ALABAMA:
WillieJ.Gholston, WilcoxCentral;TerryV
Underwood, South Baldwin Center forTechnologyARKANSAS: HomerLenderman, Brookland
CALIFORNIA:Mike Campbell, Imperial;WayneDozier,Escondido;
JaimeFarao,Gustine;JamieB.
Lunstad,Hanford;Gary
W
Nelson, Fresno-Pershing;Sharon Weisenberger,QuartzHillCOLORADO:
TrentBushner,Yuma GEORGIA:DavidP.Forrest,Upson-Lee
IDAHO:DonaldL.Bird,West Jefferson
ILLINOIS:Lawrence
W
Huseman, Tnco (CampbellHill);John!Kabot, Mt.Vernon IOWA:DavidLantz,WestLyon;
Barbara A.Lemmer,Anamosa KANSAS:Larry A.Gossen,Neodesha;
JamesD.Patry,Wilson
KENTUCKY:
LarryM. Hendrick,CentralHardin MINNESOTA:DaleEnckson,
Mahnomen;MichaelPagel,Fulda;
Paul A.Skoglund,Tracy
MISSISSIPPI:Ravis
L
Keene, SoutheastLauderdale MISSOURI:Keith Dietzschold,Chillicothe;RobertL.McNary, Jasper; Paul D. Mullins,Ste.
Genevieve;DavidNowland, Chillicothe;RussellRamsey,Dexter;
Jim SpencerJr.,Aurora NEBRASKA:DonaldPhillipps,
Burwell
NEVADA:Dennis M. Digenan,Spring
A/iHonorary American
FFA
Degreewas
presentedtoHome NEW
JERSEY- CynthiaARoszel Lenderman, anagricultureteacherfromBrookland, Ark.Allentown
NORTH
CAROLINA:CarltonT.Forehand,CamdenCounty;James C.GuardSr.,Currituck;RichardA.
Seipel,Starmount
OKLAHOMA:
JohnGolliver,Agra;GaryD.Hill,Wilburton; Jim Jenkins, Bethel;BobMitchellJr., Ripley;BarryR.Weathers,Broken Arrow
OREGON:
DennisClark,Union PENNSYLVANIA:PhilipH.Ogline,Garden Spot
TENNESSEE:RayD.Clements, HermitageSprings;LeRoyHelton, Sevier;GeorgeR.Whitfield,Henry County
TEXAS:GarryT.Boyd, UnionGrove;
DonaldCheshier,Mt. Pleasant;
David W. Howell, CottonCenter;
ElizabethTreptow,Weimar; Ronald K.Wunderlich,
New
BraunfelsWASHINGTON:
JimCockle, CashmereWEST
VIRGINIA: JamesA.Workman,RoaneCounty WISCONSIN:JeniferJ.Erb,
Waupaca; DavidLeahy,Shullsburg;
TimothyPederson,Amherst
NEW
YORK:Spencer1.Gridley, Sidney#*
51
National FFA Foundation Sponsors
The National FFA Foundation
ison
a31
-yearwinning
streak.This
year,supportersfrom
across thenation contributedarecord $7.1 millionforFFA programs and
agriculturaleducation,another
all-timehigh.Foundation
Sponsors'Board Chairman Wayne
L.Beck,who
isvicepresidentforsupply management
forPioneer Hi-Bred
International,Inc.,addressed Thursday evenings
session.Inadditiontothe
annual program funds
raisedforFFA, Beck announced
thatnearly$3
millionhas been pledged
tothe"IBelieve in theFuture" CapitalCampaign
torelocatetheFFA Center
toIndianapolis,Ind., inMay 1998.
The
charge of carryingon
therecord-breaking
traditionwas granted
toA. Charles Fischer,vicepresident ofNorth America, DowElanco and
the1998 Foundation
Sponsors'Board
Chairman-elect. Since1944,
theNationalFFA Foundation has
raisedmore than $80
millionforFFA members
forawards,
scholarshipsand achievement programs.
50-Year Sponsors
CaseCorporation, Racine, Wis.
LincolnArcWelding Foundation, Cleveland,Ohio
OscarMayer FoodsCorporation, Madison,Wis.
KraftFoods,Inc.,Glenview,111.
Red BrandNon-Climb Horse Fence/
Madeby KeystoneSteel
&
Wire Company,Peoria,111.35-Year Sponsors
DEKALB
Genetics Corporation, DeKalb,111.GROWMARK,
Inc.,Bloomington,111.NovartisCropProtection,Inc., Greensboro,N.C.
25-Year Sponsors
AmericanAssociation ofNurserymen, Washington, D.C.
FortDodge AnimalHealth,Overland Park,Kan.
NascoDivision/Nasco International, Incorporated, Fort Atkinson, Wis.
CurticeBurns/Pro-FacFoundation, Rochester, N.Y.
15-Year Sponsors
UnocalCorporation, Brea,Calif.
CharlesandAgnes Conrad, Kansas City,Mo.
JeromeFoundation,BuenaPark,Calif.
TheSolarisGroup, SanRamon,Calif.
StateFarmCompanies Foundation, Bloomington,111.
Sponsors' Board Executive Council
1997 Chairman
WayneL.Beck, Vice President—
SupplyManagement, Pioneer Hi-Bred International,Inc.
1998 Chairman-Elect
A.CharlesFischer,Vice President, North AmericaDowElanco
1999 Chairman-Elect
HowardL.Minigh,President,GlobalBusiness,CyanamidAgricultural Products
Past Chairman (1996)
Allan R.Johnson,President,Farm ProgressCompanies,Inc.
