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DATES TO REMEMBER

April 4 E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture –

Todd Hall 133 7:30 p.m.

12 Animal Science Recognition Pro-gram – University Inn, Moscow

13 CAHE Awards BanquetMom’s Weekend Fashion Show 2 shows at noon and 2 p.m.

Thesis Exhibition by Andrea Eklund in the Special Collections Room in Holland Library “Chal-lenging the Experts’ Advice…Fashionable Plus Size Women’s Apparel”

15-16 Outstanding Alumni Award – Joseph Jen, Undersecretary of Agriculture

15 Human Development Awards Reception

24-25 Golden/Diamond Grad Reunion

May 11 WSU Commencement

12 Hort/LA Annual GraduateLuncheon

August 23 Hort/LA Graduate Welcome

Luncheon

National Lentil Festival

26 Classes begin

October 3 Thursday evening and October

4, Friday morning – Career Forum

16-17 2002 All Extension Conference – Pullman

For a complete Extension calendar go to:

http://ext.wsu.edu/calendar/index.asp

Look for the CAHE

Alumni and Development

Web Site at:

www.cahealumni.wsu.edu

On the cover: Agricultural Economy Collage created by Jessica Evans

Kori Thol has been appointed to the position of assistant director of

development for the College of Agri-culture and Home Economics. She assumed her duties in February 2002 replacing Phyllis Baxter, who became director of development for the College of Sciences.

Kori, formerly development coordi-nator for the WSU College of Liberal Arts, is no stranger to CAHE devel-opment. In 1998, while working on her master’s in student affairs adminis-tration, she did her internship in the CAHE development office.

“I’m excited to be a member of CAHE Alumni and Development team and the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, which is an integral and vital part of WSU. This position will allow me the opportunity to work with alumni, faculty, friends, and corporate partners to create positive change and advance current efforts on the west side.”

She brings a wealth of experience to our development office. After a childhood spent in Boise, Idaho, Thol attended the University of Idaho on an academic/athletic scholarship receiv-ing a B.A. in secondary education. Her eight years of teaching were followed by four years with WSU Student Affairs/Career Services.

For the next few months, Thol will be stationed in Pullman while learning more about the Col-lege. She will then move to an office on the west side, most likely at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center.

“The development work is basically the same as in Liberal Arts as far as working with alumni and donors and matching their gifts to scholarships and research. There will be a lot of product knowledge involved in being able to relate donors’ needs to CAHE’s mission and needs.”

In addition to her fundraising activ-ities, Thol will be working with the research and extension centers on the west side in an effort to increase aware-ness and visibility for our alumni and potential donors.

As assistant director for CAHE she will actively pursue major funding for undergraduate and graduate scholar-ships, research, teaching and extension.

Kori Thol can be reached at kori@gocougs.wsu.edu.

Welcome, Kori Thol…

CAHE’s New Assistant Directorof Development

Kori Thol

224593 March 2002

As stated in the fall issue of Connections, Land-Grant Day as celebrated in the

College of Agriculture and Home Econom-ics has changed. CAHE will join in a uni-versity-wide approach to celebrating our land-grant heritage.

A proposal has been drafted which states the purpose will be to demonstrate Washington State University’s continuing ability to transform the state of Washing-ton through the quality of its land-grant mission: research, teaching and public service. It is intended for all of the colleges to use this opportunity to show-

case their research, artistic and scholarly efforts. All of the colleges are invited to participate, with the probability that CAHE, Veterinary Medicine, Liberal Arts and Sciences will be the first to actively pursue this opportunity.

Part of the proposal suggests the col-leges’ advisory boards hold their board meetings during the selected weekend. The educational events are proposed with the college advisory board, alumni and donors being considered the primary audience.

We will inform alumni and friends of the actual date and events scheduled.

Update on Changes in Land-Grant Day C O N T E N T SAround the College 2

Research Impact 7

4-H turns 100 8

Wine industry 12

Cover Story:Agricultural Economics 14

Pavilion 17

Alumni Notes 19

Private Giving 22

Dean’s Message Inside Back Cover

Issue Number Ten • Spring 2002Connections is published two times a year by the College of Agriculture and Home Economics Alumni and Development Office. Readers are encouraged to share their ideas for articles and to contribute items by writing to: College of Agriculture and Home Economics Alumni and Development Coordinator Washington State University PO Box 646228 Pullman, WA 99164-6228

Connections StaffPublisher: James J. Zuiches, Dean, CAHEAlumni and Development Director: Patrick L. KramerDevelopment Coordinator: Winifred Ann TateProgram Support Supervisor: Britta NitcySecretary: Terri GuenthnerWriters/Editors: Dennis Brown, Mary Dey, Ed Sala, Brenda CongdonGraphic Designer: Jessica Evans

CAHE Alumni Board of DirectorsPresident: Clay Sprague ‘80Vice President: Chuck Chambers ‘59Secretary/Treasurer: Clint J. Adamson ’99Board Members: Andrea Howell ’95, Diana Anderson ‘94, Nancy Boettcher ‘75, Lil Freese ‘48, Alison Lane ‘93, Ginger Scobie ‘71, Maureen Sprague ’89 & ‘98, Bonnie Russell ‘00, Tedd Wildman ‘84

Mission: The College of Agriculture and Home Economics Alumni Board of Directors is the catalyst for uniting prospective stu-dents, current students, the college admin-istration, faculty and staff, industry, and alumni while upholding WSU’s land-grant mission.

Web Site: www.cahealumni.wsu.edu

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Maria Loureiro (Ph.D. ’00) received the 2001 Food Distribution Research Soci-ety’s Applebaum Award for the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation.

Senior Kelli Myers was elected pres-ident of the Undergraduate Student Section of the American Agricultural Eco-nomics Association. Kelli also received 3rd place in the AAEA student paper competi-tion and received an honorable mention award in Ohio State University’s National Undergraduate Essay Contest.

Tauhidur Rahman (Ph.D. candidate) was elected president of the Graduate Stu-dent Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association.

Kristine Grimsrud (Ph.D. candidate) has accepted an assistant professor posi-tion at the University of Guelph, Canada.

FacultyKen Casavant was Featured Policy Ana-

lyst at the “Electrical Deregulation and Rural Development Research Workshop” in October, at the University of Montana.

Ken Duft has been appointed to serve a two-year term as a member of the Lew-iston Morning Tribune’s Community Advi-sory Council XII.

Ray Folwell received a Certificate of Appreciation from USDA’s Risk Manage-ment Agency.

Ray Huffaker was elected president of the Western Agricultural Economics Asso-ciation.

Jill McCluskey was elected a director of the Western Agricultural Economics Association.

Ron Mittelhammer received the American Agricultural Economics Asso-ciation’s Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award for Ten or More Years’ Experience as a Full-Time Professional.

He also received the WSU Sahlin Fac-ulty Excellence Award in Instruction. This is the highest award for teaching that the University gives and is in recognition of a career of distinguished contributions to education.

Dr. Jon Newkirk (Ph.D. ’92) and other members of WSU’s Extension Risk Man-

agement Education Coordinating Team (Doug Jose, Kevin Klair, James Novak, Kenneth Stokes and H. Don Tilmon) received the American Agricultural Eco-nomics Association’s Distinguished Group Extension Program Award.

New Hires Fabio Chaddad will be an assistant

professor with teaching and research emphasis in agribusiness economics. Orig-inally from Brazil, Dr. Chaddad received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 2001. He received an M.S. in business administration from the University of São Paulo School of Economics.

Hayley Chouinard, assistant profes-sor, received her Ph.D. from the Uni-versity of California-Berkeley in 2001. She holds an M.S. in applied economics from Montana State University, and a B.S. in business-finance from Montana State University. Dr. Chouinard will teach and conduct research in agricultural and resource economics.

Jonathan Yoder, assistant professor, has been an assistant professor at Okla-homa State University since 2000. He received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State and his M.S. in economics from Montana State University. Dr. Yoder will perform research and teaching duties in resource and environmental economics.

Eric Jessup (Ph.D. ’98), formerly with American Express Corporation, has joined the faculty as an assistant research pro-fessor. He will be conducting research in transportation economics.

Thomas Heckelei (Ph.D. ’93), formerly at the University of Bonn in Germany, has joined the faculty in the IMPACT Center as an assistant professor. He will be work-ing on international trade of food.

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The following students were the first animal sciences graduates to participate in the new fall graduation here at Wash-ington State University. Undergraduates: Aaron Wiersum, Andrew Bishop, Teresa Chase, Karren Devitt, Breana Johnston,

Jason Johnston, Joseph Larsen, Ian Mur-dock, Konni Smiley. Graduate Students: Paul Kuber, Ph.D., will be an assistant professor in animal & veterinary science at the University of Idaho, and Darla Marks, M.S., will be working with Coop-erative Extension in Wyoming.

John McNamara was selected the Washington Science Teacher’s Association 2001 Higher Ed Level Science Teacher of the Year. He received the award at the WSTA Awards Banquet in Yakima in November.

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Apparel, Merchandising and Interior Design began this academic year with a whole new set of possibilities. As an out-come of capital planning decisions, the department was able to double facilities space allocations by temporarily moving all Interior Design Studios and one major Apparel Merchandising Studio to the Engineering Lab Building. Space in Krue-gel was redesigned and another Apparel Design Studio and two new Com-puter-Aided Design Studios were created. Equipment and furniture were also pro-vided, creating a major leap in tech-nological and ergonomics comfort and function. Faculty and students were quite excited.

Plans for permanent housing are under way with the expectation that new quar-ters will become available within six years. Financial support during the process of getting state funding and keeping the project moving forward would be most appreciated.

Everyone is invited to attend the Annual Mom’s Weekend Fashion Show, April 13 at 12 pm and 2 pm, Compton Union Ballroom. An exhibit of student work will be available before and after the show.

FacultyTina Collinge, assistant professor of

interior design, passed all requirements to receive the highly coveted NCIDQ

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license. She won 1st Place for Confluent Expression at Dawn.

Robert Krikac, associate professor of interior design, had Pike Street Market accepted for peer review into the 2001 Visual Art Two-Dimensional Competition National Exhibition sponsored by Interior Design Educators Council. He also had juried sketches exhibited at Clemson Uni-versity as a part of a DCA Competition Exhibition.

The Pacific West Region of the Interior Design Educators Council has elected John Turpin, assistant professor of inte-rior design, chair.

New HiresJoan Anderson, assistant professor,

joined the department, having recently completed her doctorate at Colorado State University with an emphasis on deci-sion-making at the corporate level, data mining within merchandising, curriculum development and technology. She is cur-rently working with the Center for Teach-ing and Learning to develop a graduate level course for mentoring strategies for teaching and use of technology.

Mathew Melcher, assistant professor of interior design, joined the Interdisciplinary Design Institute located at WSU Spokane. His 1998 M.A. degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadel-phia, emphasized issues in Urban Housing. He has a knack for encouraging students to compete in design competitions and par-ticipate in service-learning projects such as those associated with the Downtown Spo-kane Partnership.

KyeongSook Cho, assistant professor, brings an award-winning design perspec-tive to the team, having completed her doctorate at Kansas State University. A native of Korea, she has extensive experience teaching at several levels. In November 2001, she received her fifth national/international design award: the Pattern Works International Graduate Stu-dent Award at the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Design Competition.

Yoon-Jung Lee, assistant professor of apparel, merchandising and textiles, received her doctorate from the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. Her

specialization is broad with a research focus in social-psychological aspects and international retailing. She has consider-able design expertise as well.

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The National FFA Organization has selected 20-year-old Abbie Kammerzell of Colfax as the 2001-2002 National FFA Western Region vice president. Kammer-zell is a member of the Colfax FFA Chap-ter. Her mother is Barb Schluneger and her father is Tom Kammerzell. Her advisor is Brad Watkins. Kammerzell was one of six individuals chosen for a national officer position from a field of 41 candidates.

The Washington State University sophomore majoring in agricultural com-munications hopes to “serve as a liaison between agriculture and the public through my work.” As an FFA member, she participated in three different super-vised agricultural experience programs. An SAE is a work-based learning expe-rience conducted by a student outside of the classroom for academic credit and overseen by an agriculture teacher or FFA adviser. Kammerzell’s SAEs included equine science, beef production and cereal grain production. She will spend a year traveling the United States and the world acting as a representative of agricultural education and FFA, meeting with top executives throughout the agri-cultural industry.

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The Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR) congrat-ulates this year’s recipients of its Pro-fessional Development Program (PDP) mini-grant awards. These awards are given to assist WSU Cooperative Exten-sion faculty in attending or hosting educational events related to sustainable agriculture. This year, CSANR has awarded a total of $8500 to the following 12 recipients:

Sandra Brown, Cowlitz County, for travel to a value-added product confer-ence in Oklahoma.

Charles Brun, Clark County, for travel to the National Small Farm Conference in New Mexico.

Mary Fauci, Pullman, for travel to a Soil Biology Workshop and Forum in Puyallup.

John Fouts, Spokane County, for travel to an Alfalfa Intensive Training Seminar in Idaho.

Gary Fredericks, Clark County, received two mini-grants, one for support of the Food and Farm Connections Team Retreat and one for travel to the Tri-State Northwest Dairy Short course.

Steven Garrett, Pierce County, for a farm stay at the S&S Homestead Farm on Lopez Island.

David Granatstein, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, for travel to the World Organic Congress in Victoria, BC.

David Granatstein, Craig MacConnell, Craig Cogger, and Andy Bary, for support of the Soil Biology Workshop and Forum in Puyallup.

Susan Kerr, Klickitat County, received two mini-grants, one for support of a series of Goat Production Workshops and the other for support of a series of on-farm study tours in the mid-Columbia area.

Al Kowitz, Stevens County, for support of a conference on community-based live-stock processing.

Jim Kropf, Northwest District, for sup-port of the combined meetings of the Western Washington Horticultural Asso-ciation and the Washington State Farmers Market Association.

Diana Roberts, Spokane County, for support of the annual Wilke Field Day.

Justen Smith, Kittitas County, for travel to the 2002 International Con-ference of the Society for Range Man-agement.

The CSANR releases its request for pro-posals for this program in early Septem-ber. Andy McGuire, Grant County, and Carol Miles, Vancouver, are the program’s coordinators. Funding for this program comes from USDA’s Sustainable Agricul-ture Research and Education program and targets professional development activities in Washington State.

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Sally Horton, associate dean and director of Cooperative Extension retired December 2001. Sally celebrated her retire-ment by traveling to Australia with her daughter. Next fall, if all goes as planned, Sally and her husband Joe hope to spend some time in Scotland and Europe.

Linda Fox is the new associate dean and director effective February 4, 2002. Linda comes from the University of Idaho Cooperative Extension where she was the director of the School of Family and Con-sumer Sciences.

Peg Tillery is the new horticulture coordinator for Kitsap County starting January 7, 2002. She has a degree in edu-cation and many years of experience as a volunteer in horticulture. Tillery uses her garden knowledge and love of the community in writing her weekly news-paper column.

On October 25, David Granatstein presented the Leadership Team annual Leadership Award for Sustainability for 2001-2002 to Don Nelson, extension beef specialist with the Department of Animal Sciences, WSU Pullman.

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Fall GraduatesMarco Bittelli (Ph.D. ’01) completed

his dissertation entitled Soil, Water, Gas, and Ice in Frozen Porous Media: Measure-ments and Implications.

He will assume a post doctoral posi-tion in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. In May 2002 he will be a research scientist at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Kelly Cherry (M.S. ’01) wrote her dis-sertation on Colloid Transport through Vari-ably Saturated Hanford Sediments.

FacultyProfessor Markus Flury has been

appointed associate editor for the new Vadose Zone Journal. This journal was cre-ated by the Soil Science Society of America in cooperation with the American Geo-physical Union.

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Christian Krupke, a Ph.D. student, won first place in a competition at the San Diego National Entomological Society of America meeting. His paper had the atten-tion of most of the chemical ecologists at the meeting because he was reporting on chemicals that attract “stinkbugs,” pests of orchards in Washington. At the same meet-ing, Todd Adams competed in the student poster competition for Crop Protection. He completed his MSc. degree in 2001.

Christian Storm, Deirdre Prischmann, and Elizabeth Boyd received a $700 block grant from the Graduate School to cover their travel expenses to the National ESA meetings in San Diego. In addition, the Graduate School awarded $210 for trans-portation to Susanna Bamfo, who is cur-rently located at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center.

Awards presented by the Entomological Society of America in Park City, Utah, were won by WSU students Susanna Hopkins, M.S. student working with Dr. John Stark; and Jamie Strange, a Ph.D. student work-ing with W. Steve Sheppard who took second place ($50) in poster competition. Todd Adams won the Applied Entomology Award for the branch and his nomination was sent forward to national competition. The Washington State University graduate student Linnaean games team was named to represent the branch in competition at the national level and thus received $500 toward their travel costs to San Diego in December. Faculty receiving awards included Dr. Richard Zack, who won the competition for Excellence in Teaching Award, and Dr. John Stark, who won the competition for the Biochemistry, Physiol-ogy & Toxicology Award.

