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CONNECTIONS—Fall 2004


DATES TO REMEMBER

September3 New Mexico vs. WSU

Albuquerque, NM

11 Colorado vs. WSUArmed Forces DaySeahawks Stadium, Seattle

18 Idaho vs. WSUFuture Cougar DayPullman

25 Arizona vs. WSUTucson, AZ

October9 Oregon vs. WSU

WSU Foundation WeekendPullman

16 Stanford vs. WSUHomecomingPullman

23 Oregon State vs. WSUCorvallis, OR

30 USC vs. WSUDad’s WeekendPullman

November6 UCLA vs. WSU

Pasadena, CA

13 Arizona State vs. WSUTempe, AZ

20 Washington vs. WSUApple Cup, Pullman

For a complete Extension calendarvisit: http://ext.wsu.edu/

calendar/index.asp

On the cover: CSANR director Chris Feise(lower right), and Biosystems Engineeringpost-doc Wei Liao (lower left). Coverdesign created by Miro Vejzovic. Photosprovided by CSANR.

Visit the CAHNRSAlumni and Development

Web site at:www.cahnrsalumni.wsu.edu

Meet Megan Riebe

Megan Riebe

Megan Riebe began duties as 4-H/Extension Director of Develop-

ment and Director of the 4-H Foundationon June 1, 2004.

Riebe is responsible for establishingand maintaining a strong fund-raisingprogram on behalf of WSU Extensionand the 4-H Foundation. She directs,plans, and administers development,public relations, and related activitiesamong other duties.

The 4-H Foundation is a source ofunrestricted, supplemental program-matic funding for county 4-H programs.

She brings nine years of variedfund-raising experience to the position,most recently as assistant director ofCorporate and Foundation Relations atWashington State University.

She worked on several 4-H projectswhile at the WSU Foundation. “Workingcentrally with the WSU Foundation, Igot to learn about a lot of incredibleresearch taking place here, but some-how connecting with the people ofthe state and kids really excites me.”

While the Seattle native was notinvolved in 4-H activities as a youth,her best friend in Issaquah was. “It’san amazing program. You never meetanyone who has had exposure to 4-Hwho didn’t have an excellent experi-ence with it.”

She brings a strong background incorporate and foundation relations andfund raising to the job. “I think one ofmy biggest strengths is the ability towork with all types of people and bean effective facilitator.”

She received a bachelor’s degree inmarketing at WSU in 1990. While inPullman she met her future husbandTim, while he was earning a bachelor’sin social sciences. They returned toPullman 11 years later so that Timcould pursue a B.S. in soil science. He isa soil scientist with the USDA NaturalResource Conservation Service.

The Riebes have two sons: T.J., 10,and Hayden, 8. “They are into baseballso we are doing the kids sports stuff,”she said. “In our free time we mountainbike and roller blade.” They also enjoycamping, hiking, and fishing.

Riebe’s primary office will be inPullman but she will also work out ofthe 4-H Foundation office in Puyallup.

“I’m really eager to make a differ-ence for Extension and 4-H,” she said.

Younever meetanyone whohas hadexposureto 4-H whodidn’t havean excellentexperiencewith it.

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Megan Riebe can be contactedby e-mail at [email protected].

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C O N N E C T I O N SIssue Number Thirteen • Fall 2004Connections is published yearly by theCollege of Agricultural, Human, and NaturalResource Sciences Alumni and DevelopmentOffice. Readers are encouraged to sharetheir ideas for articles and to contributeitems by writing to:

College of Agricultural, Human, andNatural Resource SciencesAlumni and Development CoordinatorWashington State UniversityPO Box 646228Pullman, WA 99164-6228

Connections StaffPublisher: R. James Cook, Interim Dean, CAHNRSAlumni and Development ExecutiveDirector: Patrick L. KramerDevelopment Coordinator: Robert D. ScholesProgram Support Supervisor: Britta NitcySecretary: Vernie LewisWriters/Editors: Dennis Brown, Lagene

Taylor, Brenda Congdon, Patrick KramerGraphic Designer: Gerald Steffen

CAHNRS Alumni Board of DirectorsPresident: Clint J. AdamsonVice President: Chuck Chambers ’59Board Members: Andrea Howell ’95, Diana

Anderson ’94, Nancy Boettcher ’75, LilFreese ’48, Tanja Damiano Huffman ’93,Alison Lane ’93, Jeff Safe ’95, GingerScobie ’71, Maureen Sprague ’89 & ’98,Bonnie Russell ’00, Tedd Wildman ’84

Mission: The College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences AlumniBoard of Directors is the catalyst foruniting prospective students, currentstudents, the college administration,faculty and staff, industry, and alumniwhile upholding WSU’s land-grant mission.

Web site: www.cahnrsalumni.wsu.edu

CONTENTSAround the College 2

World Class Showcase 8

Master Gardeners Assist Mariners 9

Kim Kidwell 10

Revitalization Project 12

CSANR 14

Promoting Healthy Food 16

Global Warming 19

Bioscience Construction 23

Alumni Spotlight 25

CAHNRS Awards Banquet 26

Dean’s Message Inside Back Cover

Many Washington State 4-Hprograms would not be possible

without generous donations fromprivate partners. One such programis Know Your Government, an annualconference drawing 4-H youth partici-pants and adult chaperones fromthroughout the state to our capitolin Olympia.

The 2004 Know Your GovernmentConference, held in February, was madepossible by the support of a $10,000gift from Microsoft, $7,000 fromChevronTexaco Products Company,and $1,000 of scholarship assistancefrom The Homemakers Association.

The Know Your GovernmentConference serves to strengthen theconnection between youth and ourpolitical and social networks througheducation, experience, application,and inspiration.

This year, youth became moreaware of international issues byexploring the interrelationshipsbetween the economies of the world,and learning how the relationshipbetween nations influences localgovernment and social problems andaffects larger global issues. 4-H teenparticipants increased their knowledgeof the United Nations and its functionin the world, while better perceiving

themselves as a vital part of our globalcommunity. As one teen participantreported, “I learned that my opinion isimportant and I can change somethingif I want to.”

The conference was conducted withteens taking on the roles of delegatesfrom foreign countries and attemptingto solve some of the most difficultproblems of our modern world. Whiledoing so, they met and talked with statelegislators and Governor Gary Locke.

4-H Youth Development uses avariety of learning topics to instillpositive life-skills in 4-H youth. Thisyear, Know Your Government focusedon areas of communication, acceptingdifferences, acquiring marketable skills,leadership, and decision making.

Another teen said, “The mostimportant thing I have gained fromattending Know Your Government 2004is that you have to learn how to seefrom different perspectives.” A criticallife skill we all need to remember!

To learn how you can make acontribution to support Know Your

Government, please contactMegan Riebe, Director of the

Washington State 4-H Foundationat 253-445-4560.

4-H News

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE COLLEGE

CROP & SO IL SC IENCES Orville A. Vogel’s achievements andcontributions to agriculture in thePacific Northwest. Today, through thisprestigious award, individuals whohave made significant contributionsto the pure seed program and/or cropproduction in Washington continueto be acknowledged.

Amanda McKinley, a senior inCrop Science, was a recipient of thePresident’s Award for 2003, givingrecognition to excellence in leadershipand service to those whose leadershipand service to the campus and thecommunity will leave a lasting impact.Faculty, administrators, and peersnominate the candidates; a committeereviews each candidate on the charac-teristics of leadership, values, self-awareness, and responsibility and thenselects the recipients. From over 200nominations submitted, 80 students wereselected for this honor. The recipientsrepresented all of the academic colleges,all campuses, and undergraduate,graduate, and professional students.

Craig Cogger was presented withthe 2003 Kenneth J. Morrison Awardat Spillman Field Day on July 10 inrecognition of his work to improvesoil and water quality and to facilitaterecycling of organic wastes. The awardhonors the memory of Kenneth J.Morrison who served as WSU extensionagronomist from 1950 to 1987.

Judi Wutzke, AdministrativeManager, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences,received the Circle K InternationalCarthage-Pullman Society Award,presented by the WSU Circle K Club.The Carthage-Pullman Award is one ofthe most prestigious awards that Circle Kcan award to a Kiwanian to showappreciation. In the Pacific NorthwestDistrict there are only 8 awards out of12,000 Kiwanians. WSU Circle K Clubis a sponsored organization of thePullman Kiwanis Club. The two clubs,along with Key Club (Pullman HighSchool) and Builders Club (LincolnMiddle School) do many projects

together such as the Easter Egg Huntat Kruegal Park. Catherine McInnes,fellow Kiwanian shares that “JudiWutzke is a model citizen of Pullman.Judi has been involved for years in thePullman Kiwanis Club, is a past divi-sional Lt. Governor, a past PullmanKiwanis President, and a past advisor tothe WSU Circle K Club. In her serviceto our club, she went above andbeyond that of any other advisor orKiwanis member. She was always a joyto those around her and an inspirationto us as community service volunteers.Never have I felt more attached to amember of the Kiwanis Club. Thepassion for community service thatshe exudes is the only reason that ourclub is as strong as it is.”

Washington State University washost to the Washington State ScienceTeachers’ Association 2003 AnnualConference on the Pullman campus,and the Dept. of Crop & Soil Scienceswas a major participant. Kim Kidwelldelivered a keynote address on geneti-cally modified crops. Mary Fauci andDave Bezdicek organized a tour of theWSU compost facility. Steve Jones leada tour of the greenhouse facilities anddiscussed crop breeding techniqueswhile Ann Kennedy offered a work-shop on soil biology.

Michael Hecht, a physicist withNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,delivered the inaugural GaylonCampbell Lecture in EnvironmentalSoil and Water Science titled, “ThePhoenix Mission to the Mars PolarRegions: Getting Down on Dirty” onNovember 18, 2003. Hecht is leadinvestigator for the Microscopy,Electrochemistry, and ConductivityAnalyzer, a soil analysis payloadscheduled to fly to Mars on the Phoenixmission in 2007. The Campbell Lecturewas created to help further understand-ing of environmental soil science.It is named for Gaylon Campbell, whospent nearly 30 years as a professorof environmental biophysics and soil

Attention Crop & Soil Sciences alumni!We want to hear from you! Please log onto our Web site http://www.css.wsu.edu/alumni.htm to share your professional andpersonal accomplishments or other news.

Kim Kidwell was awarded theUniversity-wide Distinguished FacultyService Learning Award, April 2004, forher instructional leadership in develop-ing opportunities for student servicelearning in Human Development 205.Kim also received the 2003 award forCSSA Young Crop Scientist of the Yearfor her stellar research in crop geneticsand breeding that blends classicalwheat breeding with current techniquesin biotechnology to improve yield andend-use quality in spring wheat. Heroutstanding teaching at both lower andupper divisions of our Crop Scienceprogram is also recognized. Additionally,both Kim, and Dr. Joan Davenportwere selected to be participants in the13th annual ESCOP/ACOP-sponsoredLeadership Development Program foremerging leaders in agriculturalexperiment stations.

Bob Stevens is a member of theNutrient and Pest Management TrainingDevelopment Team that developed atraining model that will be adoptednationwide by NRCS. They wereawarded the 2003 Department ofAgriculture Honor Award for Maintainingand Enhancing the Nation’s NaturalResources and Environment. This is oneof just a few USDA Honor Awards thatare given each year for notable contri-butions to the Department’s mission,the Nation, or public service.

Congratulations to Gary Shelton,recipient of the 2003 WSCIA O.A. VogelCrop Improvement Association Award.Gary was presented his award at theWSCIA annual meeting in Moscow,Idaho on November 18. The award wasestablished in 1973 in honor of Dr.

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physics in WSU’s Department of Cropand Soil Sciences. He retired in 1998 tobecome vice president of engineering atDecagon Devices, a local manufacturerof biophysical research instrumentation.The lecture was created through giftsfrom Campbell Scientific, Inc., andDecagon Devices, Inc.

Comedian/scientist ‘Bill Nye theScience Guy’ and five members of hisproduction crew paid Stephen Jonesand the winter wheat lab a visit in Mayof 2003 to film the thirteenth episodeof Nye’s science show targeted for adultviewers. The focus of the episode was“GM Food.” They were interested intopics including how to cross wheatand the history of wheat breeding, aswell as issues of concern regarding theprivate ownership of genes and ideas.The episode aired fall 2003 and includedinterviews with scientists at theUniversity of California, Berkeley andUC-Davis. Bill Nye stars as the host ofthe show designed to get kids interestedin the science of everyday, and somenot so everyday, things. On a full rangeof subjects, including ecology, biology,chemistry, and physics, Nye gives aneasy-to-understand, yet informative,lesson that both kids and grownupscan enjoy. His shows have received17 Emmy awards.

Peggy Chevalier, Associate Professor(plant physiology), retired May 2004after 25 years of service. Additionally,Greg Vollmer, Foundation Seed ServiceManager, Washington State CropImprovement Association, retired May2004 after 14 years of service.

Kudos to Tim Miller, who waspromoted to E-3, associate extensionspecialist in 2003; Tim is initiating aweed science graduate training programat the Mt. Vernon R&E Unit.

We welcome Richard Koenig whois filling our soil fertility research/extension position. Dr. Koenig earnedhis Ph.D. from WSU (1993) and spenttime at Colorado State and Utah StateUniversities before coming back home.


Koenig’s wife, Theresa Cerny, anornamental horticulturist by training,will be contributing to the Depts. ofCrop & Soil Sciences and Horticulture’steaching programs. We also welcomegeostatistician Rick Rossi, another WSUgrad, back to Johnson Hall as a memberof the Center for Precision Agricultureteam directed by Fran Pierce.

A book entitled, Farming With theWind II, by Robert Papendick, retiredUSDA/ARS soil scientist, has just beenpublished by the Columbia PlateauPM-10 Project (CP3). This major publica-tion provides a comprehensive over-view of research and outreach achieve-ments of the CP3 during the past sixyears for wind erosion and air qualitycontrol on dry land and irrigatedcropland in the Columbia Plateau andColumbia Basin. You may obtain a freecopy of the book by requesting bulletinXB1042 from the WSU Bulletin Officeby calling 1-800-723-1763.

Dean Reichers, former Ph.D.student in the Dept. of Crop & SoilSciences, received the 2004 CollegeFaculty Award for Excellence in Teach-ing, in the College of Agricultural,Consumer and Environmental Sciences,University of Illinois.

Recipes from the Annual Ground-hog’s Day Lentil/Legume Cook Offsponsored by the USDA/ARS GrainLegume Genetics and PhysiologyResearch Unit, Pullman, WA are postedat http://pwa.ars.usda.gov/pullman/glgp. The 2004 overall grand prize entrywas awarded to Patsy Sperry, secretaryin the USDA/ARS Wheat Genetics Unitat Pullman, for her Lentil Taco Dip.

SCHOOL OFECONOMIC SC IENCES

WSU President V. Lane Rawlins,recently approved creation of theSchool of Economic Sciences. The newSchool brings together the faculties ofthe Department of Economics in the

College of Business and Economics andthe Department of Agricultural andResource Economics in the Collegeof Agricultural, Human, and NaturalResource Sciences into a single adminis-trative unit.

The two departments alreadyoffered a coordinated Ph.D. (togetherwith faculty in Finance). The Schoolof Economic Sciences was the logicalnext step, with the goal of creating anoutstanding academic environmentdedicated to research, undergraduateand graduate teaching, service, out-reach, and extension. Theoretical andmethodological contributions willcontinue to be made and highly valued,although the strategic thrust of theschool will be to achieve excellencein four areas of economic application:

• Environmental and ResourceEconomics

• International Trade, Markets,and Development

• Transportation Policy• Economics of Agribusiness Systems

and Biotechnology

For more information about thenew School, contact Richard Shumway(509-335-5555) or Robert Rosenman(509-335-1193).

Scott Matulich’s Research ImpactsFederal Fisheries Policy

When President Bush signed theConsolidated Appropriations Act inJanuary, he enacted into law a uniquefederal fisheries policy that is anchoredin the research of Scott Matulich,Professor of Economic Sciences. Thispolicy will rationalize the most danger-ous fisheries in the world—the NorthPacific crab fisheries. It is expected togenerate approximately $1 billion innew economic wealth for the State ofWashington and the State of Alaska.It will help conserve the resource, and,most importantly, it will save lives.

The crab rationalization plan isthe latest development in fishery

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rationalization, following the AmericanFisheries Act of 1998 (AFA). That Actwas also anchored in Scott’s researchand policy outreach. AFA continuesto have enormous economic andconservation impacts with Washingtonbeing its primary recipient. WhileAFA was a variant of Scott’s research,the crab rationalization plan is builtdirectly on his research and policydesign. Passage followed a long andarduous policy debate that began fouryears ago. Scott participated in thisdebate both as a WSU rofessor and asa policy adviser to the State of Alaskathrough an ongoing cooperative

agree-ment between WSU and theAlaska Department of Fish and Game.What made this plan so controversialis the amount of money at stake andthe challenges of designing a policythat is “win-win-win” for harvesters,processors and fishery-dependent ruralcoastal communities. Any of thesethree mutually dependent groups couldbe ruined by careless public policy.

Alumni and Friends WeekendThe Annual Economic Sciences

Alumni and Friends Weekend willbe held on WSU Foundation Weekend,October 9, 2004, as the Washington

State University Cougars battle theUniversity of Oregon Ducks. Eventsinclude golf, BBQ, and a football game.See our web site for information onthis event: http://ses.wsu.edu/Announcements/weekend.htm

Study AbroadThe School of Economic Sciences

is offering a study abroad program,Global Resources: Italian Style, whichwill be open to all majors, in Florence,Italy during spring semester 2005.Students will receive 13 credit hoursand study global environmental andresource issues with WSU faculty. More


The Department of Agricultural and ResourceEconomics in the College of Agricultural, Human,

and Natural Resource Sciences and the Department ofEconomics in the College of Business and Economicsmerged in April to form the School of EconomicSciences.

The reasons for the merger were both budgetaryand strategic, according to Richard Shumway, chairof Agricultural and Resource Economics. “Bothdepartments had been going through significantdownsizing. With common disciplinary foundationsand many similar goals, we decided we couldbecome better and more effective together thanas separate departments.”

He said the proposal was faculty driven. “Wespent a lot of time last year working through strate-gic goals and operating procedures to enable usto function effectively together, then voted on theproposal. The proposed school was supportedoverwhelmingly by both faculties.”

The merger was approved by the WSU FacultySenate on April 15. The provost and president madeit official when they signed off on the request onApril 19. It was presented to the Regents as aninformation item May 7. Implementation tookplace over the summer.

A joint announcement issued after the FacultySenate vote said: “Theoretical and methodologicalcontributions will continue to be made and highlyvalued, although the strategic thrust of the school

will be to achieveexcellence in four areas:environmental andresource economics;international trade,markets, and develop-ment; transportationpolicy; and economicsof agribusiness systemsand biotechnology.”The merger joins 19faculty in CAHNRS with12 in the CBE. The twoprograms enroll about 160 undergraduate and 60graduate students.

While the same degree programs will continue inthe immediate future, changes may be in the wind.“One of the things we will be doing in the next yearis an in-depth curricular review of both the bachelorand master’s degree programs. I’m sure somechanges will be proposed.”

