ser�ed as Chair�an of The Fer�ilizer Instit�te’s Board from 1988 to 1989. He also ser�ed as a member of the Executive Board of FAO/Fer�ilizer Indust�� Advisor� Committee and was a Director of the Inter�ational Fer�ilizer Association in Paris, France, which he ser�ed as President from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Tur�er was inst��mental in the endowment of the depar��ent’s IMC Graduate Fellowship. His wife, Gloria, was ver� suppor�ive of st�dents and their need for scholarships. Prior to her death in 1996, the Tur�ers established an endowed f�nd for awarding underg�aduate scholarships in the depar��ent.

C. H. M. and Margaret van BavelDr. C. H. M. van Bavel was a professor in the depar��ent from 1967 until his retirement to the Texas Hill Count�� in 1987. A native of the Netherlands, he received a deg�ee in Hor�icult�re from the Ag�icult�ral Universit� of Wageningen before receiving M.S. and Ph.D. deg�ees from Iowa State Universit�. He began his career at Nor�h Carolina State Universit� in 1950 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona as Chief Physicist for the ARS Water Conser�ation Laborator� in 1958. He moved to Texas A&M Universit� in 1967. Dr. van Bavel gained inter�ational recog�ition as an ag�icult�ral hydrologist. He developed novel measurement techniques, methodolog� for predicting crop water use and water use efficiency, and desig� principles for cont�olled environment facilities. He is the co-inventor of the solar sur�ival still and the fluid-roof solar g�eenhouse. Dr. van Bavel is a Fellow of the ASA and the SSSA, and recipient of the Superior Ser�ice Award of the USDA, the Soil Science Award for 1985 from the SSSA, and a Facult� Disting�ished Achievement Award in Research in 1986 from Texas A&M Universit�. Dr. van Bavel and his wife Margaret, with

help from friends, have endowed a scholarship to supplement g�aduate st�dent assistantships. The van Bavels have 8 children and 7 g�andchildren.

Ralph WaniskaDr. Ralph Waniska and his family established the Waniska Endowed Graduate Assistantship in Grain Food Processing. His goal was to provide suppor� for f�ll-time st�dents to pursue a g�aduate deg�ee in applied food science related to the processing of g�ains for food. Family, friends, colleag�es, and the food indust�� have honored Dr. Waniska with additional cont�ibutions to Texas A&M to meet qualifications for an endowment match. Reared on a far� in r�ral Nebraska, Ralph developed a “get-r-done” attit�de as he balanced school, athletics and chores. He continued to apply this attit�de throughout his life. Ralph ear�ed a B.S. in Chemist�� from the Universit� of Nebraska, an M.S. in Food Science and Technolog� from Texas A&M, and a Ph.D. in Food Chemist�� from Cor�ell Universit� in 1982. Ralph, as a result of his desire to teach, began his career at Texas A&M in 1984, and he followed that desire until he passed away in June 2007. He loved being a professor. In 1984 he also began research on flour and cor� tor�illas that resulted in the identification of an ar�ay of infor�ation about g�ains and their f�nctionalit�. Dr. Waniska is sur�ived by his wife Shahla and t�o sons, Nayson and Ray�ond.

Joseph D. WhitakerJoseph D. Whitaker ear�ed a B.S. deg�ee from Texas A&M in Indust�ial Technolog� in 1963. While in college Mr. Whitaker worked as a st�dent assistant at the universit� golf course where he developed a love for golf. Aster g�aduation, Mr. Whitaker ret�r�ed to Freestone Count� to work at his family’s const��ction business. He later moved to Tyler, Texas as a golf professional and par� owner of Briar�ood Gold Club. Since the late 1960’s Mr. Whitaker has owned and operated several golf courses throughout Texas and has also appeared on the PGA Senior tour. Mr. Whitaker and his wife, Andrea, live in For� Wor�h; have t�o children and t�o g�andchildren. Mr. Whitaker has endowed the “Joseph D. Whitaker ’63 Scholarship”, an underg�aduate scholarship for st�dents pursuing a deg�ee in Turfg�ass Management.

Allen and Joan WieseThis endowment was created in memor� of Dr. and Mrs. Allen Wiese by their children. Dr. Wiese was a Weed Scientist at the Bushland, Texas, Ex�eriment Station where he pioneered and developed new and innovative weed management and conser�ation tillage st�ategies that were adapted throughout the Great Plains region. He also ser�ed as President of the Souther� Weed Science Societ� of America where he provided leadership for many other state and regional organizations. He worked with count� and regional offices doing cooperative research in Texas and other states in the Great Plains and souther� regions. Dr. Wiese worked for the Texas Ag�icult�ral Ex�eriment Station in the Depar��ent of Soiland Crop Science of Texas A&M. His daughter, Ann, has followed in his footsteps and lest an impact on state and regional societies. Dr. Allen Wiese and his daughter Ann are well-recog�ized for their work in their fields and she continues his ideals in her work with the Souther� Weed Science Societ�, South Wester� Entomological Societ� and Texas Crop Protection Association. He is remembered as a kind, gentle, sost-spoken person who g�aciously offered his ex�er�ise and ideas to those who asked. The Wiese’s daughters, Ann Thurston and Beth Cole, established the endowed scholarship in memor� of their parents.

Larry and Gladys WildingDr. Wilding was a professor emerit�s with the Soil and Crop Sciences Depar��ent having been on the facult� here for 27 years. Earlier he ser�ed on the facult� for 14 years at The Ohio State Universit�. He received B.S. and M.S. deg�ees from South Dakota State Universit� in 1956 and 1959, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the Universit� of Illinois in 1962. His prog�am focused on pedolog� with over 40 years teaching and research ex�erience in near-surface Ear�h processes. He ser�ed as president of SSSA, member of several NRC/NAS Committees, and as co-chair of the 18th World Cong�ess of Soil Science. Gladys g�aduated with her B.S. from South Dakota State Universit� where she and Lar�� first met. She taught Home Economics at the high school level in South Dakota for several years. The Wildings have 4 children and 10 g�andchildren. They have t�aveled ex�ensively inter�ationally where Lar�� has conducted research and out�each activities in over 30 count�ies. The Wildings established this scholarship to demonst�ate the impor�ance of inter�ational ex�eriences and to provide inter�ational t�avel scholarships to f�ll-time st�dents pursuing a deg�ee in the Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences.

G. Norman WilsonDonor infor�ation coming soon.

The Depar��ent of Soil and Crop Sciences would like to cong�at�late all

scholarship and award winners, thank the donors who have made these scholarships possible, and

thank ever�one who suppor�s our depar��ent on a daily basis.