Luis Matos accepted the Washington State University “President’s Award” at a ceremony in the CUB. Luis also received a travel grant from the Graduate School to attend the Utah Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America meet-ing in June.

Dr. Jay Brunner won the 2001 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service.

Dr. Carol A. Sheppard was awarded the “Honors Faculty Award” for 2001 by the WSU Honors College. Selected from

a group of 45 eligible Honors College fac-ulty, Carol was recognized for her excel-lence in teaching, dedication to academic excellence, and unending support of the Honors College.

Carol Ramsay was awarded the 2001 Environmental Stewardship Award by the Washington Pest Consultants Association and Northwest Agricultural Plastics in rec-ognition of service to the plastic pesticide container-recycling program. Ramsay, pes-ticide education specialist, was recognized by the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators for her “Untiring and Dedicated Service Award” at the National Pesticide Applicator Training and Certifi-cation Workshop in San Antonio, Texas, in June 2001.

Interim Provost Ron Hopkins announced that effective July 1, 2001, Dr. W. Steve Sheppard was awarded tenure, Carol Ramsay was officially promoted to extension specialist E-3, and Dr. John Dunley was awarded tenure and pro-moted to associate professor and exten-sion specialist E-3.

F O O D S C I E N C E A N DH U M A N N U T R I T I O N

The WSU Dairy Products Evaluation Team participated in the 80th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, Octo-ber 20, 2001, at the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago, IL. Teams of undergraduate and graduate students evaluated milk, cot-tage cheese, ice cream, butter, cheddar cheese and yogurt. The contest is designed to encourage students to hone their sen-sory evaluation skills and pursue their interest in food and dairy industry careers. Nineteen college teams composed of 57 undergraduate and 18 graduate students competed this year. Some of our best placings were: senior Megan Mynard’s 17th place in Yogurt and 13th place in Cheddar Cheese judging, and graduate student Terri Nolan’s 6th place in Butter judging. Graduate student Xiaoming Liu, and seniors Mojgan Mousavi-Hesary and Charis Groot rounded out the team, coached by Dr. Stephanie Clark.

Masami Toyama (Ph.D. candidate, nutrition), presented findings of her

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master’s research, “Japanese and American Consumer Perceptions of GMO Foods,” at the Lewis and Clark regional section of IFT in Moses Lake, November 1, 2001.

Dr. Sara Spayd was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Enology and Viticulture for a 3-year term (2001-2004). Dr. Spayd arrived in Prosser, WA, in 1980, when Wash-ington had only 15 wineries and 4500 acres of wine grapes. Today, Washington has 170 wineries in operation and 29,000 acres of wine grapes. Wine sales in 2000 totaled $675 million. In addition, some of the best wineries in the state are owned by or employ WSU alums.

Dr. Barbara A. Rasco was promoted to associate professor, food science and human nutrition, July 1, 2001. At the same time, Dr. Terri D. Shultz and Dr. Jill Arm-strong Schultz were promoted to profes-sors, food science and human nutrition.

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Returning in the fall, our Landscape Architecture students were met with a pleasant surprise. The department received funding of more than $400,000 from the University for improvements to facilities that support the Landscape Architecture Program. These improve-ments include the demolition of walls to create larger studios, installation of win-dows, glass panels between the studios and the corridors, new lighting, and floor covering. The computer lab was upgraded with the purchase of eighteen new Pen-tium IV computers, a new large-format ink jet plotter, and other peripherals. New student workstations were purchased for the junior and senior studios, and a multi-media classroom was installed.

Keith Diaz-Moore joined the depart-ment faculty at the Spokane Campus. His appointment will be in both the School of Architecture and the Department of Hor-ticulture and Landscape Architecture. His teaching will focus on the social science aspects of design.

Rod Tinnemore, former department technologist and instructor, has assumed the state Master Gardener coordinator

position. The program interacts with both youth and adults. There are over 3100 Master Gardener volunteers in our state. He plans to launch a new MG website before 2003.

Matt Whiting joined the department faculty, January 1, 2002. He will lead the stone fruit research and extension pro-gram emphasizing whole-plant physiol-ogy and production practices appropriate to the Pacific Northwest. He is stationed at the IAREC in Prosser.

H U M A N D E V E L O P M E N T

The Department of Human Develop-ment had five undergraduate students participate in the first December commencement at WSU: Suzanne Hicks, Andrea Ribary, Stacey Zachare, Connie Ham, and Alanna Hatley. Two of our graduate students, Colleen Daniel and Sharon Wilson, graduated this year as well.

Staff members Nancy Mordhorst, Joy Faerber, Susan Butts and student intern Libby Parkert of the State 4-H Office in Pullman, played key roles in organizing the 4-H Centennial Birthday Gala in Ocean Shores, and other centennial events.

Mary Deen, 4-H extension specialist, received the Distinguished Service Award at the National 4-H Meeting in October.

The Child Development Laboratory has been in its new location since August 2001. Following a move from White Hall, and a year in temporary housing, the pro-gram now has its own space within The Children’s Center on Olympia Avenue. A “grand opening” event was hosted by Brenda Boyd, director and associate pro-fessor in human development in October.

New HireLaura Griner Hill joined the Human

Development faculty in August 2001. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1997, and worked for the last two years as a research associate for the FAST Track Program—a multi-site prevention program targeting antisocial behavior in high-risk children. Her research and teaching interests

include children’s emotional develop-ment, parent-child relationships, family diversity, and the implementation, evalu-ation, and dissemination of best-practice prevention programs.

RetirementsWe had two retirements in the depart-

ment this year: Kenn Barber and Dorothy Price. Kenn retired from WSU on October 3, 2001, after 33 years of service. Dorothy retired on December 31, 2001, after 39 years of service. We will still see Dorothy around the department though—begin-ning in January 2002, she will be coming back 40% to teach one course a semester.

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Graduate student Tom Avenson was honored to have his poster, “Cyclic Elec-tron Flow (CEF) Can Maintain a PMF Because of Diminished Conductivity of the ATP-Synthase (gH+),” selected as the Best Poster Exhibit. It was presented at the Western Photosynthesis Conference in Monterey, California, January 6-9, 2002.

Four students were selected for Helen and Loyal H. Davis Fellowship awards: MyDoanh Chau, Brent House, Kerry Ringer, Casey Slattery. The fellowship is awarded on the basis of academic scholar-ship. It carries a cash award of $1000, an additional $500 to offset research costs of the graduate student’s current project, and $500 toward conference attendance.

Ora Carter, graduate student, was hon-ored to have her poster “Engineering Car-vone Production in E. Coli” selected as the Best Poster Exhibit at the Phyto-chemical Society of North America (PSNA) conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 2001.

Man-Ho Cho, a postdoctoral researcher, was invited to give a presen-tation in the Neish Young Investigator Symposium at the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 2001. The title of the presentation was “Delin-eating the Biochemical Pathways to the Cresote Bush (Larrea tridentate) Lignans.”

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Donald Katnik (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Natural Resource Sciences) was given the Pauley Award for Outstand-ing Oral Presentation by the Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit on October 10, 2001. His presentation was entitled “Effects of Forest Fragmenta-tion on Cougar Predation of Endangered Mountain Caribou.” The award includes $750 for professional development. The presentation was a progress report on his Ph.D. research. A brief summary follows:

The last herd of endangered moun-tain caribou in the U.S., located in the southern Selkirk Mountains of north-eastern Washington, may be declining from cougar predation. Radio-tracking of 33 cougars has shown that only some cougars prey on caribou, but that predation is significant relative to the small caribou population. Therefore, selectively removing those cougars that kill caribou, rather than reducing the entire cougar population, might be the best way to increase caribou survival. Increasing forest fragmentation may explain the current decline in caribou. As the forest becomes more fragmented from logging, it becomes better habitat for white-tailed deer, the primary prey of cougars. This abundance of prey may be allowing the cougar population to increase, indirectly resulting in more cougar predation on caribou.

Keith A. Blatner, chair of the Depart-ment of Natural Resource Sciences, has been elected fellow in the Society of American Foresters. This is a lifetime achievement award for service to the for-estry profession.

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Shien Lu (Ph.D. ’01, plant pathology) began a postdoctoral research appoint-ment in January with Dr. Dennis C. Gross at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.

Michael Picha, sophomore, worked as an intern in the vegetable seed pathol-ogy program at WSU-Mount Vernon this past summer.

FacultyDavid M. Weller, USDA-ARS research

leader of the Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, Department of Plant Pathology, in August 2001, was elected fellow of the American Phyto-pathological Society for his outstanding research contributions and service to the science of Plant Pathology.

Lindsey duToit, vegetable pathologist/extension specialist, gave a presentation of her research results in 2000/01 on diseases affecting vegetable seed crops in western Washington at the annual meeting of the Puget Sound Seed Grower’s Association in Mount Vernon in November.

Roland F. Line, retired research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics Unit, received the American Phy-topathological Society’s Pacific Division Lifetime Achievement Award for his many contributions to plant pathology. Dr. Line retired December 1999, after 36 years of federal service.

Mark Mazzola was awarded the Lee M. Hutchins Award from the American Phyto-pathological Society for his contributions to the understanding and potential for control of the apple replant disease with-out depending on lethyl bromide fumi-gation. Dr. Mazzola is a research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS at the WSU Tree Fruit Research Laboratory in Wenatchee.

Debbie Inglis gave a presentation on “Transmission of Phytophthora infestans from potato seed tubers to sprouts: Impli-cations for management and certifica-tion” at the Potato Association of America annual meeting in St. Augustine, FL. In addition, she and Chuck Brown (USDA/ARS Prosser) gave a presentation on “Development of a gene map of foliar resistance to late blight derived from the Mexican wild species, Solanum hougasii” at a workshop in Warsaw, Poland.

Lindsey duToit coordinated and par-ticipated as a speaker in a workshop titled “Vegetable Disease Diagnosis” held in Salt Lake City at the joint meeting of APS, MSA and SON. The presentation was titled “Diseases of Allium Vegetable Crops.”

Results from the study “Character-ization of Phytophthora infestans in west-ern Washington during 2000” by Debbie

Inglis and Mike Derie were recently pre-sented by Inglis at the APS meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.

KCTS-9 television station in Seattle recently aired a documentary called Hot Potatoes which focused on the reemer-gence of potato late blight in the U.S. Parts of the video were filmed in the vege-table pathology laboratory at WSU-Mount Vernon and included portions of an inter-view with Debbie Inglis.

New HiresEkaterini Riga is our new faculty

member at WSU Prosser-IAREC conduct-ing research on nematodes and the dis-eases they cause economically important crop plants in Washington State. Dr. Riga will also teach a graduate-level course in plant nematology and develop an extension program to deliver current research information on control of nem-atode diseases.

Niki Jeschke joined the vegetable pathology and vegetable seed pathology programs at WSU-Mount Vernon as a technical assistant. Niki received her M.S. in plant pathology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1987.

R U R A L S O C I O L O G Y

The Smick Scholarship was awarded Linda Lyon, a graduate student in Natu-ral Resource Sciences and Janelle Braun-wart, a senior in Sociology/Social Work.

Loren Lutzenhiser is serving as chair of the American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology.

Don Dillman is serving as president of the American Association of Public Opin-ion Research for 2001-2002. He was given the Distinguished Alumni Citation at Iowa State University in 2001.

Look for the CAHE

Alumni and Development

Web Site at:

www.cahealumni.wsu

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Did you know there is a researcher in the College of Agriculture and

Home Economics who investigates the population, behavioral, and habitat ecology of cougars?

Or, that a Cooperative Extension edu-cator on the west side of the state helped negotiate an agreement that saves com-mercial crabbers and oceangoing tugboat operators about $1 million annually in damages and lost equipment?

That information and more about what faculty in the college are doing is reported in “Washington State Impacts,” a new web site launched in January. The site, which you can visit at http://ext.wsu.edu/impact/, contains 48 brief statements describing benefits or anticipated benefits of work being done in the college.

“It is a way for us to give our legisla-tors in Washington, D.C., and Olympia a feel for the kind of work that Coopera-tive Extension and the College of Agri-culture and Home Economics is doing in their districts,” said Mike Tate, dean and director of WSU Cooperative Extension.

Placing information on the web makes it accessible whenever it is needed, according to Scott Fedale, chair of the college’s Information Department. “That’s the key to the web,” he said.

The site is an outgrowth of a federal impact reporting effort begun about 10 years ago when the National Research Initiative, a USDA competitive grants program, was in trouble on Capitol Hill.

According to Dave King, now exec-utive director of Indiana Higher Edu-cation, “the NRI wasn’t on anyone’s agenda. No one cared enough to even ask for more information.”

King says the plan hatched to pro-vide members of Congress and their staffs with brief descriptions of the impact of research affecting major issues of interest to them.

“Not the process, what they did or were doing, but the actual effect of their work,” said King.

King assembled top science writers from land-grant universities across the country in Washington, D.C., to boil

down 175 reports into a dozen one-page issue-oriented sheets.

The impact writing effort proved successful and has expanded since to include extension and teaching efforts as well as research. All land-grant uni-versities are invited to make submissions into a database managed by the USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.

“We’ve gone from about 175 sub-missions the first year to more than 3500 in recent years,” King said. “I don’t think there is a land-grant univer-sity in the country that hasn’t submit-ted at least once.

“The national impact writing team has spawned regional writing teams across the country,” King said. “And many, if not most, institutions now have their own local impact databases and issue-oriented impact reports.”

The cougar researcher is Robert Wiel-gus, director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory in the Depart-ment of Natural Resource Sciences. He studies the population, behavioral, and habitat ecology of grizzly bears, black bears, cougars and their prey (moun-tain caribou, mule deer).

One of his latest studies is looking at the growing populations of white-tailed deer in the state. The increase in white-tailed deer (a favorite prey of cougars) may help explain the growth in cougar populations and cougar interactions with humans, Wielgus hypothesizes.

The west-side extension educator who works with tugboat operators and crabbers is Steve C. Harbell, extension marine resources educator in South Bend.

He helped commercial crabbers and oceangoing tugboat operators negotiate an agreement that creates tow lanes along the Pacific Coast where tugs won’t encounter crab pots. Crab gear and tugs don’t mix. Repair costs of tugs with fouled wheels average more than $20,000 each and that doesn’t include the lost revenue from downtime. Crab pots cost only $250 to replace, but that doesn’t account for lost income.

So, What Have We Done for You Lately?B Y D E N N I S B R O W N

LeadershipSponsors for the

Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (This list was inadvertently left out of the CBDD story in the fall issue ofConnections.)

AT&T Foundation

Avista Corporation

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Centurytel, Incorporated

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Foundation Northwest

Legg Mason Wood Walker,

Incorporated

Microsoft Corporation

NECA

Quest Foundation

Qwest

Sprint United Management

Company

Mikal & Lynn Thomsen

Verizon Foundation

Washington Office of Trade and

Economic Development

Western Wireless

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It may sound oxymoronic to connect youth with being 100. Yet, the 4-H Youth Development Program is an

unbelievable 100 years old. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, this program endeavored to improve life in rural communities through its “learn by doing” leadership approach.

With the distribution of leaflets and the orga-nization of nature clubs in 1898, 4-H work began in earnest under the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1902. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established Cooperative Extension, which provided the pro-fessional staff and support necessary for the growth of the 4-H Youth Develop-ment Program.

Since its early days, 4-H has grown to encompass programs serving youth in our cities, towns, sub-urbs and rural areas, pro-viding life skills education in such areas as family living, leadership citizen-ship, environmental stew-ardship, the arts, etc. This program has grown inter-nationally to include youth develop-ment in over 60 countries, such as the Japanese LABO Exchange program.

More than 93,500 Washington youth are enrolled in 4-H programs; over 20,300 are enrolled in 1733 clubs. Another 73,000 participate in a variety of other 4-H activities, such as the school enrichment program, day camps and overnight camping. More than 10,300 adult volunteers support 4-H.

In Washington, extension faculty and staff conduct 4-H programs in all 39 counties. According to Pat BoyEs, State Program Leader, “4-H Youth Devel-

opment movement builds a world in which youth and adults learn, grow, and work together as catalysts for posi-tive change.”

To help celebrate this centennial, Washington State 4-H will celebrate through the year 2002.

4-H Centennial Birthday Gala

October 18, 2001, marked the official kick-off of the 4-H Centennial in Wash-ington State. Over 300 people gathered in Ocean Shores to attend the Gala where 100 people from 27 counties were inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame (see page 11).

They were honored for their contributions and influence in the lives of 4-H members over the past 100 years.