The two departments already offered a coordinateddoctorate together with faculty in the Department ofFinance, Insurance & Real Estate in the CBE beforethe merger.

The former departments have asked their respec-tive deans to be located together but at this writingno decision has been made about where that mightoccur. The deans are seeking “mutually acceptablechanges with other units,” Shumway said.

School of Economic Sciences Opens

Richard Shumway,Chair, Agricultural andResource Economics

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information can be found at http://ses.wsu.edu/Italy/index.htm.

New FacultyTwo new faculty joined the School

this summer. Dr. Thomas Marshreceived his Ph.D. in AgriculturalEconomics from WSU in 1998. He hasbeen an associate professor at KansasState University. Dr. Trenton Smithreceived a Ph.D. in Economics fromUC-Santa Barbara in 2002. He recentlywas Global Fellow and Visiting AssistantProfessor at the UCLA InternationalInstitute. Both will teach and conductresearch in marketing and agribusinesseconomics.

FacultyRon Mittelhammer was promoted

to the rank of WSU Regents Professor.Jill McCluskey received tenure and

was promoted to the rank of AssociateProfessor.

Ken Casavant received two presti-gious recognitions—he presented the2004 WSU Distinguished FacultyAddress on April 7 and received the2004 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Awardin Public Service.

Fabio Chaddad received the 2004CAHNRS R.M. Wade Award for Excellencein Teaching.

Ron Mittelhammer, NormWhittlesey, and Richard Shumwaywere selected as Distinguished Scholarsby the Western Agricultural EconomicsAssociation for lifetime achievements.

Phil Wandschneider and KenCasavant received an Honorable Mentionfrom the American Agricultural EconomicAssociation for Outstanding ArticlePublished in the Review of AgriculturalEconomics.

Ray Folwell was appointed Director ofWSU’s new Viticulture/Enology program.

StudentsBrock Howell, 2004 graduating

senior, was one of the recipients ofthe President’s Award. Brock was also

chosen as one of the Big Ten Seniors,winning the campus involvementcategory award for male seniors.

Amanda McKinley (double majorin Agricultural Economics & Manage-ment and Crop Science) was one of theCommencement Highlight Students to berecognized at the December graduation.

Jake Burkey, Department ofAgricultural and Resource EconomicsPh.D. student, was selected as a ThomasS. Foley Institute Graduate Fellow for2003–04 and received the BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Graduate Fellowship.

Wen Du was selected to participate inthe 2004 Summer Doctoral Fellows Pro-gram sponsored by the Graduate School.

Armenak Markosyan and HodanFarah both received 2004 M.A. to Ph.D.Transition Awards from the GraduateSchool.

ENTOMOLOGY

Provost Bates informed Dr. RichardZack that he was the 2004 recipient ofthe Marian E. Smith Award for FacultyAchievement (for innovative teaching).This award brought Dr. Zack a monetaryprize of $5,000 to emphasize that he isbeing recognized as the ‘best teacher’at WSU for 2003. This is the secondEntomology faculty member to winthis award; Dr. Carol Sheppard wonthe award in 1999.

Doris Lohrey-Birch received theCollege of Agricultural, Human, andNatural Resource Sciences ExcellenceAward for Classified Staff at the 2004CAHNRS Awards Banquet. Doris hasbeen with the department for severaldecades and has worked with at least 3different chairs. Doris is the AcademicCoordinator for the department, andshe takes special interest in the welfareof our students.

Michael Doerr received the Collegeof Agricultural, Human, and NaturalResource Sciences Excellence Awardfor Administrative/Professional Staff

at the 2004 CAHNRS Awards Banquet.Mike is Jay Brunner’s AdministrativeAssistant (WSU-Wenatchee TFREC)who helps with everything from super-vising research programs, to teachingclasses, and extending information tothe general public.

Ms. Renee Prasad received the 2004Comstock Award for the Pacific Branchof the Entomological Society of America.The Comstock Award is recognized asthe highest level of achievement for agraduate student in Entomology. Ms.Prasad is a Ph.D. candidate workingwith Dr. William E. Snyder on host/predator relationships in vegetableand vegetable seed industries locatedin the Skagit Valley. Only one studentis selected each year from 14 differentmajor universities located in 11 westernstates. This is the second year in a rowthat a WSU student has received thisaward, another measure of excellence!

Robert Bates and Douglas Bakerselected Dr. Carol Sheppard as amember of the founding AdvisoryBoard for the President’s TeachingAcademy. This honor not only affirmsCarol’s past contributions to teachingand learning at WSU, but also recog-nizes her ability to help implementkey aspects of the University’s StrategicPlan related to the academic experienceof our students. The President’s Teach-ing Academy is an important initiativethat has the potential to have a pro-found and lasting impact on teachingand learning at WSU. Dr. Sheppardwas also promoted to the rank ofAssociate Professor.

Dr. Walter Steve Sheppard waspromoted to Scientist, Professor, andExtension Specialist E-4.

Dr. Douglas B. Walsh (WSU-ProsserIAREC) was promoted to the rankof Associate Scientist and ExtensionSpecialist E-3.

The American Association ofPesticide Safety Educators presentedMs. Carol A. Ramsay the 2003 AAPSEBoard of Directors Award for Service.


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Entomology Loses Two Emeritus FacultyA memorial service was held in

honor of Dr. Carl A. Johansen Sunday,July 13, 2003 at the Eagles Club, Coeurd’ Alene, Idaho. Carl passed away May28, 2003 at his home at the age of 80.Carl was a faculty member in thedepartment for 35 years.

Dr. Horace Telford, passed awayat the age of 94 on March 30, 2004.Horace had served as the Chair ofEntomology from 1951 until 1969. Amemorial service was held in Pullmanon April 4, 2004.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Cheryl Martin was recognized asSenior of the Year and received thecollege’s Family and Consumer Scientistof the Year award at the CAHNRSAwards Banquet, April 17, 2004. Alsoat the banquet, Cynthia Ashworthwas recognized as the department’sDistance Degree Program Senior of theYear. Jennifer Vandecar was the HumanDevelopment Junior of the Year.

Graduate students ViviAnne Fischer,Brianne Hood, Katie Maucione, andKatie Przepyszny were recipients of theMargaret Hard and Alberta Hill awards.These students are involved in a rangeof research projects including studiesof the mentoring of adolescent mothersin a faith-based organization; parentalinfluences on children’s responses tostress; the dissemination, through WSUExtension, of a best practices parentingprogram across the state of Washington;and social cognitive factors in thedevelopment of relational aggressionin children.

Deb Nelson received the Shared-Course Faculty Award for CollaborativeWork with Freshman Seminar for herwork with HD101, Human DevelopmentAcross the Lifespan; Kathleen BoyceRodgers received the WSU Advisor ofthe Year award presented by CampusInvolvement; and an article by Paulette

Mills and colleagues was highlighted inthe Learning Disability Quarterly as oneof “three cutting-edge research studiesin the field of learning disabilities.”

One of the year’s major highlightshas been a chance to reconnect withdepartmental alumni through the AlumniCareer Survey being conducted underthe direction of faculty member MaryWandschneider. Alumni shared detailsabout their jobs, salaries, views about jobprospects in the field, and views aboutthe HD curriculum and its relevanceto their work lives. A summary of thefindings will be available in the fall onthe HD web site: http://hd.wsu.edu/.

INST ITUTE OFB IOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

John A. Browse received the 2003–04 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award forResearch Scholarship and Arts for hisresearch in plant lipid biochemistry.This award is granted to individualswho have made contributions to WSUthat are recognized as highly meritori-ous and have had significant impact.Also important is the creativity of theresearch, comparable contributionsfrom faculty at other institutions, andthe honors and recognition from thework and stature of the recipient in his/her field. Previous IBC recipients of thisaward were Rodney B. Croteau (1992),Clarence “Bud” A. Ryan (1984), andP.E. Kolattukudy (1983).

B. Markus (Mark) Lange joinedthe IBC as permanent faculty in March2004. He earned a Ph.D. in Botanyin 1995 through the University ofMunich, Germany. The main focusof his research is to understand theregulatory networks controlling theprimary and secondary biochemicalpathways involved in the biosynthesisof natural products, with an emphasison isoprenoids. See more informationabout Mark’s research at: http://www.ibc.wsu.edu/research/lange/index.htm.

The Graduate Program in PlantPhysiology chaired by John Browseof IBC has formally changed its name.The first recipients of a Ph.D. inMolecular Plant Sciences are MyDoanhChau, Coralie Halls, Lucia Straderand Kerry Ringer. (Spring 2004).

Recipients of the 2003–04 Helenand Loyal H. Davis Fellowship are TomAvenson, Dongwook Kim, MariannePoxleitner, and Bryan Thines.

Sung-Jin Kim received the 2003–04John and Maggie McDougall Fellowship.

PLANT PATHOLOGY

Dr. Hajime Akamatsu was recentlyawarded the 2004 Young ScientistAward by the Phytopathological Societyof Japan. This annual award recognizesthe contributions of three scientistsunder the age of 35 to the field ofplant pathology in Japan. Awards werepresented at the Annual Meeting ofthe Japanese Phytopathological Societyin April 2004. Abstracts of the awardrecipients research will appear in anupcoming volume of the Journal ofGeneral Plant Pathology.

The research program on perennialwheat, led by Tim Murray and SteveJones, was featured in the most recentedition of Washington State Magazine.The complete story is available online athttp://www.washington-state-magazine.wsu.edu/.

Ph.D. student Olga Mavrodi hasbeen selected to receive the Harriett B.Rigas Award on behalf of the Washing-ton State University Association forFaculty Women. Her academic perfor-mance, research and scholarship, andher promise of future professionalleadership demonstrate truly excep-tional achievement.

Jerald Pataky was the invitedspeaker for the PLP 515 Spring Seminarseries. He is a Professor in the Depart-ment of Crop Sciences at the Universityof Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. The title of


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his seminar was: “Current concernsabout simply-inherited resistance insweet corn.”

Mary Moore, Lab Technician forPlant Pathology, retired at the end ofFebruary, after working for Dr. Chenand Dr. Line for the last five years.The Department of Plant Pathologygave a going away party for Mary.Many people attended to share insaying farewell.

Dr. Sang-Dal Kim is a visitingscientist from Yeungnam University,Kyongsan, Korea. He will be workingin the laboratory of Dr. LindaThomashow. He will be conductingresearch in the area of biologicalcontrol. With his expertise in thedevelopment of improved biologicalcontrol strains of Pseudomonas. He islikely to contribute a fresh perspective onbiological control of pathogenic fungi.

Katie Murray, Tech. Assistant Ifor the Plant Pathology Departmenthas received the “Student of the Year”award at Pullman High School. Theaward is given by the Pullman RotaryClub. She has maintained a 3.97 GPAand plans to enroll in Carrol College inHelena, Mont., this fall. She is consider-ing a major in architecture. At PullmanHigh School she has taken honorsEnglish, world literature, geometry,calculus, and chemistry. For 3 years shecompeted on the varsity cross countryteam and won Most Inspirational andMost Improved awards. She alsoparticipated in the Key Club and FutureBusiness Leaders of America for a yearand was a member of the SpanishClub for two years. For her SeniorProject, she reviewed the renovationof Thompson Hall on the WSU campus.She is active in the Sacred Heart ParishYouth group, as a volunteer at PullmanMemorial Hospital, and at the GirlScout Summer Camp on Lake Coeurd’ Alene.

Valerie Akins, Program Assistant,received a certificate and pen for her20 years of service to WSU. She also

received a letter from WSU PresidentRawlins thanking her for her 20 yearsof dedication to the university.

Tobin Peever, Department of PlantPathology, recently spent 2 weeks inthe laboratories of Tohru Teraoka andTsutomu Arie, Laboratory of PlantPathology, Tokyo University of Agricul-ture and Technology (TUAT), Fuchu,Japan. Peever’s visit was supported bya Grant-In-Aid for Scientific Researchfrom the Japan Society for the Promo-tion of Science entitled, “Analysis ofthe Evolutionary History of Phyto-pathogenic Fungi based on GeneGenealogies,” held by Teraoka andArie. While in Japan, Peever presented aposter at the 3rd Conference on FungalGenetics and Molecular Biology heldat the University of Tokyo and gave aseminar at TUAT entitled “Evolutionof Host Specificity of Ascochyta Specieson Legumes.”

New Course TaughtMolds, Mildews, Mushrooms: The

Fifth Kingdom (PLP 150) was offeredfor the first time in the spring of 2004.This course fulfills the GenED ScienceQ course requirement and is intendedfor non-science majors. Students learnhow molds and mushrooms havehelped shape the natural world andchanged the course of human history!

Meet Your New Co-WorkersHajime Akamatsu recently joined

the Department of Plant Pathology asa post-doctoral research associate.Hajime is working with Tobin Peeveron molecular genetics of plant patho-genic fungi, especially Alternaria andAscochyta species; fungal transforma-tion and gene tagging by restrictionenzyme-mediated integration (REMI)mutagenesis and Karyotype analysisof fungi using pulsed-field gel electro-phoresis. He received his B.S., M.S. andPh.D. degrees in Plant Pathology fromTottori University, Tottori, Japan. HisPh.D. dissertation entitled “Gene

Tagging in Alternaria AlternataPathogens and its Application” wascompleted under the direction ofKeisuke Kohmoto, Hiroshi Otani,and Motoichiro Kodama.

Patrick Schaefer came to Plantpathology from a small city north ofGiessen, Germany. He is working withDr. R. James Cook and Dr. Diter vonWettstein. His research is concentratedon further development of barley thatis transformed with an endochitinaseof Trichoderma harzianum. Thesetransformants have been shown toexpress resistance against the rootpathogens R. solani and R. oryzae. Ina molecular approach, homozygousplants will be isolated and used for thedevelopment of high yielding cultivarswith resistance against R. solani andR. oryzae for use in direct seed croppingsystems. He earned his Doctor ofAgricultural Science in November2003 at the Justus-Liebig-Universityin Giessen. There he worked at theInstitute of Phytopthology and AppliedZoology.

Martin Chilvers came to PlantPathology from Tasmania, Australiain December 2003. Martin is a post-doctoral research associate workingwith Lindsey du Toit, investigatingdevelopment of a molecular seed assayfor Botrytis spp. pathogenic on onion.Chilvers received a B.S. degree inagriculture, with honors in plantpathology (1995), from the Universityof Tasmania. In 2003, he received aPh.D. in plant pathology from theUniversity of Tasmania under FrankHay and Calum Wilson, where hecompleted his dissertation, “Epidemiol-ogy of Botrytis spp. Associated withNeck Rot of Onion in northern Tasmania,Australia.” Research interests include:epidemiology; chemical and biologicalcontrol; postharvest pathology; seedpathology; diseases of vegetables; croploss assessment; and disease detectionand diagnosis.

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Faculty and staff from the College ofAgricultural, Human, and Natural

Resource Sciences took center stageduring the second annual WashingtonState University World Class Showcasein March.

Kenneth L. Casavant, professor ofagricultural and resource economics,received the Sahlin Award for PublicService at a banquet honoring facultyand staff.

Casavant, a WSU alumnus and afaculty member for 32 years, was honoredfor a long list of contributions, includingservice as president of the PullmanChamber of Commerce, member ofthe Pullman City Council, member of theGovernor’s Natural Resource Cabinet,interim vice provost of research, andinterim vice provost of Academic Affairs.

Casavant, one of the nation’sleading transportation economists,delivered the 2004 DistinguishedFaculty Address in April.

The Sahlin Faculty ExcellenceAward for Research, Scholarship andArts went to John Browse, a fellow inthe Institute of Biological Chemistry.Browse was honored for extensiveresearch in plant lipid biochemistry.

Browse has pioneered the under-standing of lipid biosynthesis and fatty

acid desaturation in plants. Amongother things, his research has implica-tions for producing healthier cookingoils, producing more environmentallyfriendly plastics and resins, and forproviding more sustainable alternativesto fossil fuels.

The Sahlin Awards are presentedto faculty who epitomize the highestlevels of performance.

Maxine Andrews, assistant to thedean in CAHNRS, received the 2004President’s Employee Excellence Award.Andrews has served as assistant to eightdeans in the college.

Prior to becoming an assistant tothe dean in 1981, Andrews served assecretary for the department of forestryand range management and lateras senior secretary for CooperativeExtension. She started work with theuniversity in 1961.

Robert Force, coordinator of theNorth Olympic Peninsula LearningCenter in Port Hadlock, also washonored with a 2004 President’sEmployee Excellence Award.

The North Olympic center is one of10 WSU learning centers located acrossthe state. The centers provide time-and place-bound students with accessto higher education in parts of the statenot served by four-year institutions.

Force was describe by Clifford Moore,WSU associate director for ExtendedUniversity Services, as “the single mostcreative colleague with whom I haveever worked.”

Also honored during the banquetwas Richard S. Zack, associate professorof entomology. Zack received the MarianE. Smith Faculty Achievement Award.

The annual award recognizessignificant and meritorious achieve-ments in teaching during the previousyear and carries with it a $5,000 award.

Zack was selected for reinvigoratingthe entry level course “Insects andPeople.” Using input from formerstudents, he converted traditionallectures and slides to PowerPoint™

presentations, utilized the Web, andincorporated a journal assignment intothe course. Course enrollment grewfrom 23 students in 1997 to 176 in 2003.

Also recognized during the banquetwas Ronald C. Mittelhammer, professorof agricultural and resource economics.He was one of two WSU faculty promotedto the rank of Regents Professor this year.

Faculty considered for this promotionmust be a tenured full professor orequivalent. They must have served WSUfor the last seven years; achieved thehighest level of distinction in a discipline;raised the standards of the universitythrough activities in teaching, scholar-ship and public service; and sustaineda level of accomplishment receivingnational or international recognition.

Mittelhammer’s numerous awardsinclude the Teaching Excellence Award,College of Agriculture and Home Econom-ics, WSU, 1991; American AgriculturalEconomics Association DistinguishedGraduate Teaching Award, 2001; andWSU’s Sahlin Faculty Excellence Awardfor Instruction, 2001–02.

CAHNRS Spotlighted DuringWorld Class Showcase Banquet

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2004 President’s Employee ExcellenceAward winner Maxine Andrews

Sahlin Award for Public Service winnerKenneth L. Casavant

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The Seattle Mariners got off to a slow start thisseason, but the Washington State University

King County Master Gardeners were scoring big atSeattle’s Safeco Field even before the season gotunderway.

The Master Gardeners took on the task of plant-ing, watering, and maintaining the 25 large planterboxes and 30 hanging flower baskets that grace theexterior of Safeco Field throughout the summer.Their handiwork was in place to greet fans onopening day in early April.

The Master Gardeners have also been conductingplant clinics at one home game each month from abooth with a prime view of the field from the mainconcourse just above third base. The final clinic willbe held at the Mariners’ Sept. 9 home game.

The idea for the partnership between the Marinersand the Master Gardeners came from Safecogroundskeeper Bob Christofferson.

“I was looking for a group to take ownership andpride in the exterior flowers,” Christofferson says. “Theopportunity to work with the King County MasterGardeners was something we could not pass up.”

Master Gardener volunteer Jeri Reiner, co-chairof the Safeco Field effort, says they jumped at theopportunity.

“I’m a baseball fan, and we’re all really excited tobe here,” says Reiner. “My husband is really jealous.”

WSU King County Master Gardener coordinatorElaine Anderson, who took the call from the Mari-ners, says the partnership has worked out well.

“The Mariners have been great to work with,”Anderson says. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner.”

Being a baseball fan as well as a gardener, Reineris already looking to the prospects for next season.

“I think this will only grow.”

Mariners Get an Assistfrom Master Gardeners

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WSU King County MasterGardener volunteers were recruited bythe Seattle Mariners to plant and maintainthe 25 plant containers and 30 floral hanging basketsthat greet fans outside Safeco Field. In addition, KingCounty Master Gardeners will conduct monthly plantclinics at select home games throughout the season.

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Kim Kidwell is riding the crestof success at Washington State

University.Last year the associate professor

of crop and soil sciences received theprestigious “Young Crop Scientist”award from the Crop Science Societyof America. The award recognizesscientists under the age of 40 who havemade worthy contributions to the field.

Early this year she and GaryShelton, winner of the 2003 O.A. VogelWashington State Crop ImprovementAssociation award, were featured side-by-side on the university’s Web site.Shelton is the primary research fieldtechnician, data manager, and projectcoordinator for Kidwell’s spring wheatvariety development program. Shedescribes him as the “heartbeat” ofthe breeding program.

In March Kidwell was one of justthree WSU faculty asked to makepresentations on their cutting-edgeresearch during the university’s World-Class Academic Showcase.

Since coming to WSU in 1994,Kidwell has rebuilt WSU’s spring wheatbreeding program and has releasedeight new spring wheat varieties thatare grown by farmers all over theNorthwest. That’s on top of teachinga high enrollment, undergraduateinterpersonal communication courseand a graduate level course in advancedplant breeding.

Both Pullman and the career sheeventually chose are a far cry fromwhere she started. The Wisconsinnative who grew up in Danville, Ill.,wanted to become a sportscaster whenshe enrolled at the University of Illinoisin 1981. “My initial career goal was tobe the first woman to announce NFLfootball,” she said. “Then I decided Iwanted to be a lawyer and then I gotinterested in genetics.”

A guest lecturer in one of her classessealed the deal. “One day this guywalks in to lecture and he starts talkingabout corn genetics as if it were the mostinteresting topic on earth. He captivated

all of us. I rememberthinking to myself thatI want to like my jobas much as he does.”

The guest speaker wasJohn Laughnan, a corngeneticist and professor ofbotany, who discoveredin the 1950’s the gene thatinfluences sweetness ofsweet corn. His discoveryled to the development oftoday’s super sweet hybrids.

Kidwell introducedherself to Laughnan afterclass and he took her underhis wing. “I worked for Dr.Laughnan for three yearsand he really got mehooked on genetics.”

Kidwell went on tograduate school at the Universityof Wisconsin where she conductedmolecular genetics research on alfalfaand did some teaching.

She came to WSU in 1994 to mergetraditional plant breeding and moleculartechnologies to improve spring wheatvarieties for commercial production inthe Pacific Northwest. She considers itan asset that she wasn’t an experiencedwheat breeder before coming to WSU.“I still claim that the biggest advantagethat I ever had was not having any badwheat breeding habits.”

She believes that the new wheatvarieties she and her research teamhave developed have raised the baragronomically and for end-use qualityin the region. “What I didn’t knowuntil very recently,” she said, “was thatthe varieties we have released generateover $90 million a year in revenue forWashington state.” Farmers need newvarieties to remain competitive in themarketplace and to counter productionproblems, including diseases.

“Finding the good one is difficult,”she said. “The way I do it is to get rid ofthe bad ones and let the good ones findme. We assess lines for end-use qualityfirst and then evaluate them for yield.

Farmers like that because they canproduce a lot of grain that someonewants to buy.”

From the thousands of breedinglines evaluated each year, grain samplesfrom several hundred that perform wellin the field are sent to the USDA-ARSWestern Wheat Quality Laboratorywhere they are tested for milling andbaking properties. The few that makethe grade with repeated testing in thefield may be proposed for release.

Kidwell’s release record is remarkablewhen you consider that it generallytakes eight to 12 years for a varietyto make the long trip from the labto farmers’ fields. However, there hasbeen at least one pothole in the roadto success.

“Zak was one of the first varieties Ireleased here,” she said. “It was reallysomething special that we had neverseen in this program before. It hadgood resistance to an insect we havetrouble with here. At the time, it alsohad good resistance to stripe rust, whichis the number one disease problem inspring wheat.”

“Zak also happened to have excel-lent milling and baking quality whichwas a direct result of us selecting for

Kim Kidwell: Riding the Crest of Success

Wheat breeder Kim Kidwell, left, and researchtechnician Melissa McClendon examine germinatingseeds in Kidwell’s laboratory. McClendon coordinatesmolecular breeding efforts for Kidwell’s research team,which includes three technicians and severalundergraduate and graduate students.

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that first. We grew it in farmer’s fieldsfor three years prior to releasing it andit was off the top yield-wise. Farmerswere really eager to grow it. Zak wasapproved for variety release in 2000.”

Nabisco tested Zak flour in 2001and gave it a thumbs up for use in itscommercial production facility inPortland, OR, which was a first for aWSU variety release.

“We were thrilled. Farmers would beable to sell their wheat locally (most isexported). It would be milled locallyand sent to Portland to make commer-cial products. 2002 was the first yearthat Zak was in commercial productionand there was such high demand forseed that orders could not be filled.”

Then the nemesis of her life showedup: stripe rust, a devastating fungaldisease of wheat. The genome of thepathogen is very plastic and mutatesoften. As it turned out, Zak was highlysusceptible to a new race that blew intothe Palouse that year.

“This was not something weanticipated or predicted,” she said.

The news came in the form of aphone call from a farmer on a Sundaymorning, the first of more than 200she received over the next two days.Within 36 hours of that first call, she,Xianming Chen, a plant pathologistwith the USDA-ARS; and John Burns,WSU extension agronomist, workedwith the Washington Wheat Commis-sion and the Washington Associationof Wheat Growers to alert growers tosurvey their fields to see if their cropswere infected.

“We had to do something proactiveto avoid major crop losses,” she said.

Ninety-five percent of the peopleshe talked with were amazingly sup-portive, she recalled. “I tend to remem-ber the other five percent who werevery angry with me. The only thing Icould say was I’m sorry and you have aright to be upset.”

For the rest of the danger period,she and her colleagues released diseaseprogression updates at seven-dayintervals. “This ended up being veryimportant to the agronomic outcome

of the situation,” she said. “Withoutfungicide use, we would have lost abouta quarter of the crop to stripe rust.”

Fungicides were applied to about170,000 acres of spring wheat that year,including most of the Zak acreage, at acost of $2.5 million to farmers.

It was a low point, she admitted.“Decreasing fungicide use by utilizinggenetic resistance to diseases is ourgoal. We failed miserably in this case.”

At the same time, Chen estimatedthat millions of dollars of crop losseswere averted through timely fungicideapplication. The following year, Zakacreage decreased by 50 percent butmany growers remain loyal to the variety.

“ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland) inCheney is now paying a premium toZak growers to produce enough flourfor Nabisco’s needs,” she said.

Growers and Nabisco also are anx-iously awaiting the commercializationof Louise, Kidwell’s stripe rust replacementfor Zak, which was released in 2004.

While Zak stood in the limelight,many other wheat varieties also werehit by the disease. In this dark cloud,Kidwell is starting to see a silver lining.She and some of her cronies have beentrying to come up with new strategiesto battle the disease, ranging fromincreasing the genetic diversity of thegenes used to provide disease resistanceto developing a national trackingsystem to monitor the status of thepathogen across the United States.

“Part of our philosophy involvestrying to coexist in a way that the plantsactually do well but we don’t force thepathogen to mutate quickly by puttingso much selection pressure on it.”

She and Kim Campbell, the USDA-ARS club wheat breeder stationed atWSU, have been collaborating withcolleagues around the country toorganize a national stripe rust initiative.The proposal has received widespreadsupport and is expected to go toCongress as a $1.5 million requestto fund state and federal researchersin 16 states.

“We don’t want to duplicate eachothers research,” she said. “I think it’sa great sign for the future that we areworking together synergistically totake on a nationwide problem.”

As a way of saying thanks, farmers Fred Fleming, left, and Mike Stubbs,right, presented loaves of bread baked by two commercial bakeries inEastern Washington to Kim Kidwell, WSU wheat breeder. The flour usedto bake the breads is Tara, a hard red variety, developed by Kidwell’swheat breeding team. The occasion was a field tour at the Stubbs farmnear Dusty. About a dozen farmers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregonhave banded together to grow and sell wheat that can be used locally. Mostwheat grown in Washington is exported.

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Washington State University is revitalizing theNorthwest Washington Research & Extension

Center (NWREC) facilities in Mount Vernon. Modernand efficient work spaces will be constructed for thefive county agricultural and horticultural research andextension services which are currently housed in older,over-crowded facilities. Established in 1947, WSU-NWREChas a long tradition of serving western Washington’sagricultural and horticultural communities. During theearly years of World War II, scientists at the Center wereable to successfully combat devastating diseases of cabbage,beet and spinach seed crops. Impressed by the value ofresearch-based information, the Northwest AgriculturalResearch Foundation, farmers, seed companies, processingfirms and civic groups raised funds for a permanentfacility, and WSU Mount Vernon Research and ExtensionUnit was created.

The new capital building project at Mount Vernonis supported by President Rawlins outside of the 10-yearstate budgeting process. A large portion of the funds tosupport this new $8 million facility of laboratories, offices,greenhouses, and a public auditorium will come fromrevenues generated from WSU land sales worth $6 million.Additionally, Skagit County has granted $500,000 towardsupgrading the center’s infrastructure. Finally, WSU expectsto generate an additional $1.5 million in gifted support to

the project by partnering with local and regional agricul-tural, horticultural, and community groups. The Boardof Regents approved the $8 million project in May 2004.WSU plans to provide various naming opportunities forthe building and labs with gifts at all levels. When theproject begins, obsolete and substandard research andadministrative facilities will be demolished and replacedwith new research and administration spaces.

The existing 11-acre demonstration gardens willcontinue to be used to exhibit best practices for horticul-ture and environmental stewardship with emphasison protecting plants, soils, and water. The gardens aremaintained with a partnership with the Master GardenerFoundation of Skagit County. This organization hasdonated a tremendous amount of time, money, andenergy to share knowledge with the public throughoutthe region by teaching practical horticultural educationthrough hands-on gardening experiences. The Centeralso has partnerships with volunteer groups includingThe Native Plant Society, The Rose Society, The WesternWashington Fruit Research Foundation, and The SkagitVegetable Trials.

The main objectives of the faculty and staff are to solveplant-related problems, and develop cost-effective andenvironmentally-sound plant production practices baseddirectly on results from experimental research trials.

WSU’s Northwest WashingtonResearch and Extension CenterRevitalization Building Project

Enhancing Western Washington’s Abundant and Diverse Agriculturethrough Research and Extension Education

Artists rendering of new Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center.

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Faculty and staff strive to educate stakeholders at work-shops and field days, and with demonstration gardensand written and web-based materials.

The College of Agricultural, Human, and NaturalResource Sciences vision is to develop it into northwesternWashington’s primary production agriculture research and

extension center. The WSU faculty and staff at the centerplan to develop programs that will better serve the currentand future needs of northwestern Washington, and developnew research/education programs in entomology, small fruitproduction, water quality, riparian buffers, and explorenew economic developments.

Allan Osberg’s grandparents passed away beforehe was born, but he has always considered

their 1914 farmhouse west of Mount Vernon to bepart of his family heritage. Today, the refurbishedhistoric house has taken on a new role in theagricultural heritage of Skagit County, thanks toOsberg’s generosity and the efforts of Skagitoniansto Preserve Farmlands, the Skagit Valley FarmBureau, and Washington State University.

The Olson Heritage House was officially dedicatedSaturday, June 12, 2004, in ceremonies at WSU’sNorthwest Washington Research and ExtensionCenter in Mount Vernon. The remodeled farm-house will provide housing for research graduatestudents and visiting scientists at the agriculturalresearch facility.

In 1999 the Skagit Farm Bureau purchased thefarmhouse, built in 1914 by Anders and MariaOlson, and the surrounding eight acres as part ofa community effort to ensure the future of agricul-tural research at the WSU facility. Osberg, Presidentof Osberg Construction Co. in Seattle, donated$120,000 to Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland torenovate his grandparents’ former house. In 2003the property was transferred to WSU and the homewas remodeled for use as graduate student andvisitor housing.

Purchase of the former Olson property was a keypiece in a major community-based effort to obtainproperties bordering the research facility in orderto preserve the green space. Osberg is pleased thata part of his family heritage will help advanceagricultural research and preserve farmland in thearea. “I’m very proud, very pleased that we wereable to make this happen,” he said. “Having theopportunity is one thing, but having the ability toact on it is something special. It’s very rewarding.”

Dedication of the Olson Heritage House is asignificant step in WSU’s plans for a major renovationand expansion of its Mount Vernon agriculturalresearch facility.

Edna Larson, who lived in the 1914 Olson House asa toddler, cuts the ribbon dedicating the refurbishedfarmhouse as her cousin Allan Osberg looks on. Osberg,president of Osberg Construction in Seattle, contributedmore than $100,000 to restore the house.

The Olson family gathered for this portrait shortly afterthe house was completed in 1914. The little girl on theright is Edna Larson, then Edna Brown, who was on handto officially dedicate the refurbished house. The house,which is now part of WSU’s Mount Vernon researchfacility, is being used as graduate student housing.

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It’s a hot topic. A recent Hollywoodfilm used massive and exaggerated

special effects to rouse audiences acrossthe country about it, and politiciansand environmentalists often debate itscauses, but one thing’s for certain: itwill have a powerful impact on theworld’s populace and its future.

Global warming…this rise in globaltemperatures attributed to greenhousegas emissions affects the entire world,which means the problem, and thesolution, are complex.

There is compelling evidence thatgreenhouse gases from human activityare directly contributing to globalwarming. When we hear about globalwarming, we conjure up images offactories spewing noxious gases intothe atmosphere or exhaust from idlingcars in snarled traffic jams. Cut to anidyllic landscape—green, lush hills,dotted with dairy cows. Perhaps thelast words that come to mind here are‘greenhouse gas emissions’ and ‘globalwarming.’

Although farms account for arelatively small share of greenhouse gasemissions from human activity (about10 percent of the total), they are in fact

poised to be a significant part of thesolution. As Chris Feise (PhD 1978,Ag. Economics), director of WashingtonState University’s Center for SustainingAgriculture and Natural Resources(CSANR) says, “There is no doubt thatglobal warming is taking place. Peoplemight differ on the causes—whetherit’s man-made or a natural cycle in theearth’s changes—but very few woulddisagree that it’s occurring.”

Recognizing the complexity andsignificance of the problem, the Centerfor Sustaining Agriculture and NaturalResources has received a $3.75 milliongrant from the Paul G. Allen CharitableFoundation to conduct a five-yearresearch project. “Climate FriendlyFarming” is designed to find waysfarms can be carbon “sinks” (takingcarbon out of the atmosphere) insteadof greenhouse gas contributors.

The interdisciplinary “ClimateFriendly Farming” team includes soilscientists, agronomists, biosystemsengineers, and economists fromWashington State University and theUSDA Agricultural Research Service.David Granatstein (MS 1986, Soils), asustainable agriculture specialist with

CSANR in Wenatchee, led the projectdevelopment, which has involvedbuilding important relationships.

“To solve complex, large-scaleproblems, we need to work acrossdisciplines and build partnershipsamong different agencies and institu-tions,” says Granatstein. Science andtechnology alone cannot solve globalwarming. “We’ll need to understandthe economic aspects and humanbehavior as well,” Granatstein says.

Washington’s diverse climate andterrain make it a prime region for thestudy of agriculture’s relationship togreenhouse gases. Granatstein notes,“We have a number of farming systemsright here that are relevant in manyparts of the world.” The project willfocus on three agricultural systems:dairy production, dryland grainfarming, and irrigated crop farming.

Through the computer modelingcomponent of the project, the teambelieves its results will have globalapplication. Feise says, “This uniqueproject can establish Washingtonand WSU as a center of expertise forresearch and education on climatechange and agriculture.”

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The odor from a dairy farm can bea nuisance, but methane gas releasedfrom the manure is a serious problem.About 65% of the methane in theatmosphere is from agriculture. Meth-ane is about 23 times more potent asa greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.Dairy farms face a big challenge—whereto safely store all the waste from cows?Using an open lagoon system for storingwaste not only leads to an overwhelm-ing odor, but to large emissions ofmethane and nitrous oxide.

Dairy researchers on the projectplan to deal with this challenge byusing an “anaerobic digester.” Thistechnology is not new, but is notwidely used in agriculture due to itshigh cost. “The digester eliminatesthe dispersal of these odors, so dairyfarms become better neighbors, betterenvironmental stewards, and reducecontributions to global warming at thesame time,” says Craig MacConnell,WSU Extension agent and countychair in Bellingham, Washington.

The “closed-system” anaerobicdigester has the potential to eliminatemost of the lagoon emissions, conservenutrients, and produce a renewableenergy source. The downside is thatdigesters are expensive—costing over$1 million or more than $500 per cow.Dairy farmers from other parts of the

country pay off their investment indigesters by collecting the methanegas and using it on the farm for energyor selling it to a public utility. Herein Washington, a state that relies oncheap hydropower, this isn’t feasible.

Shulin Chen, WSU biologicalsystems engineer, is perfecting anaffordable anaerobic digester. “Ourtask,” Chen says, “is to improve thedesign and develop strategies to makeit more cost-effective to install sofarmers will use this technology.”

MacConnell, Chen, and theircolleagues hope to find other ways tomake the digesters profitable. “We’reresearching how to transform fiberfrom the processed manure, a byproductfrom the digester, into a material thatperforms as well as peat moss,” saysMacConnell.

Peat moss is a non-renewable,high-cost soil amendment used in thegreenhouse and nursery industry. Theresearchers working on this aspect ofthe project hope to develop a renew-able product that works as well as peatmoss, is an economic boost to farmers,and reduces the release of methane gasinto the environment. If they’re ableto achieve these goals, in MacConnell’swords, “it is a win-win situation foreveryone.”

WSU is teaming up with aWhatcom County dairy farm to buildan anaerobic digester. The farm offers

the project a real-world scenario formonitoring greenhouse gas emissionsand nutrient flows, as well as aneducational platform for outreach tothe farming community and the public.By using the digester, the farm willbetter manage manure and protectwater quality, while creating newincome from the fiber and power.

Chen says, “We want to be readyfor the future, so that we have aworking digester in place and readyfor the farmers to use.”