Guests enjoyed displays of 4-H mem-orabilia, which included vin-tage 4-H uniforms from the 1940s through the 1960s, awards, songbooks, books, equipment, historical photos and a timeline of events in 4-H history.

State 4-H ForumThe annual State 4-H

Forum brought together hundreds of youth, volun-teers and 4-H faculty and staff from across Washington to learn, share and have fun. This event took place in conjunction with the 4-H Centennial Birthday Gala at Ocean Shores. The Forum began with 4-H Council meetings where recommen-dations for future program-ming were discussed.

Guests at the forum events, Hiroo Maruyama Suzuki, president of the LABO International Exchange Foundation, and Takio Yamada, LABO adviser, presented the state 4-H staff with a trophy commemorating 30 years of

partnership with the LABO Foundation.

One Million Hours of ServiceThe Power of Youth Pledge Campaign

challenges Washington 4-H volunteers to pledge one million hours of volunteer community service to honor the 4-H Centennial. In order to meet the goal of one million hours of voluntary service, 4-H members and volunteers will have to get new people involved. Across the nation 4-H has 6.8 million members and 610,000 adult leaders.

This challenge signals an opportunity for our youth to allay much of the

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publicized negativism regarding youth. Through the power of volunteering, 4-H members will be working to make a difference in their communities, their nation and the world.

For more information on the Power of Youth contact your local county exten-sion office.

National Conversation on Youth Development in the 21st Century

A conventional approach for a centennial celebration would be to build a memorial monu-ment. Youth turning 100 isn’t conventional. More than 100,000 youth and adults across the nation have taken part in con-versations, which high-light the elements necessary for our youth to realize and capitalize on their future potential.

Former senator Bob Dole and Tom Foley are National Honorary Co-chairs for the National Conversation on Youth Development in the 21st Century. Conversations held across the United States started at the local level, continued at the state, then national level. These conversations began locally in October 2001, with the statewide conversation held Janu-ary 24, 2002, and the national conversation in February 2002.

According to BoyEs, “the goal of each conversation is to recognize the impor-tance of positive youth development and identify actions that will increase the potential for making a difference in the lives of youth.”

The conversations have focused on five crucial areas:

1) the power of youth 2) access, equity and opportunity 3) extraordinary places to learn4) exceptional people, innovative

practices 5) effective organizational systems

A delegation of Washington 4-H youth and adults had the lifetime oppor-tunity of traveling to Washington, D.C., to present the results of the Washington conversations to our Congressional lead-ers. The cost of travel was underwritten by a generous arrangement with cor-porate sponsor Alaska Airlines and the Washington State 4-H Foundation.

The information gathered at each state conversation will be compiled in a

national report. The leaders of Congress, the secretary of agriculture, and the pres-ident will receive the final report from the National Conversation on Youth Develop-ment in the 21st Century presented in April.

4-H Centennial Quilt ProjectQuilts make great mementos for any

celebration. This 100th birthday is no exception. Construction of the Wash-ington State 4-H Centennial Quilt has begun with blocks contributed by 4-H members and friends from each of Wash-ington’s counties. The finished quilt will be displayed at various 4-H state events.

In addition, the power of youth will be in action for the Centennial Quilt Project. The goal is for 4-H members to take part in construction and dona-tion of 100 comfort quilts. This statewide community service project will provide warmth to people in need. The public can also get involved at the State 4-H Fair where they can visit the 4-H build-ing and join in the design and sewing of quilt blocks.

There is still time to donate fabric, quilt bat-ting, quilt blocks. For more information and quilt block requirements, contact Carol Hagan at haganc@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu, or call (253) 445-4550. Volunteer help also is needed.

4-H CentennialDisplays

The State 4-H Fair in Puyallup will be Septem-ber 6-22, 2002. The fair will provide an oppor-tunity for 4-H youth to share the 100-year history of the program through historical dis-plays. Youth can gather mementos and historical information from former 4-H members and lead-ers. These displays could include a variety of mate-rials such as photos, books, projects and other memorabilia.

4-H Garfield Comic StripFor all of the Garfield fans eBay will

hold an auction of a 4-H commemora-tive comic strip for Washington State 4-H October 20-26, 2002. This is an original signed work designed by former 4-H member Jim Davis. The color-ful strip features Garfield reciting the 4-H Pledge.

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The minimum bid is $250.Each state will have a copy of this

Garfield cartoon and a week each on eBay. Anyone can bid on any state’s cartoon, but we hope the Washington comic goes to a friend of Washington 4-H during our week.

4-H Centennial BearCheck out the marvelous collectible

4-H bear from the Washington State 4-H Foundation. It plays: “I’m looking over a four leaf clover.” Pro-ceeds from the sale of these great bears help fund our Washington State 4-H Ambassadors. To view and order your 4-H Centennial Bear, visit http://4-h.wsu.edu/foundation/bearorder.htm

State 4-H ForumThe year’s centennial celebration will

culminate with the State 4-H Forum in Wenatchee, October 17-20, 2002.

4-H SurveyMuch of our information regarding

former 4-H members, parents and vol-unteers was lost. You can help update the State 4-H database by filling out the survey below.

YES, I’ve been involved in 4-H!

Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

City: ______________________________________________________State: ____________ Zip: ____________________

Phone: ____________________________________________________ e-mail: ____________________________________

I was a 4-H member in_______________State

I am or I was a parent of a 4-H member in _____________State

I am or I was a 4-H volunteer in ________________State

For further information concerning all 4-H Centennial events contact:

WSU-Pullman4-H Youth DevelopmentP.O. Box 646236Pullman, WA 99164-6236(509) 335-2981 or 335-4128

WSU-Puyallup4-H Youth Development7612 Pioneer Way E.Puyallup, WA 98371-4998(253) 445-4550 or 445-4612

Please return your responses to:CAHE Development OfficePO Box 646228Washington State UniversityPullman, WA 99164-6228

(Share this with your 4-H friends)

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ADAMSWilmerd Heinemann, Ritzville

ASOTINCarol Hagan, Clarkston

BENTON/FRANKLINMary Davenport, KennewickGundren Parker, Elma

CLARKMarvin and Jackie Bister, Battle GroundFlorence Robison, Battle GroundJanet Belcoff, Brush PrairieBill Hansen, Brush PrairieBob and Anna Manary, VancouverSharon Marble, Vancouver Jeannine Dietel (deceased)

COWLITZGerald Poor

DOUGLASPat Putman, East WenatcheeEllis Schneider, WatervilleKen Killingsworth, Spokane

GRANTTub Hansen (deceased) Moses LakeMary McKenzie (deceased)Russell M. Turner (deceased)

GRAYS HARBORPhil Hearnesberger, ElmaJim Kling (deceased) ElmaDavona Gwin, HoquiamJoe Johnson, Walla Walla

ISLAND Janice Coffman, Coupeville Frank Stowe, Coupeville

JEFFERSONNorris and the late Laura Short, ChimacumInez Halverson, Forks

KINGBarb Baguhn, AuburnChuck Todd, AuburnDon Bennett, Bainbridge IslandMelba Dupar (deceased), BellevueJohn Riese, MedinaBee Belshaw, Renton

Nancy Stewart, RentonElizabeth Tennison, RentonPeter Fisher, SeattleJoseph Slye, SeattleJeff Shushan, Seattle Al Humphrey (deceased), VashonJohn Little (deceased)

KITSAPCora Ives (deceased), BremertonMilly Eagan, KingstonGeorge Curtis, Port Orchard

KLICKITATRoberta Hoctor, Goldendale

LEWISDeane H. Johnson, ChehalisGlennys and the late Don Pacsmag, ChehalisVirginia Cook, WinlockMary Jane FoxLillian Francy

LINCOLNScott Barr, ColvilleEvelyn Barr (deceased), ColvilleLydia and Orville Widmer, Wilbur James W.

McKay (deceased), Almira Esther and Walt Kik, Davenport

OKANOGANJean Berney, OkanoganDelores Scholtz, TonasketMarilyn Poole (deceased), Okanogan

PEND OREILLELyla Hoisington, Usk

PIERCECathy Swenson, KapowsinScott Hodgson, PuyallupAgnes and the late Edwin Kropf, PuyallupEarl Otis, PuyallupTom Quann, PuyallupBernadine and the late Howard Young,

PuyallupMary Crandal, TacomaRobert Ehrhardt, TacomaMarlene McCollam, TacomaSusan Parr, TacomaJess and Chip Taylor, TacomaBob LeonardCal Svinth (deceased)

SAN JUANLarry Cochran, Lopez

SKAGITRay H. Bradbury, Mount Vernon

SKAMANIASherry Cook, Port Ludlow

SNOHOMISHEllene Kearney, Arlington

Marietta Roth, Arlington

Earl Hope (deceased), Everett

SPOKANEJean Gulden, Spokane

STEVENSHarold and Judy Mace, Colville

THURSTONRose Waring, Chehalis

Jim and Joyce Elliot, Olympia

David Kalar, Olympia

Sid Willuweit, Yelm

Andy Andrews (deceased)

WALLA WALLAIda Mae Scott, Dayton

Sarita McCaw, Walla Walla

WHATCOMGinny Bowen (deceased), Ferndale

WHITMANOrville Young (deceased), Coquille, OR

Helen and Dick Appel, Endicott

Della Evans, LaCrosse

Bud Downing, Pullman

Lester N. Liebel, Pullman

Lucy Linden, Pullman

Clint Luce, Pullman

Rita Sullivan, Pullman

Harry Burcalow, Spokane

YAKIMABarbara Harrer, Harrah

Inez Walter (deceased), Moxee

Diane Jones, Yakima

Damon Canfield (deceased), Yakima

Washington State 4-H Hall of Fame InducteesAs part of the Centennial celebration, Washington State 4-H Youth Development Program has created

a hall of fame and inducted 100 members. Listed by county they are:

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Washington State University’s strengths in research, educa-tion and outreach have a long-

standing association with the Washington wine industry. With more than 170 wineries utilizing 97,000 tons of winegrapes harvested from an esti-mated 29,000 acres, this fast growing Washington industry needs quality expertise to maintain its status as a world-class pro-ducer of premium wines.

The Washington Viticul-ture and Enology Education Consortium commissioned a needs assessment con-ducted by Dr. Raymond Folwell, professor of agri-cultural economics, and research assistant Tiziano Cembali. The findings of the survey conducted of wineries across the state indicate a demand for employees to have higher levels of edu-cation and opportunities for continuing education in the fields of viticulture (wine-grapes) and enology (winemaking).

The shortage of state educated talent has forced wineries to look for employees

outside the state—such as graduates from UC Davis and Fresno State.

In response to this needs assessment, the College of Agriculture and Home Eco-

nomics is developing a viticulture and enology undergraduate program. While the program is going through university academic approval, a horticulture class on small fruits and viticulture is being offered to interested students. WSU Tri-Cities began offering classes this fall to students interested in the B.S. in Agri-culture with an emphasis on viticulture and enology. According to Tri-Cities Dean Larry James, “This is a developing pro-gram that will serve a fast-growing area in Washington’s agriculture industry.”

The industry has generously supported research and graduate studies through such endowments as the Chateau Ste. Michelle Endowed Professorship, the Walter Clore Scholarship, the Dean Tucker/Anthony’s Restaurant Graduate Fellowship and the Jean (Thornton) Fer-guson Graduate Fellowship. To help get new undergraduate and extension pro-grams started, the industry committed $100,000 to establish the Washington Enology and Viticulture Education Con-

sortium which includes WSU, Walla Walla Community College, Columbia Basin College and Yakima Valley Com-munity College.

According to James Zuiches, dean of the Col-lege of Agriculture and Home Economics, “There has been a tremendous outpouring of support for viticulture and enology programs from the com-munity college level to the graduate level which will meet the needs of the industry.”

Extension andthe Industry

The industry’s link to WSU Extension goes back several decades. Drs. Walter Clore and Charles Nagel conducted studies testing the suitability of traditional French winegrape varieties

to eastern Washington growing conditions.According to Sara Spayd, extension

specialist at the IAREC, ”The link between not only WSU and these industries has been strong, but also the links between research and extension have been and continue to be strong. It is not possible to separate the two since one is necessary for the other.”

Industry organizations can provide a direct means for dissemination of infor-mation. WSU faculty and staff participate in ongoing programming with the Wash-ington State Grape Society (WSGS), the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers and the Central Washington Wine Technical Group. In addition, WSU faculty assist in the organization and con-tent of short courses and workshops on both grape and wine production.

Over the years, the Extension faculty have established a relationship of trust with members of the wine industry and the industry has responded by support-ing research.

Washington Wine IndustryBuilding Support at WSU

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President V. Lane Rawlins enjoying the event with auctioneer Kip Toner

Ted Baseler, president and CEO of Stimson Lane Estates and Vineyards, and Dean Zuiches welcome guests at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Benefit.

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This $456,000 grant is the first received by Washington State University from the Gates Foundation. Along with providing

general support for Center operations, the grant provides funding for 4-H computer technology.

Increasing the computer literacy skills of 4-H youth in Wash-ington is the goal of this WSU Cooperative Extension 4-H pro-gram. Youth will receive training through a nationally juried 4-H curriculum.

“We are excited that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation selected the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide as the recipient of its first grant to Washington State University,” said Center Direc-tor Bill Gillis. “The grant represents an important opportunity for the center to partner with one of the world’s leading philan-thropic foundations to extend the benefits of modern digital technologies to youth in rural communities and underserved urban neighborhoods.”

“The Center to Bridge the Digital Divide will provide a critical resource to low-income and rural communities in Washington,” said Richard Akeroyd, executive director of Libraries and Public Access to Information at the foundation. “Through this grant, thousands of youth in Washington will have the opportunity to develop technology skills that will enable them to succeed in the future.”

“The Gates Foundation gift is especially timely as our nation-wide 4-H system celebrates its centennial year in 2002. As the largest youth development organization in the United States, 4-H

has a 100-year history of helping young people build the essential life skills that lead them to successful adulthood,” said Pat BoyEs, state program leader for WSU Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program. “The Gates’ gift launches Washington State 4-H Youth Development into its second century of service by engaging young people as community educators. The 4-H Computer Technology Initiative will reach out to Washington’s youth wherever they live, teaching them new technology skills and then providing the structure for those young people to become effective educators to their local communities. The 4-H motto ‘Learn by Doing’, will be put into practice once again because of the Gates Foundation support.”

The grant will be used to establish six new 4-H computing laboratories where training will take place. Training will also employ the use of a mobile 4-H computer training van, using satellite technology to utilize high-speed internet connectivity.

According to Scott Fedale, chair of the CAHE Information Department, the mobile wireless internet connectivity piece of the project has sparked national attention on Washington State University Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program. “We’ve had a lot of interest from other universities in what we’re proposing as an example of how to bring training and broadband connectivity to youth in rural locations,” said Fedale. “We’ve also received a commitment of funding from the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) for the mobile van portion of the project, and they want to spotlight our effort as a national model,” he said.

$125,000 raised at Chateau Ste. Michelle Benefit

Ted Baseler, president and CEO of Stim-son Lane Vineyards and Estates, hosted wine industry leaders and supporters of WSU at a grand fundraising event held at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, January 19, 2002. The event, to garner sup-port for undergraduate education in viti-culture and enology, included fine dining, a silent auction and a spirited live auction conducted by auctioneer Kip Toner.

Baseler, in announcing the creation of a $50,000 Chateau Ste. Michelle Scholar-ship Endowment, said “This is a unique growing region and we need specialists to take it to the next step.” He reported that Wine Enthusiast Magazine had named Washington State the “Wine Region of the Year” for 2001.

Governor Gary Locke was represented by Martha Choe, director, Washington State Office of Trade and Economic Devel-opment. Choe relayed the governor’s wishes for great success for this world-class program and his belief that the success of Washington wines contributes greatly to the state’s economy. The increasing tour-

ism in “wine country” encourages people to explore the state.

Farm Credit Services donated $10,000 to support the viticulture and enology pro-gram and auctioneer Toner called for a “raise your paddle” where the donated funds were matched by an additional $10,000.

The College of Agriculture and Home Economics thanks those who so gener-ously donated items and those who so spectacularly bid. A special thank you goes to Chateau Ste. Michelle, Farm Credit Ser-vices, the Washington Wine Commission and the Washington State Vintners.

Kip Toner counts raised paddles to match $10,000 Farm Credit Services scholarship.

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Whether conducting research on air quality, new energy sources, vineyards, or product transportation, agricultural

economists always attempt to shed light on critical issues. “Economists are trained to put the pieces of the puzzle

together—agriculture, economic feasibility, environment, and health benefits,” says Phil Wandschneider, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. “This is what makes our

research unique.”Because of the critical issues involved, agricultural economists cannot always shy away from controversy. As Paul Barkley, a professor in the department, says, “Eco-

nomics may be dismal—but never dull!” Students graduating from the Depart-

ment of Agricultural Economics are well prepared for a variety of settings and find careers as financial officers, grain merchandisers and plant managers in major companies, including Farm Credit

Services, Cargill and Lamb-Weston. The department now offers a “2 in 5” Program, in which students can choose any major

in the College of Agriculture and Home Eco-nomics for their bachelor’s degree, and also earn a master’s in agribusiness or agricul-tural economics in 5 years.

The department also offers a unique coordinated Ph.D. program with the departments of Eco-

nomics and Finance. “This pro-gram looks very promising in terms of flexibility, effi-

ciency, and coordi-nation of training and rigor,” Pro-fessor Ron Mittel-hammer says. The program has been

in place a year.Students benefit

from the department’s diverse research and course work, and graduate with a competitive edge over students

from many other universities.

Crop ProductionThe Premium Wines of Washington

Ray Folwell, a professor in agricultural economics who has stud-ied the wine business for over 30 years, remembers when Washing-ton wines were unheard of.

Walt Clore and Chas Nagel, now retired WSU faculty members, asked Folwell to conduct a study on the economic feasibility of producing varietal table wines in Washington. In 1968, Folwell produced a preliminary report and the indicators were clear. Yes, Washington should get involved.

In 1969, Folwell counted 469 acres of Vitis vinifera grapes (European type grapes for table wines). Now there are over 29,000 acres of grapes, and Washington has become the second largest producer of vinifera grapes and premium table wines in the U.S., with 170 wineries.

Folwell says, “It’s been a fun ride! I’ve seen the wine industry outgrow its infancy.”

Folwell and his colleagues continue to keep a watchful eye on the progression of the industry. Recently, Folwell published several articles about the impact of the winegrape industry on the state’s economy and the need for viticulture and enology education programs throughout the Northwest.

The French Fry ConnectionDave Holland, professor, knows the potato business inside and

out—literally. From the peels used for cattle feed to the processed frozen and dehydrated potatoes, Holland’s detailed study examines the “ripple effect” in economics. “I look at industries in the econ-omy as they relate to one another.” Applying an input-output model, a quantitative model that estimates economic impact, Hol-land has been able to estimate total economic activity tied to potato processing and production in Washington.

Washington is the second largest producer (behind Idaho) of potatoes in the U.S. Unlike wheat and other raw commodities, the potato actually generates a lot more value before it leaves the state because it is processed into something else. Frozen french fries top the list, generating about $884 million in annual sales.

Holland is the first to study the economic linkages between potato production and the industries that use potatoes as a major part of their production process. “I suspect potato pro-cessing and production is driving more jobs than any other agricultural product in the industry, and that’s largely because of the ripple effect,” says Holland. Potato processing and produc-tion directly or indirectly generate over 30,000 jobs. No small potatoes, by any means.

Putting Together the Puzzle

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Organic Apples: Sweet Profits The April 2001 cover of the science journal Nature boasted a

large picture of a Golden Delicious apple for a comparative study of organic, conventional, and integrated (combination of conventional and organic) apple production systems. John Reganold and Jerry Glover of crop and soil sciences, Preston Andrews of horticulture and landscape architecture, and Herbert Hinman of agricultural eco-nomics conducted the study. Although some previous studies have claimed that organic farming systems are less efficient, pose greater health risks and produce lower yields, this WSU study actually found there is no difference among the yields of different systems.

What the researchers did find was that the organic fruit was actually firmer and sweeter than its counterparts and ranked first in environmental and economic sustainability. This is good news for apple growers who may find the higher price of organic fruit attractive. If the price differential stays intact, organic growers will do quite well.

As the team’s economist, Hinman says, “We were able to feed data collected from the orchards for 6 years into a computer program and do the economics. We asked questions like: ‘What did it cost to do this?’ ‘What were the prices received for the fruit from the different systems?’

“We’re getting more and more conscious of air and food safety, and moving away from chemicals to integrated and now organic production,” Hinman says. “There’s no doubt that we will need to continue to move in this direction because more conventional sprays have been banned in the past decade.”

Crop ManagementFarmers as Managers

There are 75 agricultural cooperatives in Washington, with the majority in eastern Washington. They account for one-third of the agribusiness volume and are “owned, operated, and managed by the farmers they serve,” says Ken Duft, professor. Unlike corpora-tions where profits go back to the stockholders, the earnings in agricultural cooperatives go back as patronage refunds to the farm-ers who are member customers and remain in the communities in which they reside.

Duft’s job? “I’m working to improve the management, perfor-mance, and financing of these organizations,” says Duft.

One exciting example of how an agricultural cooperative can work to solve a problem and make a profit at the same time is in using straw to generate electrical power. Typically straw in the fields was burned, but now that burning of grass straw has been limited or restricted, farmers are looking for alternative ways to dispose of the straw. Leaving a heavy layer of straw in the fields can create problems with insects, weeds, and disease.

Duft says, “I’ve been working on the straw project with Judson Pray, a research assistant. We’re looking at the cost feasibility of using straw for electrical power. Agribusiness cooperatives could collect, store, and burn this excess straw to generate electrical power.”

As with other agricultural cooperatives, the farmers would receive the additional earnings resulting from this conversion.

Agribusiness, the heart of an agricultural economy, is changing to keep pace with the needs of farmers today. About half of the students enrolled in the department earn an agribusiness degree.

Transportation and MarketingFrom Field to Consumer’s Table

“Customers are a long way away from our product. Transporta-tion is the vital link between our fields and the consumer’s table,” says Kenneth Casavant, professor.

Casavant addresses problems in rural product transportation such as congestion, road deterioration and closure. Casavant says, “Transportation is the underpinning of marketing. If transporta-tion can’t get through the marketing channel to the consumer—the product lacks value.”

Casavant conducted the first statewide origin and destination transportation study. Lions Club members interviewed 30,000 truckers at 28 different locations around the state. The data from the project are used extensively and Casavant has received an additional grant to focus on how highway, rail, and water conges-tion in western Washington affect the eastern side. Eric Jessup (’98, Ph.D.) has returned from his position at American Express to lead the research project.

“An important part of what we do is to provide data and analysis to policy makers as they make transportation invest-ment decisions at both the state and national levels,” says Casa-vant. Decisions, which consumers in eastern Washington know all too well, can make or break the vital transportation link to their tables.

Analysis of PolicyWater Allocation

In the West, water is often scarce, and that’s why, Norm Whit-tlesey, professor emeritus, says, “Where there’s water, there’s gener-ally a fight.” There is intense competition for the water supply, which can escalate in times of drought.

Add to the mix, volatile issues around endangered species, power production, and irrigation, and it’s clear why conflict may be right around the bend.

Professors Norm Whittlesey and Ray Huffaker are economists who have studied Washington water and the issues surrounding its usage. In Washington, the main issue is allocation of water and competition among uses. Huffaker says, “We often publish theo-retical work in which we use models that determine how well policies would work in water use.”

In Washington, irrigation is a critical issue, par-ticularly when drought grips the state. “The question is, ‘Does improving irrigation efficiency

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conserve water?’ There is a perception that you’ll have water for other uses with improved irrigation, which could be a fallacious perception,” says Whittlesey.

According to Huffaker, efficient irrigation systems may be diverting less water to crops, but water returning to the streams or aquifers may actually be reduced. He says that more studies need to be done to investigate this theory.

Agricultural economists have the unique ability to shed light on how segments of society are affected by reallocation and management of water. And, as Whittlesey says, “We hope that we can help people to be as well off as they can be and find win-win opportunities when possible.”

Bluegrass BurningThe smell of smoke near the Spokane area has stirred many

a controversy for years. Phil Wandschneider found himself in the thick of it a few years ago when he was approached about

studying a law that would restrict bluegrass burning. Residents in Spokane had complained about the smoke, and those with respi-ratory conditions were particularly concerned. Bluegrass growers were afraid if they couldn’t burn grass, the remaining straw or thatch residue would cause numerous problems and decrease yields the following year. Although the conflict had been smol-dering for a long time, there hadn’t been much progress in research on grass burning.

Wandschneider had already completed a multi-state study on the health impact of dust in the Columbia Plateau region, in which he and others looked at the benefits of dust reduction. The Washington Department of Ecology then approached Wand-schneider about the grass burning issue.

Wandschneider says, “Because economists deal with social and political issues, we must use the best professional ethics, methods, and standards that we can—we can’t bury our heads in the sand. Rather, we need to have our heads up and look at issues as they emerge, and then deal with them constructively.”

Wandschneider and colleagues in the department completed a benefit-cost analysis of regulations to reduce smoke from grass seed field burning. They examined the economic and environ-mental impacts of the proposed regulation.

Some predicted that the bluegrass industry would disappear if grass burning were banned. There are, in fact, more acres of bluegrass now than before the grass burning regulation. But, Wandschneider is quick to point out, “it’s not all Pollyannaish. There is still a problem with what to do with the straw on the ground when it can’t be burned.”

As Wandschneider notes, “The agricultural industry is very adaptive, so changes can lead to new opportunities.”

Fitting the Pieces Together The range of issues and

methods used by agricultural economists demonstrate the important contributions econ-omists make to the state of Washington. The agricultural and food supply system have become so interrelated that few of their elements can be treated in isolation. It is no longer enough to be the most skilled producer or the best marketer.

As Richard Shumway, department chair, says, “While those are important assets, it is largely economics that provides the glue—the way of thinking—for fit-ting the necessary pieces together into rational, profitable, and sustainable deci-sion making.”

FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Due to increasing cutbacks in state and federal budgets, and other public support, it is sometimes hard to find the resources to hire new faculty and initiate more programs in the department. But, a core group of supporters is eager to help. The Friends of Agricultural Economics, led by Jess Lyon (BS 1992), agribusiness attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine in Portland, is taking action to make sure that agricultural economics’ future is secure and the department is able to con-tinue its pursuit of excellent student development, research, teaching, and extension programs. Lyon states, “I’ve greatly benefited from my relationship with WSU, which began when I was a high school senior. My education and dealings with WSU’s Ag Econ Department launched my career, and I want to ensure future generations of students enjoy the same opportunities.”

The first priority is to raise enough funds to endow a distinguished professorship in the next 3 years. The 10-year goal is to raise sufficient funds for an endowed chair, six endowed fellowships, and 15 endowed undergradu-ate scholarships as well as commitments for 2 more endowed chairs. The benefits? Except for the undergraduate scholar-ships, all are eligible for state matching support. And, each endowed chair provides an additional faculty position. If this program of support is successful, the department will be able to assure that important programs (such as agribusiness degrees, research on potential growth industries and economic impacts of new policies, and extension efforts to strengthen the economic health of Washington agriculture) will flourish despite limited public funds.

**For donation information, see envelope insert.

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Just two years ago, it looked like the oldest agriculture

building still in use on the Washington State University campus would be consigned to the dustbin of history.

A combination of factors—deferred main-tenance, low use and a lead paint problem that had landed it on a State Ecology Department database of known or suspected contaminated sites—apparently doomed the unsightly structure. The university’s solu-tion: Tear it down.

Options for replac-ing it weren’t attrac-tive. “We looked at building a new one, but a replacement structure was really expensive, almost $750,000,” said Pete Jacoby, associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics.

Everett Martin, professor of animal sci-ences, who has taught classes in the Live-stock Pavilion for years, started networking and asking questions about lead paint abatement. “I just wanted to make certain the pavilion got a hearing,” he said.

Networking led Martin to Henry Mathews, a WSU architectural historian and a charter member of the WSU Historic Preservation Committee from 1984-2000. Based partly on Mathews’ judgment of the historic significance of the pavilion, the current committee put the building on its agenda, and after examining the issue, expressed reservations about the decision to tear down the pavilion.

Efforts to save the building picked up steam when students returned to class. They organized “Save The Old Pavilion”—S.T.O.P—and buttonholed everyone they could think of to see what could be done to save the building. State Rep. Mark Schoesler even came to campus and met with President Rawlins.

“It’s a piece of college history,” said Lori McRae, president of the Agriculture and Home Economics Student Senate.

In October, the university changed its mind and decided to renovate the building. “It can be very difficult to get a reversal,” Martin said. “But to their credit, President Rawlins and his staff listened.”

A $250,000, mostly exterior renova-tion, took place this past summer. Power washing removed flaking lead paint from the exterior and some earth around it was removed. The addition, a meat laboratory on the south side, was torn out and a series of glass doors and patio installed, creating a new south-facing entrance where horticulture and landscape archi-tecture students have agreed to install plantings. Most of the exterior was cov-ered in steel siding. The siding was color-coded to match the alumni center across the street. Energy efficient windows replaced the existing windows. Inside, bleachers were removed and new wiring, lights and fire alarms were installed. A concrete floor replaced the dirt floor.

While a lot of work has been done, more remains, especially inside. Martin,

who visited the construction site almost daily during the summer, said insulation in both the ceiling and walls is needed as well as some new wall coverings.

“We hope to install a food service area in the south wing,” said Jacoby. “That would really complement the types of activities that could be conducted in the facility. It could serve as a gathering space for faculty, students and staff. We really don’t have adequate space for people from various departments to get together.

“We think that would really contribute to staff and faculty morale and invigorate faculty-student interactions.”

The stumbling block is money. While minor capital allocations and relocations of funds from college and university bud-gets paid for the first phase, private funds are needed to help complete the project.

The Agriculture and Home Economics Student Senate is formulating plans to

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WSU’s Livestock Judging Pavilion

The pavilion was built in 1933 and designed by university architect Stan-ley Smith. He also designed White Hall, now home of WSU’s Honors College, and Smith Gym. The pavilion was part of a complex of agriculture buildings east of Troy Hall, which included a poultry barn and a large beef barn. The beef barn was transformed into the Lewis Alumni Centre in the ’80s.

In its heyday, the Livestock Pavilion hosted a variety of events. Old photos show crowds of 800 attending the Livestock Feeders’ Day outside the building in 1945.

At one time, Summer Palace commu-nity theater presentations were staged in the pavilion. In recent years, the hor-ticulture club has conducted plant sales in the building. In the fall it also was the scene of Land-Grant Day dances and auctions. Animal science classes have been conducted there for years and archaeology students practiced excava-tion techniques in one wing.

Over the years, the pavilion has undergone several changes. The main entrance on the north side was closed and replaced with windows when Wilson Road was built. The wings on the south side of the building disap-peared in 1952 when an addition was constructed between them.

raise money to complete the project. “Once we got it saved, we realized we needed to back up what we were trying to prove,” said McRae, who heads a commit-tee planning fundraising efforts.

AHESS is considering a tile or brand fundraising effort that would allow alumni and friends to have their name in the building similar to the tiles in the Lewis Alumni Centre.

“There’s quite a bit of interest in it, just talking with people in the beef industry,” McRae said. “A lot of people want to get involved and get a brand on the wall.”

The college and AHESS hope to find a major donor who might be willing to give $100,000 or more to fund an endowment that would support minor capital improvements to the building. “If we had a truly major gift, the college would take a request to name the facility to the university naming committee,” Jacoby said. “While we can’t guarantee that kind of thing, when a major gift comes in, it gives some rationale to take such a request before the university naming committee.”

Bing Crosby is normally associated with Gon-zaga University. However, he sent his twins Dennis and Phillip to Washington State Col-lege in the early 1950s to get an education so they could manage his ranch in Nevada. Nei-ther graduated. Here in an undated photo of Bing and son Lindsay examining a prize steer at the Livestock Judging Pavilion. (Animal Sci-ences Department Photo)

In this 1945 photograph, the Livestock Judg-ing Pavilion is in the background. M. E. Ensminger, then head of the Department of Animal Husbandry at Washington State Col-lege, can be seen at the extreme right side of the photo talking into a microphone. The event was the Livestock Feeders’ Day held on Oct. 4. Ensminger estimated that about 800 people attended the event. (Animal Sciences Department Photo)

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ALUMNI NOTES

Louise (Schaaf) Ayars (’41 Home Ec.) and Albert L. Ayars (’39 Ed.), of Kirkland marked their 60th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2001.

Dennis Bigness (’86 Ag. Econ.) is vice president and relationship manager of Washington Trust Bank branch in Tri-Cities. He has more than 14 years in the financial industry and is a member of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce.

Frank Blecha (’81 Ph.D Animal Sci.) was honored as a distinguished professor by Kansas State University. He is professor of immunophysiology and head of anat-omy and physiology at KSU. He holds three patents and has authored nearly 200 publications.

Sergio Cervantes (’92 Ag. Econ.) of Grandview, Washington, and his wife Laurel and son Dylan welcomed baby daughter and sister Lauren Even on Febru-ary 9, 2000.

Dustin DeVries (’97 Agribusiness) has been promoted to a regional management position with Novartis Animal Health. He will be moving to Houston, TX.