DRYLANDS: Capturing CO2Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

has risen significantly since the 1800’s.Converting prairies to farms wasthe major cause until the increase ofindustry in the 1950’s. During the 1800’s,scientists estimate that there were260 parts per million of carbon in theatmosphere, which then increased to360 parts per million by the year 2000.

One might wonder, exactly wheredoes the carbon dioxide come fromin rural areas? Just the fact that theground has been tilled and alteredfrom its natural prairie state meansthat carbon will be released into theatmosphere and contribute to globalwarming. Tilling aerates the soil andcauses organic matter to decomposemore quickly. This is fine for microbes,which like to chew on the carbon,

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“It has really taken a crisis in both human health andthe farm economy to get people to begin reconnectingthe dots between our farms and our food,” says ChrisFeise, director of WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture& Natural Resources. “In Washington, 60 percent of thepopulation is obese or overweight, costs for treatingdiabetes and other chronic diseases are skyrocketing,and the state has consistently ranked among the topfive in the nation for hunger. In other words, we arelosing our family farms even as consumers have begundemanding increased food safety and freshness.”

The problems facing the food and farming systemhere are both complex andlong-term. As a universitycenter, CSANR is able to poolthe resources of the land-grantinstitution and communitiesacross the state. Through thecenter, citizens are developinginnovative, interdisciplinaryalternatives to make the foodand farming system work better.The legislature created CSANRin 1991 to take on such activities,but state funding has beenlimited.

As a result, CSANR depends on a twelve-memberfaculty leadership team to carry out much of its work.Most are voluntarily affiliated with the center. Leader-ship team members say they get involved because theysee the center as a way to join forces with others whoare promoting agriculture that is economically viable,environmentally sound, and socially responsive.

“We are now exiting a unique period in our historywhere the larger society has been almost totally discon-nected from agriculture,” says Feise. “If you think aboutit, this notion that food comes from the grocery store,which is so prevalent in industrialized nations, has reallyhad a devastating impact on human health, our farms,rural communities, and the environment.”

CSANR leadership team member Marcy Ostromagrees. “This is a time for renewed engagement betweenfarmers and consumers,” says Ostrom, director ofWSU’s Small Farms Program and an assistant professor

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in the department of community and rural sociology.“In academic circles, inquiry into the connectionbetween nutrition and human health is expandingdramatically, especially with the rise in obesity, diabetesand chronic diseases that are both caused or preventedby diet. This is also reflected in the marketplace, whereconsumers are putting a premium on the perceivedhealthfulness of food. Our research has also shown thatconsumers are willing to support local family farms,even if it costs more.”

In addition to the Climate Friendly Farming Research& Demonstration Project (see article this issue), CSANR

activities include the BiologicallyIntensive Agriculture & OrganicFarming Initiative. “BIOAg”encompasses a range of newresearch, education, andextension projects.

“BIOAg encourages greaterreliance on biological processeslike natural pest enemies,nitrogen fixation from covercrops, and increased organicmatter in soils to improve theirwater-holding infiltration andcapacity,” says CSANR leadership

team member Carol Miles, an agricultural systemsspecialist. “Sustainable food systems require practiceslike these, which are renewable, non-polluting, andprovide multiple benefits to farmers and society.“

The BIOAg initiative also calls for research into howfoods grown using biologically intensive practices affecthuman health and nutrition. Components of the BIOAgproposal are likely to be part of the university’s requestfor funding from the legislature in 2005–06.

CSANR leadership team members are also helpingto sustain agriculture in Washington through:

• Community Capacity Building & Conflict Resolution.Many partners with diverse viewpoints must worktogether to enhance Washington’s food and farmingsystem. CSANR trains rural community leaders todevelop enterprises that profit from and sustainnatural resources.

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but not great for the environment since it releases carbondioxide into the atmosphere.

“Calculations suggest that the U.S. could sequesteraround 300 million metric tons of carbon if farms acrossthe country used available conservation techniques,”Feise notes. “This is about the amount the U.S. wouldneed to meet the goal we promised in the Kyoto Treaty.”

“Climate Friendly Farming” researchers are exploringways farmers can decrease tillage through direct-seedingand practices that sink carbon. “Adoption of direct-seed

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• Education on Food & Farming Systems. Whilethe number of students interested in productionagriculture has been steadily shrinking at WSU, thecollege has seen a rise in the number of studentsinterested in sustainability, food systems, andorganic farming. This past summer, CSANR leader-ship team members led a one-week immersioncourse, “Field Analysis of Sustainable Food Systems,”which included a van tour of farms and foodprocessing facilities in eastern Washington.

• Policy Research & Education. CSANR is involved inoutreach efforts on the new Conservation SecurityProgram and other state and federal conservationprograms. The center is currently developingtraining programs to ensure that our state’s small-scale, minority, and low-income producers areable to take full advantage of these programs.

• Small Farms Program. The program offers a courseand certificate program for family farmers and soonplans to offer courses targeted to Latino and eastAsian new immigrant growers. Small Farms staffmembers support farmers’ market managers inbuilding strong retail outlets for the state’s growersso that they can keep more of the food dollar.

“All of the activities that the center is involved withmake agriculture in our state more socially responsivethan ever,” says David Granatstein, a sustainableagriculture specialist with CSANR. “That’s key tothe future of our farms since every business today ispracticed in an information-rich environment. Farmingis no exception. You can order a package from NewYork, and go online and monitor every stop it makeson the way to your home.”

CSANR projects help Washington growers capitalizeon consumer demand for information about the sourceof their food and how it was grown. “We offer tools thatmake farmers more socially responsive, and therefore,competitive,” Granatstein says. “That’s the essence ofsustaining agriculture.”

in our region is slow,” says David Huggins (PhD 1991,Soils), a USDA Agricultural Research Service soil scientistin Pullman. “There are several barriers, so only about fiveto ten percent of the farmers here have adopted it so far.”

In Washington state, direct-seed equipment doesn’tquite suit the Palouse hills, and planting directly intowheat residue is not easy. If residue is not taken out of thefield it can produce a wet, cold environment, which isn’toptimum for growing wheat.

Huggins and his colleagues hope to come up withsolutions to these problems and others by comparing andstudying different cropping systems—those in use nowand experimental conservation methods, which could beadopted in the next decade. Based on the results of theirresearch, Huggins and his colleagues plan to developclimate friendly strategies. Huggins observes that if thesestrategies are adopted, the benefits could be dramatic andwidespread. “We have the potential to improve water andsoil quality, help solve the global warming issue, andincrease productivity on farms as we improve methods.”

Researching different systems, such as crop rotationand direct seed organic production, Huggins and othershope to gain a better understanding of how farms cancapture carbon dioxide in the form of soil carbon andreduce greenhouse gases, including nitrous oxide. Beforethe original prairies were converted to farmland, they werecarbon sinks. “Native conditions increase carbon in thesoil,” Huggins says. Native prairies contained moreperennial species, which contributed carbon to the soil.Huggins and other researchers will integrate their workwith that of WSU scientists Steve Jones and Tim Murray,who are developing a perennial wheat variety.

Nitrogen is the major fertilizer for wheat and barleyand is used in large quantities. Unfortunately, the nitrogen

“To solve complex, large-scale problems,we need to work across disciplines andbuild partnerships among differentagencies and institutions.”

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IRRIGATION: Water—AGreat Carbon Sink

Most water consumption inU.S. agriculture happens west of theMississippi River. In many regions ofthe western United States, irrigationaccounts for more than 90 percent ofwater use. In Washington, irrigationaccounts for 37 percent of croplandsand 75 percent of crop sales. Accordingto Hal Collins (PhD 1987, Soils), USDAsoil scientist in Prosser, “There is nodoubt that irrigation is a vital compo-nent of U.S. agriculture.”

The “Climate Friendly Farming”project offers a unique opportunityto conduct long-term studies in theirrigated region that includes theYakima Valley and the Columbia Basin,

and to make comparisons betweendryland and irrigated cropping systems.

“Most studies have been done atdryland sites,” Collins says. “Yet thepotential for climate friendly farmingin Washington state’s irrigated landsis great. We grow over 70 differentirrigated crops.” Collins says that heand his colleagues are looking atmodified production practices and“exploring the potential of irrigatedland to sequester carbon at a rategreater than what is possible withdryland farming.”

On a global scale, oceans play animportant role by acting as vast carbonsinks. Applying water to crops can, ona smaller scale, have much the sameeffect. Collins says, “Applying watercan enhance a farm’s ability to seques-ter a significant amount of carbon byincreasing plant productivity.” Yet ifwater is poorly managed it can actuallycause a release of more nitrous oxideinto the atmosphere, contributing toglobal warming.

Collins and his colleagues areworking on management strategies thatmaintain soil and water resources overtime. Cover cropping and conservationtillage can reduce erosion, reclaimexcess nitrogen, build organic matterand suppress pests. Conservationtillage has proven successful in dryland

cropping systems, and researchers onthe project are studying its benefitsfor irrigated agriculture as well.

Funding from the Paul G. AllenFoundation has given team researchersa boost in making irrigated agriculturemore sustainable, both in Washington,and around the world.

The Economics of Change “Climate Friendly Farming”

researchers are not only looking forgreenhouse gas reduction solutions,but they are also taking into accountthe economic feasibility of the solution;a key to its success. As Chad Kruger,project director of outreach andcommunication, says, “We’re dealingwith one of the major environmentalissues of our day. We want to helpmake farms more viable economically,while becoming more environmentallyresponsible.”

Phil Wandschneider, WSU econo-mist for the project, agrees. “Farmersare historically good stewards of theland. At the same time, if the technol-ogy is too costly and risky, they maynot be able to afford to invest in it.The economic value must be greatenough to make it worth doing.”

The economics of environmentalpractices in agriculture are part of abigger picture. “Beyond passing thepractical test of the user—‘is this a goodpractice I can use?’—it must pass thetest of its impact on society. Atmo-sphere affects everyone, so the societaleffects of adopting these practices aresignificant,” Wandschneider says.

David Granatstein sees environmen-tal practices not as financially draining,but as economic boosts to rural com-munities. “By replacing fossil fuelswith alternative energy sources, suchas biofuels from crop residue, ruralcommunities struggling with economichardships can actually experience anew vibrancy while helping to addressthe problem with greenhouse gases.”

Incentives at the federal level canalso add to the economic value ofadopting environmental practices.

CFF Team Members are (from left to right): Cindy Murray-Armstrong, DavidGranatstein, Chad Kruger, Chris Feise, Craig MacConnell, Claudio Stockle,Hal Collins, Armen Kemanian, Dave Huggins, Stewart Higgins, Shulin Chen.

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changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere.Industrial society of the past two centuries, heavilydependent on fossil fuels, has contributed to a rapidincrease in carbon dioxide (CO2).

Scientists are only now considering CO2 a majorpollutant. After all, carbon dioxide and water are thenatural by-products of combustion—whether in afireplace or in our body’s cells. In an earlier time, effortsto control air pollution were focused on chimneys ortailpipes. Now society must not only reduce emissionsfrom coal, oil, and natural gas but also find ways tocompensate for increased carbon in the atmosphere.Compelling evidence has shown that without suchchanges, we will continue to experience global warming.

species to adapt, and increases the likelihood of sudden,unpredictable climate changes that could be cata-strophic. We have always known that weather changesfrom day to day, but we assumed that climate wasrelatively stable.

The world insurance industry has been a bellwetherof the potential impacts of global warming and climatechange. Companies have been tracking the damageclaims due to natural disasters such as hurricanes andflooding, and have seen dramatic increases in the pastdecade that have cost the industry billions of dollars.Rising sea levels threaten coastal property. With adisproportionate segment of the world’s populationlocated on ocean coastal areas, there is a potentialfor huge disruption of communities and even wholecountries. For example, nations like Bangladesh, whichare just above current sea level, could be devastated bya sea-level rise of just one meter.

Climate changes will likely also lead to the extinctionof species in current habitat conditions along withinvasion by new species better suited to the newconditions. This could mean tropical human diseasesmigrating into more temperate zones, and the arrival ofnew farm pests in North America. Increased droughtsare expected in some areas, which will impact domesticwater supplies and agricultural economies. Climatolo-gists in Washington predict a 60 percent decrease in theCascade Mountains snowpack over the next 50 years,which will affect hydropower, recreation, fish, irrigation,and municipal water supplies.

With our current understanding and technology, oursociety must quickly find ways to reduce greenhousegas emissions. This effort must involve regional andnational policy, new business practices and investments,and changes in personal consumption patterns. “Allcontributions, large or small, are important in the effortto solve this global problem,” says Chris Feise, directorof the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and NaturalResources.

“Greenhouse gases” like carbon dioxide are labeledas such because they increase the heat from the sunthat is trapped in earth’s atmosphere—much like theglass on a greenhouse—instead of allowing it to radiateback into space. Key greenhouse gases from agricultureinclude not only carbon dioxide, but also methane andnitrous oxide. Levels of these gases have varied overgeologic time, generally over millions of years. How-ever, since the dawn of the industrial revolution 250years ago, carbon dioxide has increased in the atmo-sphere by 31 percent, methane by 151 percent andnitrous oxide by 17 percent. Drillings from ancientcorals and other ocean sediments show it is highly likelythat we are at a 20 million year high for carbon dioxide.The speed of change of these gases is the greatestconcern, since it limits the ability of humans and other

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From “green tags” or premiums paidfor renewable energy sources to carboncredits sold by farmers who use no-tilland other carbon sink farming methods,Feise feels the time is right for farmersto make changes. “Farmers can be paidto benefit the environment and have amajor impact over time.”

ON THE GROUND: Testingand Educational Outreach

Many times researchers don’t havethe opportunity or the funding to putwhat they have found into practice andmake modifications. Team memberson the “Climate Friendly Farming”research will be able to do just that.Newly designed cropping systems willbe put to the test in the field, alongwith new technology and practices.

Computer modeling work done byClaudio Stockle (MS 1983, Soils; PhD1985, Soils; MS 1986, Engineering), chairof WSU Biosystems Engineering, andhis colleagues, will allow the projectteam to simulate and alter field condi-

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Granatstein says, “If we have thedynamics right in our models, thenwe can plug in variables from otherregions, run the model, and havea prediction of what will happen.Robust models can save years andmillions of dollars in moving ustoward climate friendly farms.”

Chad Kruger coordinates educa-tional outreach activities for farmers,extension agents, and other agricul-tural professionals who will have theopportunity to learn about the projectresearch at actual research stations.“This year, we are concentrating ouroutreach efforts on introducing theproject to media, farmers, and otherpotential partners,” Kruger says. “Inthe future, we will share researchfindings through field days andtechnology demonstrations.”

Another educational outreachtool is the “Climate Friendly Farm-ing” Web site (http://cff.wsu.edu),which features research updates andeducational resources for farmers,agricultural professionals and thepublic.

With the combination of educa-tional outreach and research, bothin the lab and the field, Feise says,“What we learn here in Washingtoncan be transferred around the globe.”

Kruger, who coordinates commu-nication among team members,sums it up this way: “The potentialof this project is truly amazing. Thishas generated intrigue and excite-ment that wouldn’t have happenedas successfully as it has without thePaul G. Allen Foundation funding.”

Huggins echoes other teammembers’ enthusiasm about theproject when he says, “There’s asynergy that happens among thescientists on an interdisciplinaryteam such as this—a comingtogether to solve a very complexproblem, which impacts not justone state, one region, or onecountry—but the entire world.”

A footnote aboutthe Paul G. Allen

Foundation

The grant to CSANR is the largestgrant received by WSU from theAllen Charitable Foundations andthe first for agricultural research.The “Climate Friendly Farming”research fits nicely with the mis-sion of The Paul G. Allen Founda-tion—to promote the healthydevelopment of populations andto strengthen families and com-munities in the Pacific Northwest.

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Front Row, L to R:Margaret (Denecke)Keithly, Les Liebel,Vern CarstensBack Row, L to R:Jayne (Johnson) Watson,MaryJane (Linder) Faris,Gladys (Merrill) Christian,Irene (Jorgensen) Sears

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Front Row, L to R: Barb (Heathman) Quann, Trudy (Langmas) Cargill,Lorraine (Hughes) Albright, Patricia Eastly, Alice (Crysler) Warner, Jim QuannMiddle Row, L to R: Betty (Stoneking) Anderson, Lee (Neff) Ruck,Alice (Petersen) Brislawn, Marge (Rounds) Muir, Lael (Anderson) Gedney,Paul Wagner, Don Callan, Frank PadillaBack Row, L to R: Willard Winters, Bob Hinrichs, Bill Evans, Everett Burts,Mel Hamre, Willard Berry, Ted Maloney

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Save The Old PavilionRestoration Project

Washington State UniversityEnsminger Pavilion

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PAVILION WATER COLOR PRINTSCreated by Robert Krikac, prints of this watercolor depict the newly restored Pavilion inits original appearance. As a limited edition,each matted (18 x 20”) print is numberedand signed by the artist.

Limited Edition Pavilion Print .......... $125.00

AUTHENTIC PAVILION PENSMade from the original wood of the Pavilion,these pens feature the name “WashingtonState University Pavilion” and a Cougaremblem. You also have the option of purchas-ing a matching pen box made of the samewood, also decorated with the Cougar emblem.

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A BRIEFHISTORY OFTHE ENSMINGER PAVILION

The Ensminger Pavilion was originallybuilt as the Judging Arena and has stood the test oftime. Here are a few interesting facts about the Pavilion.• Built in 1933 from first growth timber.• The last of our agricultural buildings from the early

days of Washington State University—still in use!• Serves many student organizations and activities

including the Back to School BBQ, Swine Sale, andHorticulture Club plant sales.

• Classes have been held here for nearly 70 years.• Contains restroom facilities for Rugby field.• Is a piece of the College’s Land-Grant History.

FUTURE PAVILION PLANSFollowing the Save The Old Pavilion (STOP) Cam-

paign, the building, which was to be demolished, is nowbeing restored. A committee was formed by AgriculturalHuman, and Natural Resource Sciences Student Senatorswith the help of the CAHNRS Alumni and DevelopmentOffice to establish an endowment that will be used tofurther remodel and maintain the Pavilion. In the futurewe hope to use the Pavilion to host banquets, hold clubmeetings and activities, and have a place for students, staffand faculty of the College of Agricultural, Human, andNatural Resource Sciences to gather in a social atmosphere.

GIFT OPPORTUNITIESThere are numerous ways in which you can

contribute to the restoration of the historic pavilion.Here are a few options:

Please mail to: CAHNRS Alumni & Development Office, WashingtonState University, PO Box 646228, Pullman, WA 99164-6228.Questions? Email [email protected] or call 509-335-6479.

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Rising rapidly on the corner ofWilson Road and Stadium Way

is evidence of Washington StateUniversity’s growing commitmentto biotech research: a $39 million,four-story research and teaching facilitythat should be ready for occupancy inthe summer of 2005.

“The reason we are here is thatwe recognize a great promise for thefuture,” said WSU President V. LaneRawlins at the building’s ground-breaking ceremony last fall. “Theworld has been changed by the researchand education that has been done atJohnson Hall and at Washington StateUniversity. The dreams and the plansthat are emerging are represented bythis great building.”