Shannon Ross Dickhaus (’99 Ag. Educ.) married Brady Dickhaus. She is a shift man-ager for J.R. Simplot in Moses Lake.

Joann Lyn Fulfs (’97 Interior Design) of Redmond, WA married Mark Allen Thomas (BS ’97 Mech. Eng.) on Septem-ber 8, 2001 in Pullman. She works for the construction department at Safeway in Seattle. Mark is employed at Genie Industries in Redmond.

Lynn Gearhart (’51 Agri.) and his wife Hazel celebrated their 51st wedding anni-versary, October 20, 2000.

Carl Jeffrey Goebel (’80 Range Mgmt.) has his own consulting business—Goebel and Associates—that focuses on conflict resolution and consensus building. He is pursuing a master’s degree in regional planning at WSU.

Mark Heitstuman (’87 Ag. Educ., M.A. Voc. Tech. Educ.) is the new Asotin County extension agent. He taught agri-culture at Colton High School and was the FFA adviser for four years. Then he spent six years at the University of Idaho, overseeing student recruitment

and scholarship programs. He lives in Clarkston.

Michael Hinz (’73 Anim. Sci. ’78 Bus. Adm.) head track and field coach at Pullman High School, has been named Great Northern League Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year. He directed the PHS girls’ team to the State A2 Championship in May 2001. The boys’ team finished third in the state meet at Cheney. Hinz is a scientific instructional technician supervisor at WSU and has been coach-ing at PHS for 14 years.

Misty L. Holt (’00 Biol.) and Richard “Rick” Lawrence (’00 Agri. Tech.) were married May 20, 2000, in Renton. She is a mission and community relations coordi-nator at Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco. He is an equipment operator for Blue Ridge Farms. They live in Kennewick.

Glenn Jacklin (’86 Agriculture) of Post Falls, Idaho, has been appointed location manager for Washington and Idaho for Jacklin Seed, a division of the J.R. Simplot Company’s Turf & Horticulture Group.

Richard C. Johnson (’74 Wildlife Biol-ogy, ’78 M.S. Agronomy) a research agron-omist at the USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station and an adjunct professor at Washington State University, has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.

Barbara Korgstad (’83 Home Ec.) is coordinator of Community Health Care in Buckley. She teaches parents of young children about good nutrition.

Mary Boggs Landerholm (’48 Home Ec., ’51 Educ.) lives in the San Francisco Bay area. She is part of a dance company called “Don’t Quit Your Day Job.” She has four children and eight grandchildren.

Burgess Lange (’51 Agri.) and his wife Maxine Farr Lange (’51 Home Ec.) enjoy traveling and splitting seasons between Arizona and Garfield, WA, after ranching for 45 years.

Francis LeBlanc (’51 Hort.) of Red-wood City, California, is assistant golf professional in the Stanford University Athletic Department.

Philip M. McDonald (’60 Forestry) of Redding, California, has retired from his

career with the U.S. Forest Service, which began in 1961.

Dan Montgomery (’49 Forestry) spends six months a year in Yuma, Ari-zona, working for Habitat for Humanity. He spends five months at Priest Lake, Idaho, working as a volunteer for the Kan-iksu Lions and picking huckleberries. One month a year is devoted to time on the Salmon River. GO COUGS!!

Sid Morrison (’54 Hort.) has retired from public office. He became chair of the Washington State Apple Commission at age 31. In 1966, he became a rep-resentative in the Legislature. He was appointed vice chair of the House Agri-culture Committee. In 1974, he moved to the state senate. In 1992, he lost in a Republican primary race for governor to Ken Eikenberry (’54 Polit. Sci.), who in turn lost to Mike Lowry (’62 Gen. St.). Under Lowry’s administration, Morrison became highway director of the Trans-portation Commission.

Kerrie Ross (’99 Ani. Sci.) of Waxa-hachie, Texas, married Keith Hill in the Cayman Islands on September 23, 2001. He is a former karate and self defense instructor at WSU. She is currently the lion keeper in the large mammal depart-ment of the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Texas.

John Sheldon (’79 Ag. Engr.) of Kirk-land, WA, has been named Manager of Used Trucks Sales by the Kenworth Truck Co. He is responsible for working with managers of used trucks within the Ken-worth dealer network.

Wesley Slaughter (’68 For. Mgmt.) and Peggy Slaughter celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, January 25, 2001. He worked in timber management and fire control with Whitman and Umatilla National Forests in the U.S. Forest Service prior and following serving in the Army from 1945-46.

Larry Smith (’66 Forestry) of Curtis, WA, retired from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources where he worked as a resource protection for-ester in Lewis County for 32 years.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

On August 4, 2001, Duane L. Garner was named the recipient of the NAAB Research Award at the annual convention of the National Association of Animal Breeders. Garner, vice president for research and development at XY, Inc., received his bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry from California State Univer-sity in Fresno and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science from Washing-ton State University.

The research programs at four land-grant universities (including WSU) as well as two national laboratories have benefited from Dr. Garner’s research. These universities and national labora-tories include the University of Illinois, Oklahoma State University, University of Nevada-Reno, Lawrence Livermore, U.S. Department of Energy and Beltsville,

USDA. As a biochemist and a cell biol-ogist, his research areas include sexing sperm and sperm physiology, particularly from the standpoint of evaluating sperm function.

He has pioneered novel methods of evaluating sperm. His research contribu-tions have been adopted on a national and international level, especially in eval-uating the sperm of several species, but particularly cattle. This method has enor-mous commercial capabilities. A company in the United Kingdom sells sexed sperm, and in half a dozen other countries, including the United States, commercial-ization appears to be imminent.

Dr. Garner was a member of the NAAB Research Committee for six years and is one of the most respected scientists work-ing with sperm of domestic animals.

Duane L. Garner Receives NAAB Research Award

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Bob Holterman, NAAB president, presents award plaque to Dr. Garner.

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Correction: In the Fall issue of Con-nections, Theon Rozenkranz Cline was erroneously referred to as “he.”

Dean D. Ellis (’52 Agron.) of Tacoma died at the age of 72 on July 6, 2001. He retired as president and CEO of the Viking Community Bank of Ballard in January 2000.

Darwin D. Lambier (’50 Agri.) of Richland, died at the age of 76 on April 8, 2001.

Douglas Luedecke (’80 FSHN) of Moses Lake, died August 5, 2001, at the age of 43. He was employed by Safe-way’s milk plant, first in Salt Lake City, and since 1986 at Moses Lake. He was the 1998 recipient of the Safeway Presi-dent’s Award.

Brian D. Ruetten (’97 Range Mgmt.) died in a snowmobile accident on Feb-ruary 12, 2001. He had been employed with the Bureau of Land Management for the U.S. Department of Interior in Alaska.

William Sperry (’76 Animal Sci.) of Pullman, age 53, died on March 3, 2001. A WSU employee for 29 years, he first managed the poultry center and then managed furniture repair.

Stanley Walters (’40 Agronomy) died July 25, 2001, in Puyallup, WA. A farm-boy from Moxee City, Stan grew up engaged in all aspects of agriculture. After graduation, he married Lenora Groesbeck and worked for C.H. Lilly as a regional manager. In 1942, he and his wife moved to Puyallup, where he worked for the WSU Experiment Station. For 32 years, he was the owner/operator of a wholesale nursery and bulb farm. An active community member, Stan was president of the Western Washington Horticulture Association and the Ameri-can Association of Nurserymen’s Chapter 28. In addition to his wife Lenora, Stan is survived by his children, Linda, Mary and David, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.

IN MEMORIAM

Wife of formeradministrator dies

In the fall issue of Connections we sadly reported the death of former administrator Leonard Young. Now, we regrettably report that Edna Lowe Young, 101, died Wednesday, January 2, 2002, in Pullman.

Born November 19, 1900, in Algonquin, IL., Edna received her degree in letters and science from the University of Wisconsin in 1924. She taught high school in Illinois, Florida and Wyoming where she met her future husband Leonard Young.

They were married in Algonquin in 1937, and spent their honeymoon driving from Algonquin to Pullman, where Leonard worked for Washing-ton State University. They had cel-ebrated 63 years of marriage.

Survivors include her daughter Barbara and son-in-law Charles Grutzmacher of Pullman; a grand-son, Eric Grutzmacher, of Corvallis, OR; a granddaughter, Jeanne, and her husband, Joshua Morigeau and their daughter, Hannah, all ofVeradale, WA.

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PRIVATE GIVING

The Laureates of Washington State University ($1 million or more cumulative)

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.Arthur M. & Kate E. Tode FoundationAudrey Burg Trust

Max BaxterThelma BaxterLorenz Bohrnsen

Audrey BurgLewis & Dorothy CullmanNW Agricultural Research FoundationPaul Lauzier Charitable FoundationWashington Barley CommissionWash State Dairy Products CommissionWashington State Potato CommissionWash State Tree Fruit Research CommWashington Wheat Commission

The Benefactors of Washington State University ($100,000 or more cumulative)

Catherine Addington EstateLeo Addington

Alf Christianson Seed CompanyDouglas ‘73 & Loretta (Salvadalena) ‘72

AllredOtto ‘37 & Doris (Jones) ‘40 AmenAmerican Malting Barley AssociationApplied Phytologics, Incorporated

Grady AuvilLillie AuvilLoraine BahrBayer CorporationErnest BergStanley BergBonnie Braden Foundation

Francis BradleyRuth Brines

Oscar BurgBusch Agricultural Resources, Inc.

Fredric Button

Janet ButtonMelvin & Donna CampCelia P. Michel TrustCharles H. Lilly CompanyChateau Ste. MichelleClifford Braden TrustColville Confederated TribesCoos Head Lumber & Plywood Co.James ‘44 & Louia (Myers) CottrellFerne DanielHelen Davis

Loyal Davis ‘32Errett ‘38 & Evelyn (Lund) ‘45 Deck

Ethel Dettman ‘53Norma Dupertuis ‘17Paul Dupertuis ‘16

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & CompanyFrank Feenan

FMC CorporationGlen Franklin ‘61Cline ‘59 & Gretchen (Gnauck) ‘58 Frasier

LeVern Freimann ‘28Marion Freimann ‘28

Dick & Betty GarveyAlbion GileLeonore Gile

Roy ‘50 & Marcella GossRichard & Marcie HammondG.Thomas ‘63 & Anita HargroveHarvest States FoundationHoffmann-La Roche FoundationHOP Research Council

Ada Hunt ‘42Howard Hunt ‘41IAMS CompanyIdaho Pea & Lentil Commission

Mary Kees ‘35Arnold ‘59 & Marta (Fagnastol) KegelGale Kicha

Everett KreizingerHelen KreizingerNorman Lenfest ‘15Iris LloydAllen Manring ‘31

Betty Manring ‘31

Mariposa Foundation for ConservationHelen Mc ElwaineEdith McDougallEdward Meyer ‘38Celia Michel ‘24Henry Michel ‘24

Monsanto CompanyMotorola CorporationNational Fish & Wildlife FoundationNorthwest Turfgrass AssociationPNW Pest Management ConferenceAlice Peterson ‘38Pfizer, IncorporatedPhilip Morris Companies, Inc.Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Frances Premo ‘26Procter & Gamble FundHelen Reiley ‘41

Robert Reiley ‘38Marvel ReinboldSimon Reinbold

Research & Scholarship Foundation - WSHARoscoe & Francis Cox Chari. TrustJames ‘54 & Lee (Neff) ‘54 RuckJohn & Alice RuudVirginia Schafer ‘52

Lydia SheffelsHarold ShepherdHelen ShepherdHorace TelfordLouise Thurber

Van Waters & Rogers, IncorporatedHarold ‘49 & Joanne VaughnW. K. Kellogg FoundationWashington Asparagus CommissionWashington Concord Grape CouncilWashington Hop CommissionWashington State Cranberry Comm.Wash State Dry Pea & Lentil Comm.Wash St. Federation of Garden ClubsWashington State Mint CommissionWashington State Red Raspberry Comm.Washington St. Strawberry CommissionWashington Wheat FoundationWestern Wireless

Beulah WilkeMinnie WittenbachTula Young HastingsEdna YoungLeonard Young

Silver Associates ($10,000 and above annual support)

Catherine Addington EstateAlf Christianson Seed CompanyAnheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.Anne S. Reynolds Charitable Lead TrustApplied Phytologics, IncorporatedAT&T Foundation

AventisAvista CorporationBarber Engineering CompanyGustavo Barbosa-Canovas & Ana Rodriguez-

VivaldiBartels & Stout, IncorporatedBASF CorporationBayer CorporationE.Donald & Jane BiersnerPatrick BlosserBoise Cascade CorporationCarol ButlerCenturyTelCenturytel, IncorporatedKenneth ‘74 & Bonnie (Stack) ‘76

ChristiansonCIMMYTRon & Lennay CrockettFerne M. DanielLewis & Dorothy Cullman

Ethel Dettman ‘53D-I-1-4, IncorporatedBaker FergusonFMC CorporationFoundation NorthwestGlen Franklin ‘61Cline ‘59 & Gretchen (Gnauck) ‘58 FrasierG. Thomas Hargrove FoundationG. Thomas ’63 & Anita HargroveRobert & Doris (Spangler) ‘57 HarwoodEdward ‘39 & Arlene (Mather) ‘42

HeinemannRichard HillIAMS Company

Mary Kees ‘35Kemin Industries, IncorporatedGale KichaKraft Foods, IncorporatedKarl ‘71 & Lexie KupersLand InstituteLegg Mason Wood Walker, IncorporatedLewis B. and Dorothy Cullman FndLucent Technologies FoundationMariposa Foundation for ConservationMicrosoft CorporationMonsanto CompanyMotorola CorporationN.C.W. Fieldmen’s AssociationPaul Lauzier Charitable FoundationAlice Peterson ‘38Pierce CorporationPierce County Master Gardener Fnd.PNW Pest Management ConferenceQuest FoundationResearch & Scholarship Foundation – WSHARocky Mountain Resource LabJames ‘54 & Lee (Neff) ‘54 RuckWayne & Deanna SorensenSprint United Management CompanyJohn Stanton & Theresa Gillespie Indicates deceased

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2000-2001 Honor Rollof Donors

In appreciation of gifts to the College fromJuly 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

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State of WashingtonHorace TelfordCharles Telford ‘65Vivian Telford-Anderson

Basil Van PeltVanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramHarold ‘49 & Joanne VaughnVerizon FoundationWeider Nutrition GroupWestern Wireless

Matsuyo Yamamoto ‘37Zeneca Agricultural Products

Crimson Associates ($5,000 to $9,999 annual support)

AG-BAG International, LimitedKenneth ‘70 & Marleen AlhadeffStanley Allgeier ‘29Anthony’s RestaurantsLoraine BahrBASFCargill, IncorporatedCenex Harvest States FoundationLowell & Stella DeYoungDow Agro Sciences,LLCFederated Dept Stores FoundationFiber FuturesFMC CorporationHarry ‘36 & Edith (Lyons) ‘39 GoldsworthyInternational Assoc. for Bear ResearchJohn I. Haas, IncorporatedKlaue Family FoundationLab Procesos de Conservacion

E. Ralph McCall ‘32Clifford ‘47 & Betty McNealPure Line Seeds, IncorporatedCharles ‘54 & Barbara (Heathman) ‘54

QuannCatalina RamosVirginia Schafer ‘52Scotts CompanySyngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

United Way of King CountyWashington Wheat FoundationWhitmire Micro-Gen Research Labs

President’s Associates ($1,000 to $4,999 annual support)

Agrilink Foods/Pro-Fac FoundationEdith AkreJack ‘54 & Lorraine (Hughes) ‘54 AlbrightAltech Biotech CenterAmerican Dietetic AssociationAndersons, IncorporatedNorman ‘69 & Linda (Larson) ‘71 BaerR.William & Milly Kay (Melville) ‘73 BaldwinBankAmerica FoundationBerger Partnership, PSDonald Blayney ‘88Boeing CompanyBon MarcheBountiful Applied Research Corp.Mark ‘76 & Nancy BrandonBrown Bear ResourcesHarry & Janet BurcalowLeo Bustad ‘68 & Jeanne DavisCampbell Scientific, IncorporatedJames & Diana CarlsonKayDee Catlin ‘90Cenex Harvest StatesCharitable Gift FundShulin Chen & Lihua WangClara and Art Bald TrustClick2learn.comWalter Clore ‘47R.James & Beverly CookDavis Wright Tremaine Law OfficesDenny ‘67 & Irma Davis

George DayJan ‘92 & Tammy (Huffman) de WeerdDecagon Devices, IncorporatedDenny C. & Irma M. Davis TrustDistinguished Order of ZerocratsNorman Donaldson ‘40