The 93,000 square-foot structure—officially designated Research andEducation 1—will house 31 researchlabs and lab support areas on threesecured upper floors. Public space,including four teaching labs and aspacious study lounge, will be locatedon the ground floor.

About 30 WSU and USDA scientistsand staff now in Johnson Hall will shifttheir laboratories to the new buildingwhen it is ready.

A growing need to replace JohnsonHall, built more than 40 years ago,provided impetus for the project. A 1998analysis of the structure concluded thatit was no longer suitable for eithercurrent or projected research and thatit would be too costly to renovate.

Ventilation was the primaryconcern said Pete Jacoby, associatedean of the College of Agricultural,Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.“Because of the way it was constructed,it doesn’t have an adequate ventilationsystem. It is was never designed to haveas many laboratories as it does.”

Johnson Hall houses the WSUdepartments of crop and soil sciences,

horticulture and landscape architecture,plant pathology, and natural resourcesciences, as well as scientists and staffemployed by the USDA AgriculturalResearch Service. The Fisher AgriculturalSciences Library is located in an annex.

“The first idea was to go in anddo something about the air quality andwe felt that in order to renovate thatbuilding, we needed to displace half theoccupants. As we began to look at that,we realized that the building wasdrawing its last breath. Most of theheating and ventilating systems are onthe verge of failure. Even the electricalsystem is overloaded.”

Estimates to renovate the buildinghovered in the neighborhood of $70million, according to Jacoby, and thatfigure didn’t take into account thecost of erecting a companion buildingexpected to cost in the neighborhoodof $39 million.

A new idea emerged after thecollege consulted with AHSC McClellanCopenhagen, LLC, a nationally recog-nized design firm: a concept to replaceJohnson Hall with a group of smallerbuildings, bringing scientists withsimilar interests together. The conceptwas embraced by WSU Provost RobertC. Bates, the College of Sciences, theCollege of Veterinary Medicine andthe College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences.

“Our vision,” Interim CAHNRSDean R. James Cook told listeners at thegroundbreaking, “is nothing less thana world-class plant science and biotech-nology center that will attract and growand educate world-class plant scientistsas we have done at this institutiongoing back to the pioneering works ofSpillman, Heald, Vogel, and so manyother giants in the plant sciences thatmade their careers at WSU.”

By the middle of the next decade,the complex may expand to as many as

six interconnected buildings and houseupwards of 1,000 people. The sixbuildings will displace Johnson Hall aswell as nearby tennis courts which areexpected to relocate to the universitygolf course.

Projected cost for the complex is$322 million, with the state paying forfive of the buildings. Building No. 3, a$38 million federal facility, would befunded by the USDA AgriculturalResearch Service.

It is hoped that assembling a largenumber of researchers with similarinterests in one area will result in morefrequent interdisciplinary collaboration.

“When you have everyone housedby their discipline or in separatedfacilities within a college, there can begood connection between those whoreally seek it out,” Jacoby said, “but ittakes special effort. In more integratedfacilities, we think there will be someserendipitous interactions just bypeople from various disciplines cominginto contact and developing interdisci-plinary collaboration. That is theemerging trend for acquiring grantsupport and advancing science.”

The new facilities also should helpthe university attract top scientists, headded. “They generally judge thecommitment of the institution by whatkind of facilities they provide. I thinkthe long-term vision is to build a kindof complex that will attract and retaintop quality faculty.”

Construction of BioscienceBuilding Underway

Joseph Jen, WSU alumnus, (M.S. FoodScience, 1964), and U.S. Department ofAgriculture Under Secretary for Research,Education, and Economics speaks at thegroundbreaking ceremony.

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IN MEMORIAM

Thomas Able—’60

Phyllis Adrienne—’74

Evelyn Allen—’32

Patrick Alleyn—’51

Duane Andrews—’65

Esther Barnes—’40

A. James Bloom—’40

Jeanette Burghart—’65

Phyllis Carr—’37

Keith Carter—’47

Marvin Champoux—’66

Ernest Comalli—’42

John Couch—’41

James Couture—’53

Francis Crane—’38

Robin Dewey—’85

Maxine Doumit—’40

Charles Eggleston—’49

Clarence Ellingsen—’22

Audrey Ensminger—’43

Ranald Ferguson—’59

Judith Freeman—’69

Rachel Garvin—’47

Demoine Gilchrist—’42

Laurence Graham—’24

Harold Nelson—’51

Richard Novak—’75

Kenneth Nylin—’74

Christie O’Connell—’40

F. Nadine Oman—’49

J. Richard Pace—’55

George Peterson—’51

Jack Ramsey—’40

George Ryan—’47

Margaret Schlegel—’38

Stephannie Serr—’01

Laurel Smith—’36

Ednell Snell—’47

Alfred Stanley—’47

Henry Suckling—’37

Celia Theodorson—’32

Lawrence Thola—’53

Bernadine Thurmond—’63

Charles Timblin—’79

Joseph Vessels—’86

Richard Wallace—’56

George Ward—’39

John Westergreen—’51

Michael Whitelaw—’60

William Yerkes—’48

William Green—’48

Dorothy Greening—’35

David Guettinger—’54

Gale Gurtle—’41

Arthur Haines—’49

Verona Harbaugh—’47

Cheryl Hata—’73

Wilton Heinemann—’42

Dwight Hillier—’50

James Hoffmann—’61

Joyce Hofstrand—’59

Melvin Hougan—’34

John Hovenkotter—’78

Betty Huff—’37

Daryl Kraft—’75

Gerald Kraft—’56

Romeyn Kruiswyk—’51

John Lawless—’60

George Lloyd—’57

Phyllis Marshall—’53

James Maulden—’41

Kenneth McCallister—’36

Lawrence McCauley—’40

Virginia McMichael—’66

Laurel McMurry—’49

Eunice Meakin—’68

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Have YOU includedThe College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences inyour estate plan?

• In a bequest through your Will or Living Trust?

• As a beneficiary designation on your life insurance or IRA?

• Through a Charitable Remainder Trust of Gift Annunity?

The CAHNRS Alumni and Development Office and WSU FoundationGift Planning Office will be happy to provide you and your advisersexamples tailored to your personal goals.

College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences

Alumni and DevelopmentPO Box 646228

Pullman, WA 99164-6228509-335-4166

[email protected]://cahnrsalumni.wsu.edu/

Gift Planning OfficeWashington State University Foundation

PO Box 641042Pullman, WA 99164-1042

[email protected]://catalyst.wsu.edu/giftplanning.asp

College Honors Two DuringWomen’s History Month

The College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences

honored two alumnae as part of itsMarch observance of Women’s HistoryMonth.

Debora Hamernik, who holdsseveral administrative posts with theU.S. Department of Agriculture, receivedthe Women’s History Award forProfessional and Academic Leadership.

Ann McCormack, cultural artscoordinator for the Nez Perce LapwaiArts Council, was awarded the Women’sHistory Award for Leadership andPublic Service in the Pacific Northwest.

Hamernik, who received a master’sof science degree in animal sciences in1983, is the national program leader inAnimal Physiology for the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture Cooperative StateResearch, Education and ExtensionService. She is also program directorfor both the USDA Biotechnology RiskAssessments Grants Program andNational Research Initiative BovineGenome Sequencing Program.

For four months in 2003, sheserved as acting deputy administra-tor of the Competitive ProgramsUnit of USDA-CSREES.

“As a scientist, Dr. Hamernik hasalso contributed to animal physiologythrough her teachings at majoruniversities and numerous publica-tions of articles in high qualityjournals and book chapters,” hernominators wrote. “This coupledwith her continued editorial activi-ties and services on national com-mittees and review panels makesher an outstanding model forwomen in science.”

She was nominated by Valeria A.Conforti and Angela D. Broadbent,two animal sciences graduate students.

McCormak, who received a degreein clothing and textiles in 1979, hascreated an exhibit and book on tradi-tional clothing, embroidery, surfacedesign, and other arts of NorthwestNative American women. She alsodeveloped the Kaya Doll and a relatedcollection of books for the PleasantCompany’s American Girls doll collection.Kaya is a Nez Perce girl growing up 1764.

“Due to Anne’s leadership qualityand ability to negotiate between thecorporate world and Native Americanadvisors, this product has been success-ful on many levels,” wrote LindaArthur, chair of the apparel, merchan-dising, design and textiles department.“More importantly, it brings theimportance of cultural diversity andthe understanding of our First Nationsto children as they are socialized. Itis at this point in development thatthe stage can be set for fundamentalchanges to occur within a culture.In this case, a doll is not just a doll.”

Debora Hamernik (left) and Ann McCormack(right) were honored by interim dean R. JamesCook (center) during Women’s History Month.

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Students, faculty, and staff of Wash-ington State University’s College

of Agricultural, Human, and NaturalResource Sciences were honored fortheir achievements at the 45th annualcollege awards banquet in April.

Laura Odens, a senior from Fern-dale, was named as the 2004 Aggieof the Year. The award recognizes thecollege’s all-around outstanding seniormajoring in either agriculture ornatural resources.

Odens, a 2000 graduate of MeridianHigh School, is the Dairy Club’srepresentative on the CAHNRS StudentSenate and has participated in CougarYouth Weekend for the WSU DairyClub for three years, and as coordinatorin 2002–03.

She placed second in the originalresearch presentation at the AmericanDairy Science Association-StudentAffiliate Division competition and thirdin poster presentations at the PacificNorthwest Animal Nutrition Confer-ence, both in 2003.

Odens is the daughter of John andJoanne Odens, Ferndale, Washington.

Cheryl Martin, a senior fromMount Vernon majoring in humandevelopment, received the Familyand Consumer Scientist of the Yearaward. The award recognizes thecollege’s outstanding senior majoringin apparel, merchandising and textiles;interior design; human development;or human nutrition.

Martin, a 2000 graduate of MountVernon High School, is a member ofthe Mortar Board honor society,Student Washington Education Associa-tion, the WSU Educators Club, HumanDevelopment Club, and Kappa Delta Pi,education honorary.

She is the daughter of Lois and ChaiMartin, Mount Vernon, Washington.

Andrea Barten, an animal sciencesmajor from Snohomish, received theCapital Press Outstanding Junior inAgriculture award. She received a$1,000 award from the Salem, Oregon,regional agricultural weekly newspaper.

Barten, a 2001 graduate of Snoho-mish High, is a member of the President’sHonor Roll, secretary of the Dairy Club,and chair of herd health for theCooperative University Dairy Students.

She is the daughter of Debbie andPhil Barten, Snohomish, Washington.

Interior design major Nicole Jenkins,Clarkston, was named the CAHNRSOutstanding Junior in Family andConsumer Sciences. She received a$1,000 award from the college scholar-ship program.

Jenkins, a 2000 graduate of Clarks-ton High, is a member of the WSUHonors College and on the President’sHonor Roll. She is active in the CampusCrusade for Christ and has beeninvolved in many community projects.

She is the daughter of Michelle andForest Jenkins, Clarkston, Washington.

Katie Engbretson, a sophomorefrom Patterson, received the CAHNRSFreshman of the Year award, sponsoredby Alpha Zeta. The award is made forachievementsduring thepreviousacademicyear.

Engbretson, whose long-term goalis to work in merchandising at a majorcompany, was a recipient of a $5,000University Achievement Award. Sheis active in intramural sports and St.Thomas More Chapel and CatholicNewman Center.

She is the daughter of Teresa andCraig Engbretson, Patterson, Washington.

Fabio Chaddad, associate professorof agricultural and resource economics,received the R.M. Wade FoundationAward for Excellence in Teaching.

Chaddad, who joined the facultyin 2002, has taught Introduction toAgribusiness Management, Micro-economic Theory, and Honors Intern-ship. He advises two masters and onedoctorate degree candidate.

Student letters supporting hisnomination praised his knowledge,organization, teaching style, andinterest in their success.

Chaddad received a plaque andcheck for $1,200.

Stephanie Clark, associate professorof food science and human nutrition,received the CAHNRS Excellence inAdvising Award.

Students and EmployeesHonored at College Banquet

DENNIS BROWN

Stephanie Clark and members of the WSU FoodProduct Development Team.

KatieEngbretson

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Clark has advised 58 undergraduatestudents since coming to WSU six yearsago. She organized the student Dairy/Food Product Development Team,which since has won several nationalcompetitions. Clark also coached theDairy Product Evaluation Team tosuccesses in regional and nationalcompetitions.

A former student wrote in supportof her nomination: “Her presence asan advisor, mentor, and teacher wascrucial in my success at WSU.”

David Bezdicek, professor of cropand soil sciences, received the collegeFaculty Excellence in Research Award.Bezdicek, a member of the faculty for30 years, has conducted researchranging from rhizobia ecology andcompost science to soil quality andcarbon sequestration.

Bezdicek was the first director of theWSU Center for Sustaining Agricultureand Natural Resources. For the pastfive years, he has been the principalinvestigator for STEEP, a regionalresearch and education programdedicated to developing profitablecropping systems technologies forcontrolling cropland soil erosion andprotecting environmental quality.

Donald D. Nelson, extension beefspecialist, received the Excellence inExtension Award.

Nelson has redefined the directionof the WSU beef cattle extensionprogram since coming to WSU in 1989.Because issues facing ranchers andnatural resource managers cannotbe resolved in isolation, Nelson hascreated programs that bring interestedparties together to seek solutions.

In 1995 he created a statewideHolistic Decision-Making Model forthe Development of Sustainable Crop/Livestock and Natural Resource Systems.The $1 million Kellogg-funded effortattracted more than 150 participantsduring its five year duration.

A colleague has described Nelsonas “an innovator, visionary, leader,collaborator, sage, mover, and shaker.”

Doris Lohrey-Birch, secretarysenior in the entomology department,

received the Classified Clerical/FiscalStaff Excellence Award.

Lohrey-Birch, who has been withWSU for 25 years, coordinates graduatestudent applications and keeps interna-tional students’ visas in order. Studentswrote that she takes a personal interestin their welfare and success. “This evenincludes waiting outside with studentsas the faculty are deciding our fatesafter we have taken qualifying examsor our final thesis defense,” one wrote.

Lohrey-Birch has served as thechief steward for Bargaining Unit 9 forseveral years and in October 2002 wasre-elected as Council 28’s secretary for

received the Administrative Profes-sional Staff Excellence Award.

Doerr, a 14-year WSU employee,was described as an over-achiever byhis colleagues. He provides technicalsupport for Jay Brunner’s research andextension program.

Doerr has been senior author onseveral research publications, givespresentations at grower meetings, andhas played a crucial role in the develop-ment of a Web site that extendsinformation from Brunner’s program.

Doerr also has taken an activerole in developing and teaching WSUentomology courses for place-boundprofessional crop consultants andWenatchee Valley College students.

Doerr has worked with theWenatchee School District to developa field experience program for secondgraders from the Wenatchee Valley.He is also helping a local principalcoordinate and develop an internshipprogram for the new High Tech Highin Quincy.

The college’s Team ExcellenceAward went the WSU Food ProductDevelopment Team in the food scienceand human nutrition department.The team is made up of graduate andundergraduate students from variousdisciplines. They develop novel foodproducts containing dairy productsthrough independent thinking andapplication of classroom knowledge.

The team has received threenational awards in the Discoveries inDairy Ingredients Contest. In 2002 and2003, the team’s products were selectedas one of the six finalists in a nationalcompetition.

Eleven current and past membersof the team, Lloyd Luedeke, retiredprofessor of food science and co-advisorof the club from 1998 to 2002, andStephanie Clark, the team’s currentadvisor, were present.

At the same banquet, honors werepassed out to top students in each class.In addition, the names of 68 undergrad-uates were added to the Dean’s HonorRoll and more than $472,000 in scholar-ships were awarded to 341 students.

WSU president V. Lane Rawlins offersopening remarks.

the Washington Federation of StateEmployees/AFL-CIO.

The college’s Classified TechnicalStaff Excellence Award went to CharlesT. Golob, a research technician in thecrop and soil sciences department.

Golob oversees a field researchprogram for William J. Johnston,professor of turfgrass science. The fieldresearch includes more than 2,000 plotsat the Turfgrass Research Area on theWSU campus, plus off-campus researchsites in western Washington, north Idaho,and western Montana.

Golob is coauthor of a report onemissions from field burning of Ken-tucky bluegrass post-harvest residue.He has been with WSU for 19 years.

Michael D. Doerr, a senor scientificassistant at the WSU Wenatchee TreeFruit Research and Extension Center,

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PRIVATE GIVING

T H E C O L L E G E O F A G R I C U LT U R A L , H U M A N , A N D N AT U R A L R E S O U R C E S C I E N C E S

2003–2004 Honor Roll of DonorsIn appreciation of gifts to the College from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004

The Laureates of WashingtonState University ($1 million ormore cumulative)Anheuser-Busch Companies, Incorporated

Arthur M. and Kate E. Tode FoundationAudrey Burg Trust❦ Max Baxter

Thelma BaxterBill and Melinda Gates Foundation❦ Lorenz Bohrnsen

❦ Audrey BurgLewis & Dorothy CullmanG. Thomas ’63 & Anita Hargrove

NW Agricultural Research Foundation, Inc.Paul Lauzier Charitable FoundationWashington Barley Commission

Washington State Dairy Products Comm.Washington State Potato CommissionWashington State Tree Fruit Research Comm.

Washington Wheat Commission

The Benefactors of WashingtonState University ($100,000 ormore cumulative)❦ Catherine Addington❦ Leo AddingtonAlf Christianson Seed Company

Douglas ’73 & Loretta (Salvadalena) ’72Allred

Otto ’37 & Doris (Jones) ’40 AmenAmerican Malting Barley Association

Applied Phytologics, Incorporated❦ Grady AuvilLillie Auvil

Loraine BahrBayer CorporationErnest Berg

❦ Stanley Berg❦ Donald & Jane BiersnerBonnie Braden Foundation

Clifford Braden Trust❦ Francis Bradley❦ Ethan Brines

❦ Ruth BrinesHarold BrownHarold R. Brown Foundation

❦ Doris Buckman ’28❦ Oscar BurgBusch Agricultural Resources, Incorporated

❦ Fredric Button

Janet ButtonDonna Camp❦ Melvin Camp

Celia P. Michel TrustCharles H. Lilly CompanyChateau Ste. Michelle

Kenneth ’74 & Bonnie (Stack) ’76Christianson

Colville Confederated TribesCoos Head Lumber & Plywood Company

James ’44 & Louia (Myers) CottrellRoscoe and Frances Cox Charitable TrustFerne Daniel

Helen Davis❦ Loyal Davis ’32Errett ’38 & Evelyn (Lund) ’45 Deck

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

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company❦ Joseph Englmann ’41❦ Lillian Englmann ’47

❦ Audrey Ensminger ’43❦ Marion Ensminger❦ Frank Feenan

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

❦ LeVern Freimann ’28❦ Marion Freimann ’28Dick & Betty Garvey

❦ Albion Gile❦ Leonore GileHarry ’36 & Edith (Lyons) ’39 Goldsworthy

Rune ’40 & Catharine (Cates) ’41 GoransonRoy ’50 & Marcella GossMarcie Hammond

❦ Richard HammondHarvest States Foundation❦ Tula Young Hastings

Hoffmann-La Roche FoundationHOP Research Council❦ Ada Hunt ’42

Howard Hunt ’41IAMS CompanyIdaho Pea & Lentil Commission

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

King County Master Gardener Foundation

❦ Everett Kreizinger

❦ Helen Kreizinger❦ Norman Lenfest ’15❦ Iris Lloyd

❦ Allen Manring ’31Betty Manring ’31Mariposa Foundation for Conservation, Inc.