Everett DuBoisIrvin Dyer

Steven Eicker & Dorothy (Harari)Ainsworth ‘75

Eli Lilly & CompanyEli Lilly & Company FoundationEquilon Enterprises, L.L.C.Line ‘50 & Ellene (Westrom) ‘49 EstergreenFarming Technology CorporationThomas & Patricia ‘95 FischerAnn FletcherRonald Fowler ‘69Lawrence FoxFruit Quality Associates, Inc.William Garnett ‘74General Dillingham ProduceRune ‘40 & Catharine (Cates) ‘41 GoransonRoy ‘50 & Marcella GossRobert ‘40 & Bonnie GregsonGustafson LLCFrank ‘56 & Margaret (Jacquot) ‘58 HachmanLaurel Hansen ‘68Clifford & Margaret (Hunter) ‘74 HebdonAlberta HillOpal Hill ‘33Larry & Janet (Hutchinson) ‘77 HillerJoe & Virginia ‘84 HillersMelvin Hougan ‘34Robert Hulbert ‘51 & Toni Dally- HulbertIBM International FoundationInternational Atomic Energy AgencyInterstate Professional ApplicatorsIsland Meadow FarmJ. D. Heiskell & Co.J. Frank Schmidt Family TrustBarbara JacquotKen M. Spooner FarmsTimothy & Lori KennedyAugust KlaueDavid KlaueRichard & Maryalis (Anhorn) ‘49 KlickerEugene ‘78 & Gloria KupfermanPeter Landolt ‘76

John ‘61 & Maureen (Tilley) ‘61 LarsenDonald ‘58 & Carolyn (Quaife) ‘60 LeeLincoln-Adams Crop Improvement AssnDouglas Loeffler ‘84Chris Lyle ‘79James ‘52 & Janet (Purcell) ‘55 MaguireBrian & Mariah (Clark) MakiPaul ‘58 & Karen (Bassett) ‘59 MaughanRobert ‘84 & Diane McDanielWilliam ‘64 & Beverly (Irwin) ‘64 McLeanRichard ‘68 & Rosie MeyerRon ‘78 & Linda MittelhammerNational Turfgrass Federation, Inc.Steven & Deborah (Slessman) ‘79 NelsonNorthwest Food Processors Assoc.Novartis Animal Health US, IncorporatedNovartis Crop Protection, Inc.Novartis Seeds, IncorporatedThomas & Judy OkitaOregon Logging ConferenceLouis & Mollie PepperPfizer, IncorporatedPharmacia & Upjohn CompanyEdwin ‘53 & Joan PhillipsBill PihlThomas Quann ‘53 & Mary KohliR.M. Wade FoundationSandra RistowRay RobbinsRohm & Haas CompanyDonald & Lily-Ann SatterlundSchneider FarmsEdward ‘77 & Elizabeth SchneiderSeeds, IncorporatedOley & Sharon SheremetaC. Richard & Janet ShumwayRobert ‘86 & Sandra SitesSkagit Farmers SupplyOle ‘38 & Bertha (Tjerandsen) ‘37 SlindSmall Planet Foods, LLCAgnes SmickDorothy Spencer

Kenneth Spooner ‘51Barry & Darcel (Evens) ‘89 Swanson

Martin Syverson ‘33Tim’s Cascade Style Potato ChipsMary TollettUAP NorthwestR. Clayton Udell ‘58Edward ‘58 & Sally Veenhuizen

John Von CadowPhilip ‘41 & Dorothy (Mack) WainscottWash State Federation of Garden ClubsWash St Nursery & Landscape AssnWash State Potato Conf & Trade FairWashington-North Idaho Seed Assoc.Joanne WestJeffrey Whitlatch & Joan Myers ‘79William L. McLean RanchRobert WorkingYCC International CorporationJames & Carol ‘99 Zuiches

James A. Hyde Endowed Scholarship in EntomologyJames Hyde received his Bachelor of Science in Entomology from Washington State University in 1951. He began to fully use his degree after retirement in 1990 when he joined the Master Gardeners in 1991. Mr. Hyde has built up a fair library on Entomology (mostly taxonomy), which will eventually be shared between WSU Pullman, the WSU branch campus at Richland, and the WSU Benton County Extension Office in Kennewick, Washington. He has built up a 600+-specie display of local insects for use by the Master Gardeners and the general public. The display is housed at the Kennewick Extension Office.

In 1995, he wrote the lesson plan and started the “Everyday Insect” class for the “Plants Grow Children” program for the Master Gardeners. Mr. Hyde shares his interest and insect knowledge with civic groups, summer library classes and career showcases.

A founding father of the Master Gardeners’ “Demonstration Garden” located just west of the Mid-Columbia Regional Library in Kennewick, Washington, he has helped complete ten theme gardens, with four in progress plus a 450–500 rose theme garden.

James Hyde was named Master Gardener of the year for Benton/Franklin Counties in 1996, and named Master Gardener of the year for Washington in 1999. This endowment will be funded with a planned gift from James Hyde and will be used to award scholarships to students majoring in entomology.

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Bryan Society ($500 to $999 annual support)

Edward ‘82 & Barbara AdamsAgriBeef CompanyRobert & Carolyn (Roybal) ‘75 AllanAmerican Dahlia Society, Inc.Reginald Atkins ‘77B.B. Cattle CompanyJames ‘49 & Frances (Landerholm) ‘50BakerTheodor ‘76 & JoAnne (Scodeller) ‘75 BaselerVerne & Edna BenedictBill BennettBenton County CattlemenBuzz & Jean (Rickard) ‘58 BerneyBill Harder RanchesBlue Rock Cattle CompanyBonina, IncorporatedC. Duane Booker ‘86Tom BoschWilliam ‘74 & Susan (Worstell) ‘81 BoweRaymond ‘70 & Michele BowerRobert ‘50 & Victoria (Jones) ‘52 BradenBrown & Cole StoresEdward Burke ‘37Dennie ByramCraig ‘73 & Sharon CampbellAnn CattsCharleyne Roberts TrustChinook District of Garden ClubsGirard ‘50 & Betty (Webb) ‘50 ClarkClark/Cowlitz County Farm BureauJohn ‘74 & Jan (Boyer) ‘76 ClerfRobert ‘49 & Margaret (Davis) ‘49 CoddingLance ‘62 & Marilyn ColyarJohn & Shirley CoxKenneth & Sheryl (Klicker) ‘72 CoxBrian ‘78 & Conny CrowMac ‘51 & June CrowDal DagnanDon & Joye DillmanDouble B Cattle CompanyDonald ‘34 & Myrle (Miller) DouglasMelvin ‘55 & Helen EklundEd ‘39 & Ayleen (Frederick) ‘38 EricksonFarm Credit ServicesGeorge ‘54 & Jean FriesJohn & Judi FrosethCurtis GeringGrays Harbor/Pacific Company CattlemenDavid ‘75 & Marilyn (Huffstodt) ‘77

HambeltonMelvin Hamre ‘54Hang’n A Cattle CompanyBill HarderDavid HarlowMike HemmelbergerRobert ‘60 & Doris (Jacklin) ‘60 HodgeZana Hoffman ‘62Inland Empire Beekeepers AssociationJim ‘42 & Lois IzettFrank Jackson ‘47Randy JamesKlicker Mountain Cattle Company

Gregory ‘86 & Vicki KnutsonKreps RanchKeith & Pat KrepsJoseph & Anne (Taylor) ‘73 LarsenMichael ‘65 & Betty (White) ‘64 LeinweberNina LundgrenMarty ‘74 & Mila (Potuzak) ‘74 LyonM.E.O.W.V.E. ‘52 & Betty (Rom) MahrtMonte ‘80 & Carole (Squires) ‘80 MartiMarshall & Anne (Spangler) ‘84 McFarlandRhoderick & Barbara (Hesse) ‘63 McIntoshDouglas ‘69 & Nancy McRaeGerald ‘56 & Janice MitchellMonsanto CompanyNW Agricultural Research FoundationNova-Tech EngineeringRoy NunnEric PaschalGerald & Jane PittengerPotato Growers of AlbertaPrice-Moon Enterprises, IncorporatedPullman Assoc of Family & Consumers SciRaintree NurseryJohn Ralowicz ‘82William ‘58 & Jeanne (Sanderson) ‘60 ReinkeReisner Distributor, IncorporatedTed ReisnerRicharz AssociatesWilbert & Ann (Hay) ‘70 RicharzCharleyne Roberts ‘50

Leonard ‘75 & Michele (Fitzgerlad) ‘75 Roozen

Roderick & Alice (Hoffman) ‘44 RossRotary FoundationSidney ‘73 & Debbie SackmannSAFECO Insurance CompaniesSakuma Brothers Farms, IncorporatedSteven ‘69 & Penne SakumaNorman ‘73 & Helen (Adams) ‘73 SchaafSteven & Lynne (Walsh) ‘98 SchaubleMark & Ginger SchoesslerSideb, IncorporatedAlan SmickLaurence ‘58 & Mary (Freimann) ‘58 SmithMarilyn Spear ‘49Spokane County Farm BureauGwen StahnkeStewarts MeatsMarvin ‘82 & Bonnie StoneRobert ‘76 & Cathy StumpMarvin ‘50 & Patricia (Holsinger) ‘49

SundquistMichael & Winifred TateDallas ‘66 & Pam ThompsonGene ‘51 & Jacque ThompsonKenneth Trautman ‘55Uniontown Co-Operative AssociationValent USA CorporationTerry Warwick ‘90 & Rochelle Bafus ‘90Washington Bulb Company, Inc.Washington State Potato CommissionWashington Women’s Foundation

Dale West ‘78William Dillard Wholesale NurseryRichard WiswallFrank Young ‘99

Tower Club ($100 to $499 annual support)

Joanne Abey ‘57Paul ‘62 & Evelyn AddisDante AdoradaAetna Foundation, Inc.AHBL, IncorporatedAirport Ranches, IncorporatedAldergrove Farms, IncorporatedJulie Aldrich ‘76Robert ‘50 & Roberta AldrichPatrick ‘78 & Janet ‘78 AllanJames & Elaine (Jones) ‘37 AllenJay ‘72 & Susan AllenJay ‘81 & Renee AllertWiley ‘82 & Maria AllredAmerican Home Products CorporationAmerican Malting Barley AssociationNathaniel Andersen ‘95Dolores Anderson ‘53Glenn ‘53 & Marian AndersonJeffrey ‘86 & Donna (Elliot) ‘86 AndersonMartin ‘74 & Linda (Gwin) ‘73 AndersonSteven Anderson ‘91Vernon ‘56 & Janet (Hanson) ‘58 AndersonDouglas ‘80 & Kay AnyanEric ‘89 & Shannon (Scott) ‘88 AppelSteven ‘74 & Dianne (Halversen) ‘74 AppelGlen Armstrong & Sharman (Bramer)

Meiners-Armstrong ‘72Bruce ‘80 & Barbara (Robertson) ‘82

AshenbrennerJohn & Gayle AshworthSandra Auseth ‘65Lawrence ‘69 & Shirley AuvilConrad ‘57 & Lois AydelottJerry ‘65 & Sarah BabbittDean Backholm ‘80Aaron Baker & Patricia (Quann)

Quann-Baker ‘53Malchus & Linda (Swanson) ‘66 BakerPatrick ‘63 & Marilyn (Worley) ‘63 BaldwinThomas ‘77 & Susan (Giberson) ‘77 BaldwinDan & Lynn ‘81 BalesBank of AmericaJohn ‘91 & Shellie (Hepner) ‘91 BanksBar R Cattle Co.Craig ‘84 & Carol BardwellBarnett Implement Company, IncororatedBetty Barney ‘50Alan Bartelheimer ‘72Danny ‘65 & Judy BartelheimerMarc ‘70 & Janet BatesRichard Bates ‘90 & Paula (Perron)

Perron-Bates ‘88David Bauermeister ‘83Phyllis Baxter ‘93Donald ‘60 & Alene (Johnson) ‘62 BeaHarold ‘42 & Mae Beard

Heathman Brothers’ Endowed ScholarshipRichard W. “Dick” Heathman was born in England, February 9, 1868. He came to America with his parents in 1871, and at age twenty, struck out on his own, settling near Hartline, in Wash-ington Territory. In 1890, he homesteaded on land that would become the permanent Heathman farm, four miles north and two miles west of Hartline. His philosophy and his faith in the land led to expansion of the farm, and acquisition over time, of enough land to allow all four sons to have farms of their own. Dick was active in all aspects of community affairs and agriculture and became one of the first county commissioners in the newly formed Grant County. The four Heathman brothers, Carl, Lloyd, Earl and Elvin, became successful and prosperous in their chosen work; Carl, Lloyd, and Earl in farming and cattle ranching, and Elvin, an engineer and later, a poultry rancher. To honor the four brothers and their father the Heathman Brothers’ Endowed Schol-arship has been established. The endowment will be used to award scholarships to students in all fields of study within agriculture.

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Bechtel FoundationRichard ‘63 & Geraldine (Bunge) ‘62 BeckerRobert Becker ‘81Dale ‘66 & Judy BedlingtonDale Beech & Edith Duttlinger ‘79Harold Beeman ‘50Hamid Benabbas ‘82 & Kathryn Soldat ‘82Barbara Berg ‘79Russell & Kathleen (Mccaw) ‘45 BergevinStephen & Verna BergmannScot Berschauer ‘84David & Patricia BezdicekVern ‘52 & Adrienne (Ingram) ‘47 BirdsellDavid ‘58 & Nancy (Horschel) ‘58 BishopThelma Bjorlie ‘42Jason Blain ‘96Joseph ‘55 & Rose BlakeRobert ‘72 & Sue ‘72 BlakemoreBlauert FarmFrederic Blauert ‘58Blue Diamond De Laval LLCBMS Consulting & Machine WorksBob Colf Landscape ConstructionBob Mathison Orchards, IncorporatedWilliam ‘66 & Karen (Bert) ‘66 BoehmNancy Boettcher ‘75Dennis ‘69 & Jean BogartR.Joanne BolickAnthony BoothMarie BorgDavid ‘80 & Carol (Sigrist) ‘81 BorgensWilliam ‘67 & Marla (Giles) ‘68 BortonRichard & Susan (Wakeley) ‘76 BowersJames Boyd ‘39Landis & Lila BoydBP Amoco Foundation, IncorporatedPaul Brandt ‘55Ivy BrannonStanton & JoAnn BrauenEdmund & Darlene (Miller) ‘56 BrauneBennie & Ernestine (Freitas) ‘74 BrennonBriggs Nursery, IncorporatedRichard ‘77 & Theresa BrimCraig ‘73 & Mary (Bramble) ‘74 BrodahlWilliam ‘75 & Zena (Dickinson) ‘78

BroughtonEllery & Shirley (Kern) ‘70 BrownLawrence ‘41 & Elizabeth BrownBruce Dees & AssociatesErica Brueckner ‘98Jay Brunner ‘73James ‘65 & Suzanne BryanBuckhorn RanchLouise Bunge ‘35Fred ‘42 & Elizabeth BurgessJohn ‘58 & Marilyn (Sanders) ‘58 BurkeThomas ‘71 & Carol BurkeRuth Burrus ‘81John Butkus ‘38Susan ButtsJo Bylsma ‘69James ‘70 & Alice (Bergstrom) ‘70 CabeCAHE Alumni BoardGerrie Caines ‘39

Mike & Krista ‘94 CairusElsie Calhoun ‘49Keith ‘56 & Joyce CallisonRex ‘82 & Melva CallowayFred ‘51 & Dorothy CampbellJohn ‘68 & Gretchen (Wilkerson) ‘69

CampbellWayne ‘63 & Marianne (Olson) ‘64 CappsCharlotte Carey ‘44Derek ‘89 & Lana CarlsonIrving Carlson ‘50Robert Carlson ‘78Vernon ‘64 & Porntipa CarlsonBill ‘66 & Sara (Hughes) ‘69 CarnahanWendy Carpine ‘77V.Lori CarrawayKenneth ‘71 & Dorothy CasavantCascade FarmsCascadian FarmsNorman ‘63 & Verlee CavadiniRalph ‘85 & Annette CavalieriCharles ‘59 & Margaret ChambersMildred Chambers ‘61Donald ‘57 & Marjorie (Beernink) ‘57

ChaplinJeffery & Margaret (Wagenblast) ‘74

ChappellLarry ‘59 & Marilyn CharltonChauncey’s GardenDiana Cheng ‘51Chevron USA, IncorporatedChina Bend VineyardsChipman & Taylor Chevrolet/Olds Co.Jerome ‘89 & Caroline ChvilicekStephanie ClarkDebra Clarke ‘80Matthew Cleland ‘00Cloud Mountain, IncorporatedShannon Cobb ‘83Verlan ‘71 & Diana CochranSteven & Heidi (Fountain) ‘88 Cohen

James ‘82 & Cory ColbertRobert Colf ‘71Gary ‘72 & Ann (Daniel) ‘72 ColleyHarold Collins ‘87 & Peggy Riggers-CollinsStephen Collins ‘76Mark Colville ‘81Ernest ‘42 & Delores ComalliJ. Christopher ‘59 & Rosalee ComstockConAgra FoundationWyatt ‘62 & Vera ConeRay & Norma (Meeks) ‘56 ConklinConnecticut Dahlia Society, Inc.Kristie Cook ‘91Raymond ‘67 & Judy CooperDaniel Corbitt & Carol Baer ‘76Fred ‘54 & Lois CorwinHarry & Margaret CosgriffeMichael Costello ‘85Cougar Commodities, IncorporatedJohn ‘66 & Lorna CoulthardKatherine Countryman ‘76Francis ‘38 & Margaret CraneClifford ‘61 & Claudia CrawfordRonald ‘65 & Marjorie (Lewis) ‘65 CrawfordWilliam ‘54 & Marilyn (Vancott) ‘49 CrozierMichael ‘76 & Beth CuillierRichard ‘77 & Dana (Birch) ‘77 CunninghamMargo Cusin ‘80Vernon ‘62 & Marianne (Joens) Damsteegt

Louise Darden ‘18Darrel A. Kulm Ranches, IncorporatedElwood ‘58 & Betty DartPhilip ‘79 & Linda DavidsonDeborah Davis ‘75Jane Davis ‘42Jeffery Dawson ‘66E.Marie DayRalph & Marjorie (Graham) ‘55 DayDean Backholm Landscape DesignAlvin Dees ‘68Scott ‘91 & Linda (Kahle) DeGraw

Jeffrey ‘92 & Lynann (Rice) ‘93 DejarnettJenneth Deno ‘58Richard ‘69 & Linda ‘68 DeteringDavid Dickson ‘60Eugene ‘77 & Molly ‘80 DightJeffrey Dill ‘72Double D FarmsDick & Sharon (Ames) ‘70 DouglasJohn ‘70 & Pamela DoumitDow AgroSciencesWalter & Barbara (Enoch) DryfoosKenneth & Sandra DuftClayton ‘55 & Linda (Lewis) ‘57 DunnDunrenton RanchKenneth EastwellJerrie ‘69 & Sally EatonStephen ‘72 & Sally (Pomerenk) ‘72 EbeEducation FoundationRobert ‘83 & Petra EichelsdoerferLeonard ‘79 & Jill (Rode) ‘85 EliasonDouglas ‘76 & Heidi ElliottRay & Lori (Kegel) ‘77 EllisWilliam ‘79 & Peggy EllisEmerald Turfgrass FarmsJeffrey Emtman ‘92Randy ‘85 & Lisa EmtmanErickson Farms, IncorporatedMatthew ‘90 & Laura ErwinESRIEnrique Estrada ‘98James ‘81 & Nancy (Dunlop) ‘79 FairweatherFatma Fajarrini ‘96Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc.Philip & Mary Jane (Lindy) ‘44 FarisRandy & Sandra ‘96 FarleyFarm & Home Supply, IncorporatedBarbara Fennessy ‘71Cassandra Fergus ‘00Fidelity Investments FoundationFiess Farms, IncorporatedDennis ‘64 & Carey Fiess

Alexander and Elizabeth A. Swantz FFA Endowed Scholarship and Alexander and Elizabeth A. Swantz Educational Continuation FundWhile in high school, Alex Swantz was the FFA state president and state public speaking champion. He was also chosen the outstanding FFA farmer in the state of Washington.

Alexander and Elizabeth A. Swantz both attended Washington State College. Alex graduated in 1941 with a degree in agricultural economics. Beth studied home economics. They married just before Alex’s graduation. Alex spent most of his professional career as an agricultural economist and administrator with the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He held assignments in Spokane and Denver. He retired as the associate administrator of the Commodity Exchange Authority, the federal agency responsible for regulating commodity exchanges and futures trading. After their children were grown, Beth became a real estate sales agent. Moving to Asotin, Washington, in 1981, they became active members in community affairs.

The Alexander and Elizabeth A. Swantz Educational Continuation Fund will be used to award scholarships to juniors who have completed studies at Walla Walla Community College and have enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. The Alexander and Elizabeth A. Swantz FFA Endowed Scholarship will be used to award a scholarship to a student who has held office in Washington State Future Farmers of America.

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Guy ‘58 & Patricia (Zolgar) FisherFrederick ‘73 & Vicki FlemingThomas & Cleo FlemingFletcher FarmsJames Fletcher ‘62Judy Fogelsonger ‘75Janice Foley ‘70Alvis ‘74 & Barbara (Norris) ‘74 ForbesWalter ‘52 & Patricia ForsbergDiann Foster ‘80Randall ‘77 & Barbara FranzMichael Freepons ‘75Leonard ‘48 & Lillie (Plowman) ‘48 FreeseEarnest ‘61 & Mary FrenchRobert Fulghum & Lynn EdwardsRaymond ‘80 & Gisela FullerBroderick ‘96 & Keeley ‘95 GantGary Isaacson ConstructionGary McKay, IncorporatedThomas ‘64 & Jane GawronskiDonald & Janis GeorgeBrad ‘84 & Debbie GeringBeth Gilbert ‘37Nathan ‘93 & Virginia GilliamLarry GilsonRodney ‘44 & Mary Beth (Masemore) ‘46

GiskeGlade Creek RanchJohn GoelzJohn & Mary (Boleneus) ‘51 GonsethMarcia Goodrich ‘79Cornelia GoodwinJack ‘56 & Harriet GorskiJohn Graganta ‘98Grandy Lake Forest AssociatesGreat Plains Manufacturing Inc.Lita GreenGreenthumb Garden & GiftLarry ‘76 & Linda GreenwaltShawn Greninger ‘97Gordon & Mary (Hennessey) Gresch

Charles & Katherine (Schuehle) ‘45 GriggGene ‘52 & Donna (Custard) ‘52 GroshongDavid ‘91 & Michelle GrossRandolph Gross ‘95Randolph & Debra (Fulford) ‘77 GroveDavid ‘71 & Gayla GuentherMargaret Guitteau ‘43Jerry Gutzwiler ‘76Danette Guy ‘00Sylvia Haapala ‘38David & Margaret (Raupp) ‘58 HabersetzerAlan Hadley ‘51Chester ‘71 & Martha HainesRandy & Margaret (Sweet) ‘77 HairJohn Hall ‘79Daniel ‘84 & Diane HamiltonMichael ‘88 & Kathleen HamrickMarilyn Haney ‘78Carole Hansen ‘67Heather Hansen ‘83Reed ‘36 & Esther HansenArthur & Margaret (Mcgregor) HardKurt Harder ‘87Keith & Bonita (Pearson) ‘59 HardingJames Hardy ‘50Richard Hardy ‘75Gordon ‘66 & Joyce (Phillips) ‘72 HareVirginia Harger ‘34Jeanette HarrisHartford Insurance GroupShin ‘61 & Keiko HasegawaJulie Hassler ‘97Dyvon HavensHawthorn Inn & SuitesMarion Hayes ‘42R. Dennis ‘67 & Cheryl (Mccarter) ‘67

HaywardJeffrey ‘77 & Janet (Boerhave) ‘77 HeathDonald & Val (Garrison) ‘77 HeckerBruce ‘67 & Carole (Dietrich) Hedderly-SmithRoss & Kandice Heimbigner

Nickolas ‘66 & Diana (May) ‘66 HeinRichard ‘52 & Beulah HemmerlingLavar ‘55 & Mary HendricksCurtis ‘78 & Erika (Brandt) ‘80 HenningsPeter ‘64 & Donna HerranenDennis ‘65 & Christine HillEverett & Ruth HilleJudith Hiss ‘37Charles ‘76 & Cynthia HoctorDavid Hoffman ‘85Lyle ‘61 & Jackie (Harting) ‘64 HoltJeanna Holtz ‘79Honeywell FoundationPatricia Hooker ‘66James ‘72 & Mary HordykChristopher Horyza ‘79Jack ‘84 & Jacquelyn HoustonDonald Howe ‘65Richard Howell ‘61William ‘69 & Lynette (Brower) ‘69 HowellSteven ‘71 & Suzannne HowesStanley & Bev HoytArnold ‘55 & Danell (Jolly) ‘55 HudlowJohn ‘74 & Cynthia HulseDonald ‘52 & Lois HumphreyJohn HuntMartin ‘82 & Joan HutchinsonRobert Huthman & Kelley Liston ‘82Craig ‘75 & Linda IllmanLawrence ‘70 & Marcia ImamuraIMC Intermarket CompanyIntel FoundationDavid ‘82 & Nancy IronsGary & Elizabeth IsaacsonRobert & Dolores JacksonSue Jackson ‘74Pete & Pattie JacobyDouglas ‘71 & Linda JanachekJed ‘85 & Mary JanuchGlenn Jarstad ‘43

Michael & Dianne (Yaphe) ‘78 JefferiesCarl ‘70 & Beverly JensenFrancis ‘63 & Joan JensenKenneth ‘60 & Elaine JensenWayne & Jacie (Whitmore) ‘83 JensenToby JewittJ-Lu FarmDanver Johns ‘50Eric ‘82 & Nancy JohnsonHarriet Johnson ‘91Kenneth ‘80 & Debra JohnsonKristen JohnsonMary Johnson ‘70Richard & Carol JohnsonRichard ‘49 & Marjory (Foncannon) ‘47

JohnsonRobert ‘52 & Laura (Barringer) JohnsonWayne Johnson ‘39Jack & Joyce JolleyHarlan Jones & Kathryn Mielke ‘84Robert ‘82 & Gina (Hawk) ‘82 JungquistLorraine Juvet ‘46Christy Kadharmestan ‘98Donald Kagele ‘78James Kalamon ‘70Kallisbell Farms, IncorporatedSteve & Karlene (Whitelaw) ‘73 KatichJohn ‘64 & Darleen KeatleyPatrick ‘70 & Donna KeattsAllan Keeff ‘50Richard ‘80 & Stacy KeifertLuther & Margaret (Denecke) ‘44 KeithlyVernon & Averill (Perkins) ‘51 KellerKelley Orchards, IncorporatedWalter ‘57 & Betty KelleyRobert Kennedy & Mary (Rumpho) Rumpho-

Kennedy ‘82K-Farms, IncorporatedShirley Kiehn ‘43Oliver & Doris KienholzJohn ‘84 & Jean (Beaulaurier) ‘83 KilianMiles ‘79 & Barbara (Klump) ‘79 KillianF.Michael & Sally (Maughan) ‘59 KilpatrickFred & Gale KimballEleanor KingDavid Kirk ‘78Artur ‘98 & Beata ‘98 KlamczynskiCharles ‘59 & Jo (Ritchey) ‘59 KlarichMelvin ‘57 & Judith (Erdahl) ‘61 KlewenoKnowles Farms, IncorporatedK. Wayne Knowles ‘66Wayne Knudson ‘69John & Iva (Kienbaum) ‘54 KochFred & Helen ‘82 KoehlerDiane Kolb ‘84Robert & Mardith (Ashe) ‘63 KortenPatrick ‘92 & Jennifer (Foreman) ‘91 KramerThomas & Karen (Blair) ‘87 KramerSnorri & Lois (Lowary) ‘63 KristjanssonWilliam ‘50 & Joanna (Turner) ‘49 KrogsdaleJoseph Kropf ‘64William ‘51 & Mary (Lange) ‘50 KuhlmanDonald ‘51 & Leslie (Newton) KulinDarrel ‘73 & Beverly Kulm

Lillian Englmann Endowed Scholarship Lillian Englmann was born in Wenatchee, Washington, in 1923 and reared in Cashmere, Washington. She attended Washington State College (University) and earned a degree in education and counselor’s certification in 1947. Lillian taught home economics and was a counselor at Battle Ground High School from 1947 to 1979, when she retired. This is where she met her husband, Joe Englmann. Seeing the sights of the world was one of Lillian’s goals. She and Joe traveled to Germany, China, Russia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, the Galapagos Islands, and other locations in Europe during their lifetime. Lillian was a member of the local guild of the Children’s Hospital of Seattle, Delta Kappa Gamma, a stitchery group, WSU Alumni Association, Elderhostel, and supported the local Humane Society. She was a 50-year Golden Grad of Washington State in 1997. Lillian died September 26, 2000. The Lillian Englmann Endowed Scholarship was established with a bequest from her estate. This endowment will be used to award scholarships to students majoring in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising and Interior Design, Food Science and Human Nutrition, or Human Development.

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Kuo Testing Labs, IncorporatedNils ‘57 & Lois (Ellingsen) ‘57 LadderudStephen ‘78 & Tamie ‘95 LancasterLand O’Lakes, IncorporatedKay Landberg ‘82Vincent ‘50 & Ilean (Druffel) ‘51 LandisJohn Lane & Barbara (Bushnell) Bushnell ‘68Marvin ‘64 & Judy LappJohn Largent ‘52James ‘71 & Christine LarsenDaniel ‘65 & Judy LarsonDavid & Patricia (Ahrens) ‘57 LarsonDale Lathim ‘84Harding & Linda (Knoell) ‘68 LeeR.Wesley & Katherine ‘91 LeidAndrew ‘47 & Shirley LeiserElizabeth LeitzGlenn Leitz ‘52Richard ‘82 & Elizabeth LeitzLeonard, Boudinot & Skodje, IncorporatedAlbert ‘54 & Pauline LeonardKam ‘49 & Annie ‘49 LeongHenry ‘63 & Camilla LevienDarrell ‘61 & Carolyn LewisLeonard Libbey ‘61Edward ‘67 & Misako LinseJames ‘79 & Darci (Vanburen) LinstrumBruce ‘76 & Debra (Patterson) ‘76 LisserHans ‘85 & Teri Loechelt-YoshiokaHarold ‘58 & Barbara (Peck) ‘54 LokovsekLone Acre OrchardBlair Losvar ‘80Sherman ‘74 & Pam LucasLloyd LuedeckeRonald ‘75 & Heidi (Owings) ‘75 LuedemanThomas Lumpkin ‘76Lyall and SonsJesse ‘92 & Carmelia (Holt) ‘92 LyonCharles ‘70 & Barbara (Harder) ‘71 LyonsNorman & Sandra MackWarren ‘58 & Donna MalloryOtis & Edna MaloyDebra MarpleThomas ‘98 & Karen MarshDuane ‘64 & Patsy MarshallDale ‘48 & Leila (Cook) ‘51 MartinKenneth ‘68 & Susan MartinLawrence ‘81 & Susan (Higley) ‘81 MartinMason County Master GardenersRobert & Cleta MathisonDavid ‘52 & Georgia MatlockRichard ‘75 & Marcia (Mcgarry) ‘75 MatthaeiDarice McCabeCharles & Rae (Martin) ‘41 McCainMcCashRoger ‘60 & Kathleen (Dunagan) ‘62

McClellanDonald & Donna McCoolErnest McCulloh ‘50Alan ‘67 & Sandra (Miller) ‘70 McCurdyGeral ‘63 & Judy (Manos) ‘63 McDonaldMike & Belinda (Gosser) ‘84 McDowellDavid ‘89 & Linda (Tanner) McKayDonald ‘64 & Charleen McKay

Gary McKay ‘59Paul ‘59 & Karin McKayMcKesson HBOC Foundation, Inc.David McKinley ‘79 & Dianne

Eaton-McKinleyBruce McLane ‘83Gary & Kathleen (Connel) ‘74 McLeanWayne & Wilma McMeansThomas ‘82 & Cherie (Fine) ‘82 McNabbR.M. Meany & Karen ‘69 WoodwardWillard & Cathy MearsHarold ‘74 & Robyn (Klicker) ‘73 MeenachEdward Meier ‘67 & Jeanne Gallo ‘75William ‘72 & Sandra MeiserRicardo ‘75 & Beatriz MenendezMyron ‘69 & Yvonne MetcalfMartin ‘81 & Mary MichalsonWilliam ‘55 & Nancy (Davis) ‘55 MickelberryGeorge & Edwina MielkeGeorge ‘52 & Riyoko (Hayashi) ‘50 MigakiKenneth ‘58 & Maryann MilhollandAllen Miller ‘78James & Pamela ‘78 MillerMaxine Miller ‘42Michael ‘74 & Kristeen MillerRollin ‘46 & Eileen MillerMac & Karen MillsMichael & Christine (Larsen) ‘71

MilodragovichYasuho & Julia (Mayeda) ‘67 MiyakawaJames ‘45 & Aiko MizukiRobert ‘56 & Barbara MockDonald ‘71 & Erin (O’neil) ‘72 MoeMolbak’s IncorporatedMichael & Ruth (Muir) ‘82 MonahanBruce ‘51 & Elaine (Halle) ‘52 Monroe