❦ Edith McDougall❦ Helen McElwaine❦ Edward Meyer ’38

❦ Celia Michel ’24❦ Henry Michel ’24Monsanto Company

Motorola CorporationNational Fish & Wildlife FoundationNorthwest Turfgrass Association

PNW Pest Management ConferencePanhandle 4-H Camp Association, Inc.Alice Peterson ’38

Pfizer, IncorporatedPhilip Morris Companies, IncorporatedPioneer Hi-Bred International, Incorporated❦ Frances Premo ’26Procter & Gamble FundHelen Reiley ’41

❦ Robert Reiley ’38❦ Marvel Reinbold❦ Simon Reinbold

Research & Scholarship Foundation ofWashington State

James ’54 & Lee (Neff) ’54 RuckJohn & Alice Ruud

Virginia Schafer ’52❦ Lydia Sheffels❦ Harold Shepherd

❦ Helen ShepherdSkagitonians To Preserve Farm Lands, Inc.Patsy Sunderman

Alexander ’41 & Elizabeth (Appleford) ’43Swantz

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.❦ Horace Telford

❦ Louise ThurberUnivar, USAHarold ’49 & Joanne Vaughn

W. K. Kellogg FoundationWashington Asparagus CommissionWashington Concord Grape Council

Washington Hop CommissionWashington State Cranberry CommissionWashington State Dry Pea & Lentil Comm.

Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs

Washington State Mint CommissionWashington State Red Raspberry CommissionWashington State Strawberry Commission

Washington Wheat FoundationWashington Wine CommissionWestern Wireless Corporation❦ Beulah Wilke❦ Minnie Wittenbach❦ Edna Young

❦ Leonard Young

Silver Associates ($10,000and above annual support)BASF CorporationBayer CropScience, LP❦ Lorenz Bohrnsen

BOISE❦ Ruth BrinesHarold Brown

Harold R. Brown Foundation❦ Doris Buckman ’28Ruth L. Butcher Family Trust

Computer Frontiers, IncorporatedE.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company❦ Lillian Englmann ’47

Glen Franklin ’61FMC CorporationWilliam & Melinda Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationFred C. Gloeckner Foundation, IncorporatedHarry ’36 & Edith (Lyons) ’39 Goldsworthy

Rune ’40 & Catharine (Cates) ’41 GoransonG. Thomas Hargrove FoundationG. Thomas ’63 & Anita Hargrove

Edward Heinemann ’39Hormel Foods CorporationIAMS Company

Kal Kan/Uncle Ben’s IncorporatedKemin AmericasKraft Foods North America, Incorporated

Kraft Foods, Incorporated❦ William Kreitz ’55Landscape Plant Development Center

Lesco, IncorporatedPalmer & Evelyn McCarterMonsanto Company

NW Farm Credit ServicesOcean Beauty Seafoods, IncorporatedOrganic Center for Education & Promotion❦ Indicates deceased

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PNW Pest Management ConferenceAnne S. Reynolds Charitable Lead Trust

Virginia Schafer ’52❦ Robert Schmidt ’53Gerald Sharp & Karen Boorman

Spraying Systems CompanyJohn Stanton & Theresa GillespieSunderman Breeding, Incorporated

Patsy SundermanAlexander ’41 & Elizabeth (Appleford) ’43

SwantzSyngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Charles ’65 & Cynthia TelfordMary TiptonHarold ’49 & Joanne Vaughn

Washington Education FoundationZinpro Corporation

Crimson Associates ($5,000to $9,999 annual support)Andersons, Incorporated❦ John Butkus ’38CHS Foundation

CP Products Company, IncorporatedDecagon Devices, IncorporatedFoundation for Agronomic Research

Gowan Company, LLCBarbara JacquotTimothy & Lori Kennedy

National Fisheries InstituteNational Turfgrass Federation, IncorporatedNECA

Scotts CompanyEdward ’70 & Cherry (Lakey) ’70 ShawRobert ’86 & Sandra Sites

Tim’s Cascade Snacks

W. Mike Vander Griend ’67 & Pamela MeansWashington Apple Education FoundationWeyerhaeuser Company Foundation

Zoological Society of Sedgwick County

President’s Associates ($1,000to $4,999 annual support)A Cook’s TourAAA Pest ControlEdward ’82 & Barbara Adams

AgriNorthwestAmerican Dahlia Society, IncorporatedLinda Arthur

Arvesta CorporationNorman ’69 & Linda (Larson) ’71 BaerClara and Art Bald Trust

R. William & Milly Kay (Melville) ’73 Baldwin

Kenneth ’74 & Patricia (Koshko) ’73 Bales

Gustavo Barbosa-Canovas & AnaRodriguez-Vivaldi

Theodor ’76 & JoAnne (Scodeller) ’75 Baseler

Benjert Farms

Berger Partnership, PS

Donald Blayney ’88

Raymond ’75 & Linda Bliven

William Bliven ’70

Boeing Company

David ’77 & Suzanne Brown

Gordon Bryson ’75 & Betsy Moseley

Leo Bustad ’68 & Jeanne Davis

Campbell Scientific, Incorporated

Gaylon ’68 & Judith (Harris) ’64 Campbell

James & Diana Carlson

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Cebeco Seeds, BV

Charitable Gift FundLucille Christianson

❦ Walter Clore ’47Columbia Crest WineryR. James & Beverly Cook

Davis Wright Tremaine Law OfficesDavid Dickson ’60Jordan ’81 & Tamara Dimock

Distinguished Order of ZerocratsNorman Donaldson ’40Eric ’66 & Ann (Lindh) ’67 Edlund

Line ’50 & Ellene (Westrom) ’49 EstergreenEuthenics of Greater SeattleCarmen & Linda Felicetti

Ann FletcherFluid Fertilizer FoundationWilliam Garnett ’74

Charles & Jan ’81 GaskinsGeneral Dillingham ProduceGeneral Mills Foundation

Jay Graham ’00Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Frank ’56 & Margaret (Jacquot) ’58 HachmanJohn ’44 & Jane (Loren) ’44 HalverJudy Harder

Robert HarwoodRussell ’68 & Judy HeinemannRichard Hernandez ’76

Larry & Janet (Hutchinson) ’77 HillerJoe & Virginia ’84 HillersRick & Kandace Holley

❦ Melvin Hougan ’34Robert Hulbert ’51 & Toni Dally-HulbertDavid & Deborah Iverson

J & TD ApiariesJ.C. Penney Company Fund, IncorporatedJ.P. Morgan Chase Foundation

James D. Moore CompanyMichael JensenJensen’s Old Fashioned Smokehouse, Inc.

Lynn ’81 & Alison (Hanford) ’84 JohnstonDuane Kaiser ’48Arnold ’59 & Marta (Fagnastol) Kegel

Ronald & Lynda KincaidGregory ’86 & Vicki KnutsonPeter Landolt ’76

Lane Environmental, Incorporated

John ’61 & Maureen (Tilley) ’61 Larsen

Donald ’58 & Carolyn (Quaife) ’60 LeeGlenn Leitz ’52Leonetti Cellar

Lincoln County Wheat Growers AssociationJesse ’92 & Carmelia (Holt) ’92 LyonChristopher Maguire & Hildagard

Van-Voorthuizen ’01

Monte ’80 & Carole (Squires) ’80 MartiThomas ’79 & Julie MathewsPaul ’58 & Karen (Bassett) ’59 Maughan

Reed ’77 & Lisa ’01 McKinlayRobert ’68 & Ida (Glanden) McMillanJohn & Janet Meersman

Microsoft CorporationDavid & Mandy MinickRon ’78 & Linda Mittelhammer

MLS TechnologiesJames ’60 & Ann MooreNational Agricultural Aviation Association

National Frozen Foods CorporationNational Philanthropic TrustSteven & Deborah (Slessman) ’79 Nelson

Ruth NewberryFranklin & Bonnie NofzigerNorthwest Naturals

Nufarm Americas, IncorporatedGeorge & Gail O’NealEric Paschal

John & Nelda PattonLouis & Mollie PepperEdwin ’53 & Joan Phillips

Potlatch CorporationCharles ’54 & Barbara (Heathman) ’54 QuannR.M. Wade Foundation

Wilbert & Ann (Hay) ’70 RicharzRay RobbinsJohn ’48 & Amy (Allen) ’54 Roberson

Tim & Donna (Murray) RoseDonald SatterlundNorman ’73 & Helen (Adams) ’73 Schaaf

William ’89 & Susan ScheenstraJ. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable FoundationSeattle Foundation

Mark ’92 & Lisa ShipleyC. Richard & Janet ShumwaySilver Mountain Enterprises, LLC

Agnes SmickRonald ’78 & Heidi (Bock) ’79 Stanley

Doris Doyle Buckman and Henry Taylor BuckmanAgricultural Research Fund

Doris Doyle Buckman was a 1928 graduate of Wash-ington State College. Together with her late husband,Henry Taylor Buckman, a graduate of Cornell University,the Buckmans owned, operated, and marketed appleson several orchards in the Yakima Valley. They establishedthis research fund to support general research within theAgricultural Research Center at WSU.

Goranson Dairy ProductsEvaluation Team Travel Fund

Rune Goranson is a 1941 graduate of the College ofAgricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences witha degree in Biological Systems Engineering. Rune was amember of the winning 1940Dairy Products Judging Team.He created this fund so theDairy Products JudgingTeam would have supportfor training and travel toannual Collegiate Dairy Prod-ucts Evaluation Competition.

Wayne ’76 & Brenda SteffenStimson Lane Vineyards & EstatesRobert ’76 & Cathy Stump

Marvin ’50 & Patricia (Holsinger) ’49Sundquist

Barry & Darcel (Evens) ’89 SwansonTexas Smokehouse BBQ

Mikal ’79 & Lynn ThomsenMichael ’90 & Christina (Keener) ’90 ThorenRobert ’72 & Carol Thornton

Mary TollettR. Clayton Udell ’58United States Golf Association Fnd.

United Way of King CountyUSDA ARS SPA SCRLUST, Incorporated

Edward ’58 & Sally VeenhuizenVerizon FoundationW. F. Wilhelm & Son, Incorporated

Washington Bulb Company, IncorporatedWashington Mutual FoundationWashington State Beekeepers Assoc.

Washington State Federation of Garden ClubsWashington State Pest Control AssociationWashington Wheat Foundation

Washington-North Idaho Seed AssociationWelch’s Foods, IncorporatedWhitworth Pest Solutions, Incorporated

Robert WorkingWyckoff Farms, IncorporatedJames & Carol ’99 Zuiches

Bryan Society ($500 to $999annual support)Jack ’54 & Lorraine (Hughes) ’54 Albright

Robert & Carolyn (Roybal) ’75 AllanAmerican Art CompanyAmerican Society for Engineering Education

Steven Anderson ’91Anonymous DonorBank of America

Bar R Cattle CompanyBasic American FoodsBonair Winery

C. Duane Booker ’86

William ’74 & Susan (Worstell) ’81 Bowe

Robert ’50 & Victoria (Jones) ’52 BradenMark ’76 & Nancy BrandonBiff ’65 & Leslie Brotherton

Jay Brunner ’73Steven ’78 & Donna BurnsteadDennie Byram

Kenneth ’71 & Dorothy CasavantAnn CattsCavatappi Distribuzione

Jeffery & Margaret (Wagenblast) ’74 ChappellChinook District of Garden ClubsClark Cowlitz Farm Bureau

Girard ’50 & Betty (Webb) ’50 ClarkClassic Dyestuffs, IncorporatedDoris Clerf

John ’74 & Jan (Boyer) ’76 ClerfColumbia Basin Crop Consultants AssociationColumbia Winery

Earl & Erma ColyarCougar Crest WineryCory Crouthamel ’02

Mark DahmerWilliam & Jill (Newhouse) ’81 denHoedDon & Joye Dillman

DrabaJerrie ’69 & Sally EatonEl Oro Cattle Feeders

Eli Lilly & Company FoundationEd ’39 & Ayleen (Frederick) ’38 EricksonRobert ’67 & Karen Felton

Foundation NorthwestRonald Fowler ’69Virgil & Carol Fox

Galbreath Land & LivestockGary & Donna GalbreathDick & Betty Garvey

William GatesRobert ’44 & Ruth (Carncross) ’45 GibbJeffrey ’71 & Vicki (Durham) Gordon

Tina GreeneMelvin Hamre ’54Han Yang Oriental Food Manufacturing

Mark ’94 & Kim HarringtonNorman ’64 & Tovi (Bohlke) ’64 Harris

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John E. Halver Lecture

John E. Halver received hisB.Sc. in Chemistry from Wash-ington State College in l944 andhis M.Sc. in Organic Chemistryin 1948; Graduate AcademicProgram, Purdue University, 1949;and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry fromthe University of Washington in1953.

Dr. Halver’s research has beenfocused on amino acids, proteins,vitamins, fatty acids, carbohydrates, and minerals innutritional biochemistry, fish anabolism, and catabolism.He was the national leader that demonstrated aflatoxinwas the primary chemical carcinogen causing hepatoma,and he personally developed the surgical techniquesneeded to monitor internal organ tumor growth in fish.He has been involved in consultancy assignments fornational and international agencies in 33 countries.

The John E. Halver Lecture will be used to bringnationally and internationally recognized speakers toWashington State University to present seminars andconsult with the faculty, staff, and students of theDepartment of Animal Sciences, the Department of FoodScience and Human Nutrition and the broader agricul-tural community.

Beverly Harvey ’58

Buck Hendrix & Joan Steberl ’75Alberta HillRobert ’60 & Doris (Jacklin) ’60 Hodge

George ’65 & Carolyn (Ofstad) ’67 HubmanJK Group, IncorporatedJR Ranch Shorthorns

Robert ’82 & Gina (Hawk) ’82 Jungquist❦ Fred KellerJohn ’43 & M. A. (Vanbrocklin) Killingsworth

Kiwanis Club of PuyallupWayne & Donna KlockoKnowles Farms, Incorporated

K. Wayne Knowles ’66Diane Kolb ’84Michael ’65 & Betty (White) ’64 Leinweber

Merrill & Lorene LewisDavid ’54 & Virginia LindbergKeith & Judith (Adams) ’69 Love

Sherman ’74 & Pam LucasJames ’52 & Janet (Purcell) ’55 MaguireRichard ’78 & Janet (Rosenberry) ’78 Maricle

Christopher ’64 & Susan (Kelley) ’64 MarkerJud Marquardt & Constance Niva ’62Dale ’48 & Leila (Cook) ’51 Martin

Roger ’60 & Kathleen (Dunagan) ’62McClellan

Lee ’71 & Lorraine (Worden) ’70 McDowellNorthwest District Beekeepers Association

Theodore & Sandra NybergOregon Wheat CommissionPalouse Grain Growers, Incorporated

Stewart ParkerBruce & Patricia PettyDavid ’72 & Kay (Parham) Picha

Gerald & Jane Pittenger AHCPortland General Electric CompanyPuget Sound Business Journal

Gail ’68 & Shirley (Moe) ’68 PuryearGary ’78 & Michell (Pickerill) ’93 RadamakerCharleyne Roberts ’50

John Roozen ’74James ’54 & Lee (Neff) ’54 RuckRyan Brothers

Bill & Ruth (Crain) ’97 RyanJack & Marlene RyanSidney ’73 & Debbie Sackmann

SAFECO Insurance CompaniesSandra Saffell ’67Norman ’58 & Sharon Scott

Sideb, IncorporatedLaurence ’58 & Mary Jane (Freimann) ’58

SmithAubrey Smithburg

Martin ’65 & Barbara (Rowe) ’66 SnoeyHans Sohlstrom & Nancy Kercheval ’79Peter Sommer

Sterling Savings BankV. Rafael & Donna StonePaul ’59 & Betsy (Holmberg) ’60 Sunich

Michael & Winifred TateDave Thoday & Nana ChoRodney ’77 & Deborah (Daniewicz) ’75

Tinnemore

Robert ’87 & Kittie (Ralph) ’87 Tucker

V.E. ’52 & Betty (Rom) MahrtVan Buren Ranch, LLCVanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Tim ’84 & Beth WallaceWashington BeefWashington Mutual Foundation Matching

Gift Program

Don WeberWedam Veterinary ServicesMike ’79 & Susan (Carter) ’80 Wedam

James ’76 & Bertie (Josephson) ’77 WeddellWells Fargo Community SupportDale West ’78

Wheat Marketing Center, IncorporatedMichael Wohld ’60Asrar & Nancy Zubair

Tower Club ($100 to $499annual support)Joanne Abey ’57

Peggy Adams ’98Clinton ’99 & Kelly (Devine) ’01 AdamsonAetna Foundation, Inc.