Dan Montgomery ‘49Francis MooreRonald Morris & Sarah Briehl ‘76James Morrow & Cecile (Babich) Babich

Morrow ‘82Laurence ‘43 & Elizabeth (Allan) ‘44 MorseMother Flight FarmsJames ‘71 & Mary MoyerRobert & Anna MoynahanRichard ‘53 & Mary (Murphy) ‘56 MunroeMichelle Murphy ‘77Donald ‘84 & Teresa MyottCharles & Beatrice NagelMartha NagleTsugio NakamuraBruce Nelson ‘85 & Carolyn MatthewsMarvin ‘85 & Sandra (Henning) ‘85 NelsonRay & Virginia ‘60 NelsonWilliam & Karen (Leith) ‘79 NelsonDonald Neuenschwander ‘68 & Carol

Weaver ‘70Ruth NewberryVerne ‘56 & Joyce NewhouseMichael ‘78 & Claudia (Delano) ‘78 NicholsJames & Beverly NielsonDoris Niemann ‘45

James Nofziger ‘52Kenneth Norikane ‘82Norm Nelson, IncorporatedNovartis Seeds, IncorporatedNu Chem LimitedFred NyeKenneth Nylin ‘74Ann O’Connor ‘71David ‘71 & Linda (Chase) ‘69 OdenriderMark ‘78 & Tomi (Dupper) ‘78 Oergel

Roger ‘68 & Judy OhlsenOkanagan-Kootenay Cherry Growers Assc.Richard ‘52 & Virginia OliverDonald ‘58 & Delores OlsonGeorge & Gail O’NealPatricia O’Neil ‘69James ‘63 & Candace OrmistonRonald ‘77 & Karen OsborneJoan OtnessRichard & Ellen (Rogan) ‘66 OverbyEdward ‘80 & Ann (Butler) ‘82 OwensPACCAR FoundationFrederick ‘52 & Betty PaigeSteven ‘73 & Constance (Vancil) ‘71 ParishMary Pearce ‘78Clarence ‘59 & Colleen PearsonDarcy Pearson ‘82David ‘82 & Clara (Ladwig) ‘84 PearsonEriann Pearson ‘63Leonard & Marian (Swanson) ‘47 PearsonMonte ‘72 & Laura PearsonGary Pelter ‘75 & Christine StallardAnthony ‘74 & Marie (Miller) ‘75 PennellaRoderic Perry ‘74Charlie & Gertrude PetersenGeorge Petrich ‘79C.Alan Pettibone ‘54Ghery ‘75 & Marilyn (Vanhoose) ‘75 PettitBruce & Patricia PettyPfizer FoundationPharmacia FoundationDouglas ‘58 & Molly (Mccoy) ‘56 PhilipsGary ‘73 & Geraldine (Stout) ‘75 PichaClarence ‘50 & Betty PiperWamon ‘70 & Norma (Snider) ‘71 PittmanLeroy ‘85 & Rhonda PlagermanRobert ‘71 & Debra ‘78 PollockLawrence ‘68 & Judith (Steffen) ‘68 PorterTheodore ‘62 & Ursula (Vogt) ‘63 PotterKaren Poulsen ‘75Brad Powe & Julie (Balmelli)

Balmelli-Powe ‘86Albert ‘72 & Joann (Cloaninger) ‘78 PowellJack ‘62 & Geraldine (Dickison) ‘62 PowerRobert ‘49 & Helen (Richman) ‘47 PrenguberChandler ‘73 & Becky (Deobald) ‘72 PriebeCharles ‘55 & Grace ProchnowKarel ‘88 & Amy PruiettMerton & Joan PubolsPuget Sound EnergyPullman Inn-Vestments, LLCRichard ‘64 & Sharon (Dreger) ‘63 QuirkR & J FeedersRalph E. Petty TrustCarol Ramsay ‘87Paul & Teresa ‘75 RandeckerJ.Brian Raupp ‘91James ‘67 & Paula RauppJohn ‘62 & Kay RauppJerry & Heidi (Johnson) ‘79 ReevesRobert & Joan (Gammie) ‘77 ReidOrlin ‘73 & Debbie ReinboldByron Reser ‘83Ronald ‘85 & Susan (Pierson) Rhodes

Cecily Nyberg Endowed Scholarshipin Home EconomicsCecily Nyberg grew up on a farm near Spangle, Washington. Farm life taught her an appreciation for the fruits and vegetables raised on her family’s wheat farm. These experiences led her to choose home economics as a major at Washington State College, where she graduated with a BA in home economics and a BA in educa-tion. She taught for several years in both Washington and Oregon and ended her teaching career at Port Townsend schools. This endowment will be funded with a planned gift from Cecily Nyberg and will be used to award scholarships to students majoring in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising and Interior Design, Food Science and Human Nutrition, or Human Development.

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Kathleen Rightmire ‘69W.J. RingwoodRiverview RanchRKJK Farms, IncorporatedFrancis ‘39 & Naomi RobertsWilliam ‘57 & Joan (Wharton) ‘56 RobertsJack ‘54 & Linda (Mcelhaney) ‘70 RobinetteMichael ‘80 & Lisa (Hopp) ‘79 RobinsonVernon ‘46 & Sally RobinsonToby Rodgers ‘00Ronald ‘66 & Eileen RoeRandy & Kay Dee ‘86 RoehlBrad Roesler ‘74Robert ‘58 & Ruth (Alfredson) RoseAlan & Gwen (Allen) ‘65 RossPeter Rotar ‘55Homer ‘65 & Karla (Beck) ‘66 RowleyMark ‘78 & Deborah (Jaspers) ‘82 RoyJames ‘61 & Nancy RuarkRichard ‘60 & Karen RubenserJack ‘58 & Evelyn RuckerWilliam ‘67 & Sandra (Gillings) ‘67 RuddKarll & Barbara (Bang) ‘77 RuschThomas & Cynthia RussellMichael ‘84 & Kristin RyanTimothy & Maureen (Richmond) ‘79 SaffleBryan ‘78 & Barbara (Wallace) ‘80 SakumaRussell ‘77 & Janie (Gleason) ‘78 SalvadalenaWilliam SanchezSand Slope Acres, IncorporatedJohn & Sheri SandbergKeith ‘49 & Margaret SarkisianBernard ‘70 & Debbie SchaafSchafer Agricultural ServicesJohn ‘42 & Joyce SchaferKenneth ‘73 & Marsha SchilkeRobert ‘78 & Ann SchlerethRichard & Louann SchmidtAnton ‘94 & Claudia SchornoPaul & Alice SchroederRuth Schultz ‘41Stephen & Elisa (Horne) ‘87 SchutzCraig & Joann (Shjeflo) ‘78 SchwarbergSchweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesEdmund ‘77 & Mary SchweitzerDelroy ‘61 & Carol (Powell) ‘62 SchwisowNorman ‘58 & Sharon ScottEdward ‘56 & Laura SeeborgShu ‘44 & Mary SeikeBarbara Shaw ‘65Thomas ‘82 & Karla SherryLarry ‘67 & Carol ShieldsInbom & Kyu ShinRonald Sholtys ‘75Carmelle Sieverson ‘98Irene SimpsonAnchalee Sirichote ‘01Skagit County Farm BureauSkagit County Master Gardener FoundationSkagit State BankSkagit Valley AlpacasSkagitonians To Preserve Farm LandsSusan Skelton ‘78Gene Slape & Marian Svinth ‘66

Ian Slater ‘90Richard Small ‘69 & Darcey Fugman-SmallEdwin ‘53 & Sylvia SmithGale Smith ‘73Joseph & Doris SmithMaurice ‘50 & Patsy SmithRichard ‘54 & Patricia (Mikalson) ‘54 SmithKimberly Smolt ‘84Michael Smyth ‘82Snipes Mountain RanchSno-Valley Farms, LLCIrvin ‘57 & Mary SobekNancy Solbergn ‘75Dwayne ‘90 & Katey (Forsberg) ‘89 SpeegleSpragg Farms, IncorporatedNorman ‘69 & Mary SpraggFred ‘53 & Clorene (Watson) ‘55 SprengerCharles ‘56 & Shirley (Ensor) ‘57 StaibH.Wynn ‘85 & Patricia StallcopRonald ‘64 & Sheryl (Fred) ‘64 StanekChad ‘77 & Nancy (Mcneilly) ‘78 StartinWayne ‘76 & Brenda SteffenGerald ‘74 & Carol StevensDeVere ‘42 & Lois StevensonJames ‘75 & Patricia (James) ‘73 StockbridgeSteven Stokes ‘72Stormy Mountain Ranch, IncorporatedDavid Stout ‘71Michael ‘89 & Tami (Lashaw) ‘89 StubbsScott Summers ‘79Ronald ‘56 & Margie SumnerRichard ‘50 & Irene (Jensvold) ‘52 SundSunray FarmsSurefishK.Dale Swanson & Elizabeth (Halin) ‘47

GaileyMark Swanson ‘89Gregory & Meghan (Reuss) ‘87 SwytWayne ‘79 & Gertrude SyllingStephen ‘66 & Joanne (Cook) ‘66 SyreKatherine Szabo ‘70

Steve & Terri SzendreMichael ‘64 & Cathryn (Angus) SzymczakT. J. Hayes Ranch, IncorporatedT.C. Sherry & AssociatesT.W. International, IncorporatedMel & Alice (Summers) ‘84 TakeharaJim ‘80 & Mina TalbotTimothy ‘72 & Shelly TaplinTaylor Shellfish FarmsTom & Gloria TaylorTed Potter & Associates, Inc.Michael Temple ‘97Linda ThomashowRichard Thompson ‘79Johnny ‘65 & Andrea ThorenJohn ‘68 & Toni ThorneBarbara Timmer ‘71R.Scott Titus ‘84John ‘75 & Jacalyn TobosaRobert Tommervik ‘66Brett TonneThomas ToyamaTed Treiber ‘73Tucker Cellars Inc.Tucker FarmsDonald ‘57 & Claudia TuckerGeorgina Tucker ‘33Randy TuckerRobert ‘87 & Kittie (Ralph) ‘87 TuckerDon & Louise TurnerUAP NorthwestDon ‘59 & Paula VanceLynn ‘68 & Rosalind (Wilson) ‘70 VancilR.Charles & Freda (Teitzel) ‘62 VarsMary Vasbinder ‘86Arlen ‘70 & Pat VelekeVerizon FoundationSidney ‘67 & Margaret ViebrockAlbert & Karin (Strege) ‘74 VincentWallace Vog ‘60Peter ‘90 & Tanya (Slusher) ‘92 Volk

Henry ‘58 & Lois VostralGale ‘70 & Sally VradenburgRon & Barbara WachterTheodore ‘50 & Margaret WaddellTim ‘84 & Beth WallaceTom ‘69 & Elaine (Chang) ‘71 WangRay & Doreen WardenaarCeleste Warren ‘88Wendy Warren ‘62Washington Mutual FoundationWashington Pork ProducersCarl Washington ‘59Thomas Washington & Sarah Lingle ‘82LeRoy ‘67 & Valborg WatsonDuane Welborn ‘80 & Lynne Bozlee-WelbornWelch’sLawrence & Karen ‘95 WellerGilbert ‘62 & Shirley WellsJudy West ‘79Western BankWestern Plant BreedersPeter ‘54 & Jo Ann (Worman) WestonWhidbey Island BankGordon WhiteWhitman County Growers, Inc.Tim ‘82 & Karen WigginsJames ‘93 & Jessica WiggsBert ‘60 & Jane WightWilbur Ellis CompanyWilbur-Ellis CompanyMary Wiley ‘40Williams CompaniesMax Williams ‘61Roger ‘72 & Kathleen WillisJeff ‘81 & Patricia WilsonWindy Meadow NurseryGary WinterBrett ‘86 & Sue WinterowdGene ‘57 & Marcia WirthDavid ‘79 & Marie WodaegeFrank ‘96 & Niki (Wilson) ‘97 WolfGlenn ‘64 & Nancy WolfBruce ‘85 & Barbara (Appel) ‘84 WollsteinDouglas ‘81 & Carla WoodworthLarry & Wynona (Town) ‘79 WoolfLois Wright ‘71Raymond & Patricia WrightSteven ‘71 & Dayle (Wilson) ‘73 WrightGary & Judith WutzkeEsther Yoshioka ‘66Helen YoungClifford & Ann ZakarisonGlen & Kathryn (Cummins) ‘68 ZebarthLoretta Zelley ‘76Allan ‘77 & Faye ZimmerRobert ‘61 & Helen ZuppeGlenna ZwainzFred ‘68 & Joann (Spencer) ‘70 ZwieslerPerry & Rachelle (Eid) ‘75 Zylstra

Robert K. and Cathy M. StumpExcellence EndowmentThis endowment will be funded with a planned gift from Robert and Cathy Stump. The income from this endowment will be designated half for the Margin of Excellence Fund in the College of Veterinary Medicine and half for the Excellence Fund in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics.

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F U L F I L L I N G T H E P R O M I S E

By now, I hope everyone has seen a television spot or newspaper adver-

tisement or heard a radio story reflect-ing the theme of the Washington State University integrated marketing cam-paign. In the media and in our informa-tional materials, we are reinforcing this statement through examples of faculty who fulfill this aspiration.

Two faculty exemplars have been selected from the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. These are Dr. R. James Cook, Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and Plant Pathology, and Dr. Deborah Handy, Department of Human Development.

Dr. Cook’s research has ranged from solving the problems of plant diseases in wheat fields to strategies for direct seeding to reduce soil erosion and improve environmental quality and farmer profitability. He also is an inter-nationally recognized expert on bio-technology and its application to the food system. He teaches CropS 403/Pl P 503, Advanced Cropping Systems, (a 3-credit course), and CropS/Pl P 700/800 in which he supervises stu-dents’ research projects.

Dr. Handy teaches in the Family and Consumer Science Education program and annually supervises the teaching internship experience of students who plan to be high school teachers. In May 2000, she won the Co-Teach Faculty Col-laboration Award for teamwork and part-nering successfully across educational programs in colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics, Education, Liberal Arts, and Sciences. Her research focuses on the use of technology to engage stu-dents in learning. WSU used her in a television spot that challenges students to change the world as teachers.

It is faculty such as these who exem-plify the vision that Washington State University and the College has for our-selves, our students, and our constitu-ents. We also have identified numerous other faculty for future posters, tele-vision, radio spots, as speakers before audiences of influential leaders, and as

commentators on global, national, and state issues.

When President V. Lane Rawlins began the Strategic Planning process, he appointed a Strategic Planning Oversight Committee (SPOC). With a lot of input from faculty, staff, and students, SPOC has presented to the president vision and mission statements of the University.

The vision is contemporary in lan-guage and worth working to achieve. “Washington State University offers a premier undergraduate experience, conducts and stimulates world-class research, graduate and professional education, scholarship and art, and provides an exemplary working and learning environment that fosters engagement.”

The mission statement likewise cap-tures the essence of our heritage and our goals for the future. “As a public, land-grant and research institution of distinction, Washington State Univer-sity enhances the intellectual, creative, and practical abilities of the individuals, institutions and communities that we serve by fostering learning, inquiry, and engagement.”

As we move from the language of teaching, research, and extension to learning, inquiry, and engagement, we begin to see a transformation in how we fulfill the promise of “World Class. Face to Face.”

The process of learning involves more than classroom instruction. It is a lifelong love of learning and applying this intellectual growth to the problems of daily life as a citizen in a family, com-munity, national, and global context.

The process of inquiry expands the stereotypical definition of research to include all forms of scholarly discovery: empirical, theoretical, and aesthetic.

The process of engagement trans-forms the concept of service to one’s community to a positive interaction with increased partnerships with mul-tiple communities of which we are members. These partnerships bring the objectivity and diverse expertise of

the entire campus into a closer, more responsive, respectful relationship with community stakeholders.

As alumni and friends of the College, you may be interested in the details of the WSU Strategic Plan. It can be found at http://www.wsu.edu/StrategicPlanning/

I invite you to review the actions we are taking to achieve our goals:

• Offer the best undergraduate expe-rience in a research university.

• Nurture a world-class environment for research, scholarship, graduate and professional education, the arts, and engagement.

• Create an environment of trust and respect in all we do.

• Develop a culture of shared com-mitment to quality in all of our activities.

Each goal has a series of subgoals and actions that will enhance the experience of working and learning at WSU.

Our College will link its strategic plan directly to this WSU plan and build on the values we hold. For exam-ple, we intend to increase opportunities for internships, experiential learning, and hands-on research both here and abroad. We will continue to innovate in our curriculum to improve the quality of our programs; and we will recognize and support the high quality advising and mentoring that is part of the CAHE undergraduate experience.

I expect that more of our faculty and staff will be featured in future marketing efforts. Look for these and let us know what you think.

James J. Zuiches, Dean

“World Class. Face to Face.”

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