AgproAgreeable Pest ControlBillie Ahrens ’51

Molly AkeyAKS DistributionRobert ’50 & Roberta Aldrich

Alexander & Baldwin, IncorporatedKenneth ’70 & Marleen AlhadeffR. Spencer & E. Rae Alisch

James & Elaine (Jones) ’37 AllenJay ’72 & Susan AllenRobert ’51 & Dolores (Plaster) ’52 Allen

Wayne ’76 & Melani AllertRobert ’49 & Mary (Dexter) AllisonAmerican Malting Barley Association

Andy & Sylvia AndersonBruce ’73 & Liz (Wood) ’73 AndersonAndrew Will Winery

Anthony’s RestaurantsApex CellarsHarry ’71 & Rustine (Benito) ’71 Argetes

Marijane AshbyJohn ’76 & Deborah AustensonJerry ’65 & Sarah Babbitt

Dean Backholm ’80James ’49 & Frances (Landerholm) ’50 BakerLinda Baker ’66

Betty Barney ’50Joan Barnhardt ’56Alan Bartelheimer ’72

Henry ’49 & Jacquelyn (Hansen) ’49 BassoRichard Bates ’90 & Paula Perron-Bates ’88Robert ’69 & Wendy (Kennard) ’68 Bates

Donald ’60 & Alene (Johnson) ’62 BeaHarold ’42 & Mae BeardJames & Sondra (Aune) ’78 Becker

Radleigh & Susan (Lawson) ’67 BeckerRobert Becker ’81Dale ’66 & Judy Bedlington

Dale Beech & Edith Duttlinger ’79Beef Northwest Feeders

Beef Northwest Feeders, LLCGary ’67 & Louise BelsbyDarrin ’88 & Pamela Belton

Reed ’46 & Beverly (Ulrich) ’49 BenedictWilliam & Norma BennettDonald & Elizabeth (Hamilton) ’67 Berard

Barbara Berg ’79Stephen & Verna BergmannEric ’02 & Kimberly ’02 Bergstrom

Scot Berschauer ’84David & Patricia BezdicekDarrel & Betty Bienz

Adrienne Birdsell ’47Douglas ’68 & Polly BlankenshipBlauert Farm

Frederic Blauert ’58Frank & Charlene BlethenTim & Dorothy (Mattingley) Blosser

Nancy Boettcher ’75Mark Bohnet ’81Vernon & Penny Bolton

William & Jo BooneMark ’89 & Erin (Riley) ’91 BordenMarie Borg

Danny ’77 & Ann (Pearson) ’76 Bowling

Carl ’76 & Karlene BoydKathryn Boyd ’77

Landis & Lila BoydJames ’65 & Carolyn BradenGeorge & Harriet Brain

Paul Brandt ’55Stanton & JoAnn BrauenKurt ’72 & Chris Braunwart

Cherilyn Brennan ’72Jonathan Brennan ’75Richard ’77 & Theresa Brim

Michael ’72 & Christine (Fritch) ’71 BrintonAllan ’72 & Laurie BrittenRobert & Susan (Schoedel) ’84 Broderick

William ’75 & Zena (Dickinson) ’78 BroughtonBob ’77 & Karen BrownI. Oliver ’55 & Nancy Brown

George & Arline BruehlGerald ’50 & Glenna (Dunham) BruntonBarbara Bruya

James ’65 & Suzanne BryanLouise Bunge ’35Fred ’49 & Elizabeth Burgess

Frederick ’80 & Janet BurnsteadEverett ’54 & Willow (Kretz) BurtsWilliam & Marie (Childers) ’49 Busick

Kennith & Pamela Butcher

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Susan Butts

CAHNRS Alumni BoardMike & Krista ’94 CairusElsie Calhoun ’49

Rex ’82 & Melva CallowayBrian Campbell ’98Fred ’51 & Dorothy Campbell

Canoe Ridge VineyardFrances Cardwell ’37Charlotte Carey ’44

Cargill, IncorporatedIrving Carlson ’50Robert Carlson ’78

Vernon ’64 & Porntipa CarlsonBill ’66 & Sara (Hughes) ’69 CarnahanCarus Publishing Company

Cascade Farms, IncorporatedCattlemen’s Association of WashingtonNorman ’63 & Verlee Cavadini

Ralph ’85 & Annette CavalieriCharles ’59 & Margaret ChambersDonald ’57 & Marjorie (Beernink) ’57 Chaplin

ChevronTexaco CorporationChildren’s Hospital & Medical CenterCHR Hansen, Incorporated

Mark & Linda ChristopherJanan Claiborn ’94James ’72 & Shawn (Dyck) ’74 Clark

John ’56 & Dawn (Planta) ’64 ClarkMark & Debra (Juneman) ’80 ClarkeDavid ’60 & Barbara (Goddard) ’85 Cleave

Shannon Cobb ’83Gordon ’75 & Brenda CockrumS. Michael ’65 & Jayne (Rucker) ’65 Coe

Kay Cogan ’79Craig & Mary CoggerJames ’82 & Cory Colbert

Alice Colburn ’36Colfax Grange Supply Company, Inc.Gary ’72 & Ann (Daniel) ’72 Colley

Barbara Collins ’40Columbia Grain International, IncorporatedColumbia Tower Club

J. Christopher ’59 & Rosalee ComstockConAgra FoundationWyatt ’62 & Vera Cone

Connecticut Dahlia Society, IncorporatedConocoPhillipsKristie Cook ’91

Richard & Stephanie CoonKacey ’72 & Noele CooperLawrence ’60 & Suzanne Coppock

Fred ’54 & Lois CorwinHarry & Margaret CosgriffeCostco Wholesale, Charitable Contributions

Cougar Yacht ClubKatherine Countryman ’76Richard ’59 & Joyce (Asimus) ’60 Cowin

Coyote Cowboy CompanyCraveOrganicsDain Craver

Clifford ’61 & Claudia CrawfordAlice Cripe ’41

Vanessa Crockford ’86

William ’54 & Marilyn (Vancott) ’49 CrozierMichael ’76 & Beth CuillierWilliam ’80 & Susan Culp

Vernon ’62 & Marianne (Joens) DamsteegtRaymond ’76 & Mary (Eddy) ’76 DangmanE. Jean Daubenmire

Philip ’79 & Linda DavidsonStewart & Jacqueline (Newhouse) ’82

DavidsonJane Davis ’42

Jeffery Dawson ’66Ralph & Marjorie (Graham) ’55 DayCharun Dayananda ’81

Scott ’91 & Linda (Kahle) DeGrawKathryn DeierlingDeLille Cellars, Incorporated

Edward & Karen (Kjack) ’64 DemkoC. Duane Depping ’71❦ Ethel Dettman ’53

Dan & Katherine (Nagel) ’74 DeuelStephen & Donna DevineRobert ’83 & Mary (Scheenstra) ’86 Dey

Todd ’86 & Linda (Guyer) ’86 DezellemR. Vernon ’47 & Leona (Holderness) ’51 DiversRick ’71 & Jacquelyne (Bowman) ’72 Doane

Mary Doherty ’02Double D FarmsCharles ’61 & Janet (Johnson) ’61 Downen

Arthur ’75 & Joyce DuarteKenneth & Sandra DuftDunham Cellars

Clayton ’55 & Linda (Lewis) ’57 DunnThomas ’80 & Patty DurisRobert ’59 & Peggy (Severn) ’59 Early

Stephen ’72 & Sally (Pomerenk) ’72 EbeG. Lee Ehmer ’69Leonard ’65 & Diane Eldridge

Leonard ’79 & Jill (Rode) ’85 EliasonJeffrey Emtman ’92Roy ’60 & Della (Boy) ’62 Emtman

James & Emma EngibousSusan Fairbanks ’60K. R. Fairchild & Elizabeth

Phelps-Fairchild ’61

Mike & Connie FalonRichard Fankhauser ’64Guy ’50 & Jacqueline (Lawrence) ’50

Fanning

Philip & Jane (Lindy) ’44 FarisFarm & Home Supply, IncorporatedThomas Fattori ’73

Scott FedaleFabrizio Felloni ’00Kevin ’87 & Kelly Fennell

Dennis ’64 & Carey FiessMichael ’66 & Sandra FinchAlice Fisher

Douglas ’73 & Billie FitzsimmonsFred ’56 & Rose (Eldred) ’57 FleischmannFletcher Farms

James Fletcher ’62Keith Fletcher ’75John & Colleen (Donley) ’74 Flower

Edward and Arlene HeinemannAnimal Science Endowment

This endowment was established by EdwardHeinemann as a loving tribute to the memory of his wife,Arlene Heinemann. Edward and Arlene met while attend-ing Washington State College—he was a senior andshe was a freshman studying Business Administration.Following Edward’s graduation in 1939 in Animal Science,they were married in 1941. Arlene and Edward have twosons; Russell, who also attended Washington StateUniversity and graduated in 1968 with a degree inPolitical Science, and Dale, a University of Puget Soundgraduate in Economics/Business Administration. Thesuccessful marriage and partnership of Edward andArlene lasted nearly 60 years before Arlene’s death.

After graduating in 1939, Edward worked as theCounty Extension agent in Lincoln County, coordinatingthe 4-H programs in that area. Former Animal ScienceChair/Dean Ensminger appointed Edward to the Wash-ington Horse Breeder’s Association where he worked for28 years as field secretary and during that time authoredseveral educational articles. Edward’s last position was asDirector of the Washington Horse Racing Commission.He also served as a partner in a Thoroughbred/Quarterhorse sales business.

With the knowledge that Washington State Universityis continually striving for academic excellence and tocreate the connection between student and university,Edward became a founding member of the HowardHackedorn Scholarship, supporting the efforts of studentsin Animal Sciences.

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Kim ’78 & Diane (Fink) ’79 FloydJudy Fogelsonger ’75Alvis ’74 & Barbara (Norris) ’74 Forbes

H. Eugene ’51 & Vivian ForresterWalter ’52 & Patricia ForsbergDiann Foster ’80

William Fox & Connie Riha-Fox ’78Randall ’77 & Barbara FranzBruce & Lavon Frazier

Pat & Cindy FreemanClive ’78 & Shari ’82 FreidenrichEarnest ’61 & Mary French

George ’54 & Jean FriesBruce Fritchman ’82 & Chewelah Nett ’82Raymond ’80 & Gisela Fuller

Funk Enterprises, IncorporatedMike ’83 & Karlynn (Truscott) ’85 FunkGarside Florist

Gary Isaacson ConstructionGene Juarez Salons, IncorporatedHenry Gerber ’69

Curtis GeringDanny GigaxGlaxoSmithKline

Walter & Paula ’84 GmelchJohn GoelzJohn & Mary (Boleneus) ’51 Gonseth

Cornelia GoodwinGordon Brothers CellarsKelly Gordon

Douglas & Jean GoreJack ’56 & Harriet GorskiGordon & Nancy (Bagott) ’58 Graham

David Granatstein ’86 & Elizabeth Kirby ’86David ’75 & Deborah (Hyatt) ’76 GrantGreat Garden Solutions, LLC

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.Robert & Lois GreensideDon & Elizabeth ’99 Greggain

Jerry & Carolyn GrinsteinDavid ’91 & Michelle GrossKenneth & Molly Gross

David ’71 & Gayla GuentherMargaret Guitteau ’43Rentz & Jean (Berglund) ’54 Gullick

Gustafson, LLCDavid & Margaret (Raupp) ’58 HabersetzerAlan Hadley ’51

Randy & Margaret (Sweet) ’77 HairDavid Hallenius & Deborah Peppones ’79Jennifer Halliday ’98

Michael ’71 & Kathleen (Bogart) HambeltonDaniel ’84 & Diane HamiltonJerome Hammond ’74

Marilyn Haney ’78Carole Hansen ’67Harder & Harder

Keith & Bonita (Pearson) ’59 HardingJames Hardy ’50Richard Hardy ’75

Virginia Harger ’34

Thomas ’77 & LaVonne (Hughes) ’79Harrington

Mark ’93 & Kristina (Rightmire) ’95 Harting

Nancy Harville ’76R. Dennis ’67 & Cheryl (Mccarter) ’67

HaywardJeffrey ’77 & Janet (Boerhave) ’77 Heath

Hedges CellarsTom & Anne HedgesCatherine Heisey

Loris & Paula (Reisenauer) ’77 HellerLavar ’55 & Mary HendricksLars Hendron ’81 & Kristina

Moberg-Hendron ’82

Curtis ’78 & Erika (Brandt) ’80 HenningsHerd Health, LLCDennis ’65 & Christine Hill

Raymond ’40 & Helen (Willis) HillStephen & Melissa HinesJames ’74 & Rebecca (Dutro) ’76 Hinken

Herbert ’65 & Marcia HinmanJudith Hiss ’37Alexander ’50 & Patricia Hodgson

Joe Hoffman ’84Robert HofmanDaniel ’96 & Martha Holt

Lyle ’61 & Jackie (Harting) ’64 HoltJeanna Holtz ’79Patricia Hooker ’66

Earl ’40 & Martha HornerTom HorsleyLane Hoss

Ping Hou ’97 & Xiao Guan ’96Jack ’84 & Jacquelyn HoustonDonald Howe ’65

Walter and Vinnie Hinz Scholarship

Walter W. Hinz graduated from Washington StateCollege in 1938 with a bachelor’s degree in AgriculturalEngineering. As a student, Walt was active in manycampus organizations, such as Associated Engineers,American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Sigma Tau,and College Club of the Student Cooperative Association.Vinnie came to WSC from Walla Walla, Washington. Shewas a Fine Arts major. She and Walt met while studentsat WSC and were married in Walla Walla in 1940. Theirscholarship will benefit students in Biological SystemsEngineering.

Richard Howell ’61William ’69 & Lynette (Brower) ’69 Howell

Dick HubmanArnold ’55 & Danell (Jolly) ’55 HudlowPaul ’72 & Charlotte Hudson

David Huggins ’91 & Catherine Perillo ’91John ’74 & Cynthia HulseJohn & Catherine (Allison) ’45 Hunt

Robert Huthman & Kelley Liston ’82Craig ’75 & Linda IllmanIntel Foundation

Gary & Elizabeth IsaacsonJ & J Wiggs OrchardJ. R. Emtman, Incorporated

Gayle Jacklin ’86Sue Jackson ’74Charles & Claire (Reisinger) ’55 Jacobson

Paul & Anne JacobsonJames & SonMark ’76 & Linda James

Randy JamesJed ’85 & Mary JanuchJanuik Winery

Mike JanuikClifford & Gladys (Cooper) ’48 JenningsRonald ’84 & Geri (Kohncke) ’83 Jennings

Kenneth ’60 & Elaine JensenLeonard Jessup & Joy EgbertErik Johansen ’87

Hal ’65 & Nancy (Reinbold) ’67 JohnsonJay ’81 & Martha (Gildow) ’83 JohnsonKristen Johnson

Orman ’69 & Mardi JohnsonRichard ’49 & Marjory (Foncannon) ’47 Johnson

Duane Kaiser Dean’s Merit Award

Helping other Cougars has always been important to Duane Kaiser (’48 Agriculture).When he was a young man working on the Valley Gem Dairy Farm in Arlington,Washington, a WSC grad came to the farm as an official tester for the Dairy HerdImprovement Association. He told Duane there was an unwritten code of the hillsthat whenever one Cougar is able to help another Cougar, he should do it. Thatwas when he decided to attend Washington State College.

About 30 years later, Duane started a Christmas tree farm and was looking forcustomers. He contacted a Seattle radio station which sent its on-air personality out tosee the trees. As Duane puts it, “When we met, I learned that he was a Cougar. Heliked the fact that I was too. That was the beginning of manyyears of advertising that made my farm the most successfulChristmas tree farm in the area. The success of this farm iswhat makes it possible for me to make this gift to helpother Cougars today.”

Duane has two daughters. Julia Ann (’71Biology) is a practicing veterinarian with asmall animal practice in New Jersey, andKaren (’77 Education) is a teacher inPortland, OR who is currently workingon her Ed.D. in family literacy.

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Robert ’52 & Laura (Barringer) JohnsonRoger ’67 & Sue Johnson

Thomas ’68 & Janet (Judy) ’68 JohnsonWayne Johnson ’39William Justis ’70

Kallisbell Farms, IncorporatedZahi Kanaan-Atallah ’03John ’64 & Darleen Keatley

Margaret Keithly ’44Kelley Orchards, IncorporatedWalter ’57 & Betty Kelley

Thomas ’79 & Karen (Hofstrand) ’72 KellieMark & Carolyn (Keno) ’81 KellyHolly Kennell ’82

Steven & Patricia KesslerKestrel Vintners WineryKey Bank

Alan ’77 & Mindy (Abramson) ’76 KezisDean ’60 & Jeanette KileJohn ’84 & Jean (Beaulaurier) ’83 Kilian

F. Michael & Sally (Maughan) ’59 KilpatrickKing Broadcasting CompanyJames ’80 & Lisa King

Wade & Teresa (Soden) KingRoy ’74 & Pam KinsmanRichard Kinssies

David Kirk ’78 & Shelly JenkinsMarvin KleeneMelvin ’57 & Judith (Erdahl) ’61 Kleweno

Klickitat Creek FarmKeith ’87 & Camille (Cone) ’87 KlingeleRobert ’51 & Marguerite (Graham) ’52 Koppe

Brian & Mari (Carmean) ’84 KramerPatrick ’92 & Jennifer (Foreman) ’91 KramerDarryl & Wanda Krick

Snorri & Lois (Lowary) ’63 KristjanssonEric & Barbara (Newgard) ’83 KrogstadWilliam ’51 & Mary (Lange) ’50 Kuhlman

Elvin ’59 & Mary (Ingham) KulpKay Landberg ’82Alan ’71 & Lynn Landerholm

Ray ’58 & Betty (Schreiber) ’61 LandesLane & Associates

Bruce ’78 & Renee (Len) LaneJohn Lane & Barbara Bushnell ’68Rae & Kathleen Lanpheir

Marvin ’64 & Judy LappJames ’71 & Christine LarsenJoseph & Anne (Taylor) ’73 Larsen

Louis ’49 & Shirley (Rice) ’47 LarsenL’Ecole No. 41P. Ray ’76 & Cynthia (Abhold) ’78

Ledgerwood

Betty Lee ’54Bill & Sonya (Huang) ’58 LeeRichard ’82 & Elizabeth Leitz

Henry ’63 & Camilla LevienDarrell ’61 & Carolyn LewisLewiston Veterinary Clinic

Leonard Libbey ’61Gregory Lill & Stacy PetersonNancy Lindley ’51

Alexander Lindsey & Lynn Manley ’70Joseph ’68 & Beverly LineweaverWilliam Little & Margaret Sundstrom ’69

Randy ’89 & Elizabeth (Shipley) ’89 LobeKevin ’86 & Kelly LoneyRichard ’80 & Valerie Longbons

Longhorn EngineeringHarold LooCarol Lorenzen ’87

Steven ’86 & Anne (Miller) ’85 LoweEric Lund ’92Donald ’61 & Katherine Lybecker

Lydig Construction, IncorporatedKevin ’81 & Debora LyleMarty ’74 & Mila (Potuzak) ’74 Lyon

Norman & Sandra MackWayne ’67 & Sandy MadsonJoseph Majka ’80

Roger ’66 & Barbara (Wainwright) ’67 MajorEd & Cyndy Maletis

Richard ’80 & Liliane MannCarl ’55 & Doris (Church) ’55 Mansperger

Sarmauli Manurung ’03Marler Clark, LLPWilliam ’82 & Julie Marler

Thomas ’98 & Karen MarshArnold ’67 & Marcia (Newhouse) MartinSteven ’79 & Sandra (Price) ’78 Masonek

David ’52 & Georgia MatlockRichard ’75 & Marcia (Mcgarry) ’75

MatthaeiCarl ’80 & Judy ’80 Maxwell

Richard & Corinne MaxwellBeverly Mayer ’86Mark ’90 & Michelle Mazzola

Bruce ’50 & Carmen McCawThomas ’69 & Jody (Martin) ’70 McClellanDonald & Donna McCool

Carl ’66 & Patty McCraryAlan ’67 & Sandra (Miller) ’70 McCurdyElaine McDaniel ’52

❦ Edith McDougallKevin ’80 & Rebecca (Haberman) ’80

McDowellMike & Belinda (Gosser) ’84 McDowell

Gary McGillMcGregor CompanyAlex & Linda (Skinner) ’73 McGregor

David ’89 & Linda (Tanner) McKayGary McKay ’59Gary McKay, Incorporated

Paul McKay ’59William ’51 & A. Nancy (Lomas) ’80 McKayDavid McKinley ’79 & Dianne

Eaton-McKinley

Gary & Kathleen (Connel) ’74 McLeanWayne & Wilma McMeansJackie McReynolds

Hannah Mead ’02Peter Meenderinck ’93Edward Meier ’67 & Jeanne Gallo ’75

Jack Meiners ’42 & Mary MasseyWilliam ’72 & Sandra MeiserMerrill Lynch

Myron ’69 & Yvonne MetcalfRick ’81 & Tracy (Torpey) ’82 MettlerArland Michel ’51

Micro-Chem Laboratories, IncorporatedGeorge & Edwina Mielke

George ’52 & Riyoko (Hayashi) ’50 MigakiMike and Jean’s Skagit GrowersPrudence Miles ’77

Kenneth ’58 & Maryann MilhollandAllen Miller ’78Rollin ’46 & Eileen Miller

James & Gina MillironMac & Karen MillsMichael & Christine (Larsen) ’71

Milodragovich

Yasuho & Julia (Mayeda) ’67 MiyakawaDonald ’71 & Erin (O’neil) ’72 MoeMolbak’s, Incorporated

Dan Montgomery ’49James ’93 & Deanna MontgomeryPete Moramarco ’77

Don & Vicky MorganMorris Irrigated Farms, LLCStephen ’74 & Cheryl Morris

Donald & Jean MorrowJames Morrow & Cecile Babich Morrow ’82Laurence ’43 & Elizabeth (Allan) ’44 Morse

Mountain View Transport, LLCAlbert & Judith ’81 MousseauMichael ’74 & Laura (Laurent) ’77 Mrachek

Indulis Muiznieks ’83Bruce ’69 & Linda MulhollandJoseph ’70 & Patricia Muller

Richard ’53 & Mary (Murphy) ’56 MunroeMurdock Cattle CompanyGeorge ’64 & Donna Murdock

Sheila MyhreDonald ’84 & Teresa MyottMartha Nagle

Thomas & Christine (Liss) ’68 NealDonel ’67 & Cynthia (Busch) ’69 NelsonGregg ’64 & Judy (Pratt) ’65 Nelson

Marie Nelson ’40Jonathan Newkirk ’89James & Judith Nielsen

Doris Niemann ’45Kenneth Norikane ’82North Pine AG Equipment, Inc.

Northstar WineryDennis & Leslie Noson

Robert Carl Schmidt Scholarship

Robert Carl Schmidt was born in Plaza, Washingtonin 1930 and graduated from Rosalia High School in 1948.He received his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculturefrom Washington State College in 1953. After graduation,he returned to the family farm and formed a farmingpartnership with his brother growing wheat, barley, andpeas until 1987. He married his late wife, Helen, in 1970.

Robert was an active member of Rosalia UnitedMethodist Church, the Pomona Grange, and the PlazaGrange for 35 years. He was a volunteer firefighter forSpokane County Fire District 3 for more than 30 years.He served on the Washington State Association ofConservation Districts, where he was chairman for eightyears and board supervisor for 20 years.

Seattle Chapter of Les Damesd’Escoffier Scholarship

As a leadership society ofwomen of achievement in thefields of food, beverage, andhospitality, Les Dames d’Escoffier International and itsSeattle Chapter contribute to their communities througheducation, scholarships, and mentoring. The SeattleChapter established this scholarship to benefit femalestudents studying at Washington State University in thefields of viticulture or enology.

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Nu Chem LimitedCecily Nyberg ’31

David ’71 & Linda (Chase) ’69 OdenriderOld Mill Country Store, LLCRichard Oliver ’52

❦ Virginia OliverDonald & Betty OlmsteadDonald ’58 & Delores Olson

Margaret Olson ’88Marvin ’70 & Jeannie OmdalSabina Ondash

Christel OsborneMartin ’71 & Kay (Phillips) ’71 OttemRichard & Ellen (Rogan) ’66 Overby

PACCAR FoundationStewart ’77 & Clarice PadelfordWilliam Pan & Vicki McCracken

Gary ’76 & Julie (Prescott) ’77 ParkertJudson Parsons ’57 & Diana GardenerBipin Patel

Pearson EducationPearson FarmsDavid ’82 & Clara (Ladwig) ’84 Pearson

Monte ’72 & Laura PearsonLarry Pederson ’81 & Joyce DickinsonGary Pelter ’75 & Christine Stallard

Joan Pelto ’50Anthony ’74 & Marie (Miller) ’75 PennellaPepper Bridge Winery

Andrew Perdue & Melissa O’Neil-PerdueRoderic Perry ’74C. Alan Pettibone ’54

Ghery ’75 & Marilyn (Vanhoose) ’75 PettitPfizer FoundationPheasant Projects, Incorporated

Susan Pheasant ’85Douglas ’58 & Molly (Mccoy) ’56 PhilipsJames ’74 & Gayne (Gelmers) ’74 Phillips

Gary ’73 & Geraldine (Stout) ’75 PichaPioneer Commodities & Trucking, LLCWamon ’70 & Norma (Snider) ’71 Pittman

Michael ’77 & Jane PoleDavid Pollart ’67Jeannie Pollart

Kenneth Porter ’82Harold ’38 & Ruth PoulsenMonte & Diane Powell

Thomas ’74 & Diana (Barden) ’73 PrenguberPreston Premium WinesProGene, LLC

R & D EnterprisesR & J FeedersKerry Radcliffe ’75

Carol Ramsay ’87Jonathan ’00 & Shawna (Druffel) ’00

RasmussenJohn ’62 & Kay Raupp

Realife PhotographyJerry & Heidi (Johnson) ’79 ReevesRichard ’76 & Patricia Reil

Lowell ’51 & Lorna (Mahan) ’51 RichmondRonald & Donna (Combes) ’52 RicoTimothy ’90 & Megan (Fink) ’90 Riebe

Dean Riechers ’96Samuel ’52 & Olga Rieger

Kathleen Rightmire ’69Gerald ’77 & Karen (Loftis) ’78 RingwoodW. J. Ringwood

Sandra RistowDale Roberts ’98Francis ’39 & Naomi Roberts

William ’57 & Joan (Wharton) ’56 RobertsC. Jack ’49 & Jo RobertsonEugene Robertson & Mildred Chambers ’61

John RobinsMichael ’80 & Lisa (Hopp) ’79 RobinsonPeter ’84 & Priscilla (Floyd) ’84 Rodgers

Ronald ’66 & Eileen RoeFloyd ’73 & Judy (Huie) ’74 RogersPat Roley & Norma McKinney-Roley ’82

Mary RolfeLeonard ’75 & Michele (Fitzgerlad) ’75 RoozenRobert ’58 & Ruth (Alfredson) Rose

Alice Ross ’44❦ Roderick RossAnthony Rouleau

Roy Farms, IncorporatedLeslie ’74 & Elizabeth (Dana) ’74 RoyMark ’78 & Deborah (Jaspers) ’82 Roy

Ruark Century Farm, IncorporatedJames ’61 & Nancy RuarkMark Ruark ’90 & Robyn Picht-Ruark

Paul ’89 & Kerri ’92 RuarkRichard ’60 & Karen RubenserJack ’58 & Evelyn Rucker

William ’67 & Sandra (Gillings) ’67 RuddKarll & Barbara (Bang) ’77 RuschJohn Ruthford ’76

SAC EnterprisesJeffery ’95 & Jennifer SafeTimothy & Maureen (Richmond) ’79 Saffle

Sagelands VineyardSalish LodgeKeith ’49 & Margaret Sarkisian

John ’42 & Joyce SchaferSusan Scheunemann ’75Kenneth ’73 & Marsha Schilke

Bruce Schlittler ’86Herman Schoenemann ’84 & Janine Brown ’80Brad Schu ’81

John ’75 & Karen SchultzStanley ’70 & Jill (Irving) ’71 SchwartzDelroy ’61 & Carol (Powell) ’62 Schwisow

Scott Schwisow ’86 & Eileen HoxitSCM Staff Placement Specialists, Inc.James Scott ’48

Steven ’75 & Jane (Thompson) ’76 ScottDavid ’67 & Diana SearsSeattle Times

Edward ’56 & Laura SeeborgShu ’44 & Mary SeikeRichard ’78 & Eileen Shane

Barbara Shaw ’65Mark ’79 & Becky (Kellie) ’80 SheffelsShell Oil Company Foundation

Larry ’67 & Carol Shields

Richard & Rosemary ShivelyFrancis ShumwaySonda Sibole ’88

Christopher & Carmelle (Kneeland) ’98Sieverson

Susan Skelton ’78Gene Slape & Marian Svinth ’66

Jack ’54 & Alyson (Cooper) ’53 SmalleyAlan Smick ’78Damon ’86 & Joy (Bourn) ’85 Smith

Damon ’53 & Lulu (Ault) ’54 SmithEdwin ’53 & Sylvia SmithJoseph & Doris Smith

Maurice ’50 & Patsy SmithRichard ’54 & Patricia (Mikalson) ’54 SmithRobert & A. Marjorie Smith

Linda SmythMichael Smyth ’82John ’50 & M. Louise Snell

Snipes Canyon RanchIrvin ’57 & Mary SobekDorothy Spencer

Spragg Farms, IncorporatedNorman ’69 & Mary SpraggFred ’53 & Clorene (Watson) ’55 Sprenger

Mary Squires ’03Charles ’56 & Shirley (Ensor) ’57 Staib

Ronald ’64 & Sheryl (Fred) ’64 StanekRoger ’66 & Catherine StarkChad ’77 & Nancy (McNeilly) ’78 Startin

State of WashingtonSteffen FarmsDonald & Elma Steffen

Audrey Stehr ’52Mary SteinAlfons ’74 & Linda (Albert) ’76 Steiner

Gerald ’74 & Carol StevensDeVere ’42 & Lois StevensonStimson Lane Wine & Spirits, Limited

T. E. StiversCharles ’73 & MaraLee StoffersGary ’60 & Judith Storment

Stormy Mountain Ranch, IncorporatedDavid Stout ’71Robert Stout ’55

Kathleen Stuart ’73William ’59 & Nancy (Sell) ’60 StuartStudents Book Corporation

Chunming Su ’92 & Wenjian GongRob SullivanScott ’79 & Susan Summers

Ronald ’56 & Margie SumnerGuard Sundstrom ’69Swanson Bark & Wood Products, Inc.

Tracy Vincent-Sharp Memorial Scholarship Fund

Tracy Vincent-Sharp came to Washington StateUniversity in mid-life to complete a degree in Crop andSoil Sciences as a prerequisite to entering the Peace Corps.She said she wanted to help “feed the world” andplanned to do it by helping the inhabitants of third worldcountries improve their crop production.

Tracy was a bright, committed student who wasalways ready to discuss and question the material herinstructors presented in class. Tracy had been awarded afellowship by The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas and wasexpecting to enter the WSU graduate program when heruntimely death in 2003 prevented the completion of herstudies.

This scholarship is established in her memory toassist primarily non-traditional female students, like Tracy,who are studying food crop production in the Crop andSoil Sciences program.

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Delton & Sharon SwansonFrank ’58 & Betty Swanson

Warren Swanson ’76Swifty Creek Merchants, LLCWayne ’79 & Gertrude Sylling

T. J. Hayes Ranch, IncorporatedT.W. International, IncorporatedRonald ’82 & Valerie Tackett

Gregory & Tricia TadieMel & Alice (Summers) ’84 TakeharaJim ’80 & Mina Talbot

Mildred TamakiJuming TangTimothy ’72 & Shelly Taplin

Gerald ’69 & Verna TeeterJenneth Deno ’58Texas Creek Products

Nicole Thines ’98Linda ThomashowJohnny ’65 & Andrea Thoren

TIC Gums, IncorporatedTim’s Cascade Style Potato ChipsTipu’s Tiger, Incorporated

Larry ’85 & Joy Tjoelker

T-MobileJohn ’75 & Jacalyn TobosaMatthew ’81 & Martha (Freese) ’78 Todd

Robert ’51 & Beverly TokarczykRobert Tommervik ’66Topcliffe Farm

Jack & Vi TopperThomas ToyamaMichael ’81 & Elizabeth (Brown) ’83

Treiber

Ted Treiber ’73Allene DyerDonald ’57 & Claudia Tucker

Georgina Tucker ’33Andrew ’86 & Julie TudorUnited Way of Benton County

Loren ’87 & Kristin (Crain) ’96 Van LooSteven ’71 & Lucinda Van ValkenburgR. Charles & Freda (Teitzel) ’62 Vars

Mark & Mary (Brannon) ’86 VasbinderAlbert & Karin (Strege) ’74 VincentWallace Vog ’60

Voise Sausage by Steins QuestHenry ’58 & Lois VostralHarry Vye

Wabi Fishing CompanyRon & Barbara WachterWalla Walla Vintners

Dennis ’76 & Carol WallaceWalrath Truckin, IncorporatedTom ’69 & Elaine (Chang) ’71 Wang

Gerry & Diane WarrenWendy Warren ’62Washington State Dairy Federation

Washington Association of AgriculturalEducators

Washington State Fruit CommissionWashington Trust Bank

Carl Washington ’59Thomas Washington & Sarah Lingle ’82LeRoy ’67 & Valborg Watson

Frederick Wefer ’53

Duane Welborn ’80 & Lynne Bozlee-WelbornLawrence & Karen ’95 Weller

Judy West ’79Westbred, LLCJames ’70 & Lynne White

Whitman Cellars, LLCWhitman County Assoc. of Wheat GrowersWicked Tomato

Wiggins Brothers PigsRandy ’77 & Rise WigginsTim ’82 & Karen Wiggins

James ’93 & Jessica WiggsWilbur-EllisRaymond ’68 & Nancy (Garber) ’69 William

Royal TiptonScholarship

This scholarship wasestablished by MaryTipton, wife of the lateRoyal Tipton. Royal was acareer officer in the Army.They lived in variousplaces around the UnitedStates and spent sometime in Europe. They havethree children and twofoster children.

Janet Williams ’74Roger ’72 & Kathleen WillisWillows Lodge

Norman & Joan WillsonCindy Wilson ’74Steven & Mary Windell

Brett ’86 & Sue WinterowdGene ’57 & Marcia WirthDavid ’79 & Marie Wodaege

Bruce ’85 & Barbara (Appel) ’84 WollsteinDouglas ’81 & Mary ’79 WoodruffDuane ’77 & Ruth Woodruff

Woodward Canyon Winery, IncorporatedDouglas ’81 & Carla WoodworthLarry & Wynona (Town) ’79 Woolf

Lois Wright ’71Gary & Judith WutzkeWyeth Pharmaceuticals

Youling ’89 & Aihua (Liu) ’88 XiongJimmy ’69 & Yoshimi YamamotoTerry Yamamoto

Todd & Suzanne YinglingDavid ’77 & Pamela (Langfeldt) ’77 YorozuEsther Yoshioka ’66

Helen YoungMichael ’66 & Jeanne (Peterson) ’67

YoungquistAlex Yu & Mei Yeung

Eric Zakarison ’81 & SherylHagen-Zakarison ’83

Jeffrey ’82 & Eileen ZellerPatricia Zimmerman

Peter & Mary (Bonsall) ’49 ZmitrovichRobert & Carolynn ZuparkoGlenna Zwainz

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R. JamesCook,InterimDean

Focusing on New Directions

In the last issue of Connections, I wasintroduced as the interim dean of the

College of Agricultural, Human, andNatural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS),replacing Jim Zuiches. Jim has returnedto a faculty position in the College’sDepartment of Community and RuralSociology. With this issue, I want tofocus on some of the new directionsfor CAHNRS.

First, I’m pleased to report that Ihave not felt like an interim or care-taker dean, thanks to great supportfrom CAHNRS, Extension and univer-sity administrators and faculty, andour industry and stakeholder partnersstatewide. For this, I am very apprecia-tive. A search committee has begun tomeet and we remain on track with theexpected two-year timeframe from myappointment to my replacement.

We are well along in hiring five newfaculty members who will join currentfaculty for the new WSU Viticultureand Enology program. Our teaching,research, and extension supportsWashington’s fast-growing and world-class wine industry—now valued at$2.4 billion annually. This programenjoys tremendous support from theWashington wine industry.

The new Viticulture and Enologyprogram is but one of a growing list ofinterdepartmental, cross-college, andinter-campus programs in research,education, and outreach within theWSU system. For example, facultymembers from ten departments inCAHNRS are developing a new under-graduate interdisciplinary degree inAgricultural and Food Systems, toreplace or subsume several existingdegree programs and include the newOrganic and BioAg major. Anotherexample is the new WSU School ofEconomic Sciences, approved by theWSU Board of Regents in April andcreated with the merger of the Depart-ment of Agricultural and ResourceEconomics in CAHNRS and the Depart-ment of Economics in the College ofBusiness and Economics.

I want to affirm a statement inmy last Connections article: “we canand must continue to grow those areasof science and technology where ourcollege currently has leadership or thepotential for leadership nationally or

internationally.” As a corollary to thisstatement, obviously our areas ofscientific and technical leadershipmust match the needs and expectationsof the agricultural, social, and naturalresource stakeholder groups served byWSU as part of our land-grant mission.There’s no better way to achievenational and international reputationsthan by solving complex problems andopening new economic opportunitiesin our own “back yard.”

What are the complex problemsand new economic opportunitiesrelated to the agricultural, human,and natural resource sciences thatneed attention in Washington?

Questions continue to be raisedby consumers and our internationaltrading partners as to the quality andsafety of the food we produce. Issuesinclude natural contaminations, the useof pesticides (no matter how safe), andthe vulnerability of our food systemto bioterrorism. These concerns wereonly heightened with the discovery ofBovine Spongiform Encephalitis in ourstate in December 2003. As anotherexample of statewide needs andopportunities, the political and busi-ness communities of this state expectthat Washington will continue itsgrowth as an economy based on thetechnology and health industries. Foodand agriculture are integral parts of thisvision, but we must balance jobs andeconomic growth with sustainabilityin agriculture. Our state’s economicgrowth must not come at the expenseof the environment, water, or naturalresource base and must benefit ourrural communities.

Continuing discussions held bothin-house and among stakeholdersacross the state have identified atleast three broad areas with linkagesbetween: 1) intended or expectedoutcomes held by the citizens andleaders of this state, 2) WSU’s currentor potential leadership in science andtechnology and, 3) the missions ofCAHNRS. While continuing to evolve,these three areas will serve as the basisfor further strategic planning to achieve:

• A food supply that is wholesome,healthy, safe, and secure (buildingon the Safe Food Initiative);

• Value-added agriculture, includingbioproducts, health productsproduced by plants and animals,and the social or environmentalvalue provided by sustainableagricultural systems; and

• An agriculture that is secure andglobally competitive.

These broad areas are central tothe missions of CAHNRS—and to theentire WSU system. Bringing theseoutcomes to reality will require thekind of interdepartmental, cross-college, and inter-campus collabora-tions described above.

If you have not been on the WSUPullman campus lately, you will bepleasantly surprised to see the impres-sive four-story building under construc-tion immediately east of MartinStadium and joined to the west end ofJohnson Hall. This addition is the firstof six buildings planned as the lifesciences and biotechnology researchand education center for CAHNRS,Extension, the College of VeterinaryMedicine, and the College of Sciences.The complex will provide WSU withone of the largest and most compre-hensive centers for life sciences andbiotechnology research and educationon the west coast, if not the entireUnited States. This new constructionrepresents a major commitment of thelegislature, the governor, and yourindustries that have supported thesecapital projects, and will providecritical infrastructure needed for WSUto fulfill its land grant mission wellinto the 21st century.

R. James CookInterim Dean


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