Retiring Sponsors' Board
MichaelC.Ames,Vice President, InsecticideProducts,NovartisCrop Protection,Inc.
StephenD. Barr,ChiefExecutive Officer,Osborn
&
Barr Communications JamesL.Callaway,President,SoonerTrailers
C.T.Fredrickson, ChiefExecutive Officer,AgriBank,FCB Donald W.Hecht, Director, Salesand
Marketing,Elanco AnimalHealth,A Division ofEliLillyandCompany
GregoryA.Heckman,President, ConAgraCommodityServices GeneH.Hemphill, Manager,Industry
Affairs,
New
HollandNorth America,Inc.E.C.HendersonJr.,RetiredSr.Vice Presidentand General Manager,WayneFeedDivision, ContinentalGrainCo.
Allan R.Johnson,President,Farm ProgressCompanies,Inc.
DonaldH.Pratt,President,Butler ManufacturingCompany KeelanW.Pulliam,Business Director,
ZenecaProfessionalProducts, ZENECA,Inc.
JamesD. Speir, Retired Presidentand ChiefOperatingOfficer,IMC GlobalInc.
RichardL.Urbanowski,President andChiefOperatingOfficer,ISK BiosciencesCorporation
New and Continuing Sponsors' Board
DavidL.Abbott, PresidentandChief ExecutiveOfficer,PurinaMills, Inc.
PaulJ.Beddia, Vice President, Government andCommunity
Affairs,TheLincoln Electric Company
WilliamT.Boehm,Vice President, Logistics,The KrogerCompany RobertT.Delfay, President,National
ShootingSportsFoundation Ed Dickinson,Publisher,Progressive
Farmer Magazine
Arnold
W
Donald,Co-President,Ag Sector,MonsantoCompany Curt Fankhauser,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer,ffiCorporation KennethA.Gregersen,Industry
Liaison,The CouncilforAgricul- turalEducation
LarryGundrum,Senior Vice President,Operations, Kraft Foods,Inc.
FFA would
liketothank
thefollowing businessesand
associationswhich provided undesignated support
for the1997
NationalFFA Convention:
City ofKansasCity;Hallmark Corporate Foundation;
American RoyalAssociation,Inc.,FarmlandIndustries,Inc.,
The H&R
Block Foundation; KansasCityPower &
LightCompany;
KansasCitySouthernIndustries,Inc.;Marion MerrellDow,Inc.;YellowFreight System,Inc.;SprintFounda- tion;John&
JudyWempe; Humana
Health CarePlans;The KansasCity StarCompany;
North AmericanSaltCompany;
Nations
Bank
Midwest;Commerce
Bank;Sprint/United Telephone-Midwest; BayerCorporation, Agriculture Division;ButlerManufacturing
Company
Foundationonbehalf of Butler Rural Buildings, ButlerGrainSystemsandLesterr
SZ
JohnR.Hill.Vice President, Salesand Marketing, Lester BuildingSystems JamesL.Irwin,Vice President,N.A.
AgriculturalSales,Case Corporation DavidE.Johnson,President,Cenex/
Land O'LakesAgronomyCompany PhilJohnson,President,
Colle
&
McVoyJamesS.Ladlie,Ph.D., President, Agri,Growth,Inc.
Jack May,President,KentFeeds,Inc.
John Middlebrook. General Manager, ChevroletMotorDivision;Vice President,GeneralMotors Corporation
Henry "Chic" Mohr,Director of CommercialMarketing,Winchester Division/OlinCorporation EricMoorehead,President,M.W.
KelloggCompany
Robert Moraczewski,Vice President, IntertecPublishingCorporation Jack Murdoch,Vice Presidentand GeneralManager, NorthAmerican Distribution,
AGCO
PhilipA.Nelson,PresidentandChief ExecutiveOfficer,
Valent U.S.A.Corp.
KenwoodC. Nichols, ViceChairman, ChampionInternational Corporation
R.W.Porter,Senior Vice President, N.A.AgriculturalMarketing, Deere
&
CompanyTedA.Priebe, President,Meyocks
&
Priebe Advertising,Inc.
CharlesRamsey,President,Firestone AgTireCompany
Richard0.Ryan,Presidentand Chief OperatingOfficer,
DEKALB
GeneticsCorporation YaleL.Schalk, U.S.Marketing
Manager,DuPontAgricultural Products
FredericE.Schrodt, Vice President, Transportation,Farmland Industries,Inc.
GuyR.Shoemaker,DivisionVice President,DryMilling Division, GeneralManager,U.S.Flour Milling, Cargill
Edward
T
Shonsey,Presidentand ChiefExecutiveOfficer,Novartis Seeds,Inc.DarrellJ.Smith, Vice President AgriculturalInvestments, MetLife DennisF.Steadman,Vice President,
North America,MerialLTD.
MontyR.Summa,Senior Vice President, Terra Industries,Inc.
RobertM. VanPatten, President,IMC AgriBusinessInc.
HermanT.WilsonJr.,President, PioneerEquipmentCo.
Some
oj themost importantfiguresinglobalagribusinessserveontht theNationalFFA
FoundationSponsors' Board. Theseverybusy people devote precious time,energyandsupporttothefoundation, whichraised $7.1 million forFFA
andagricultural education.Threenational
FFA
sponsorswere honored foroutstanding support with the Distinguished Service Citation. Picturedleftto rightare:NicholasBabson,BabsonBros.Co./SURGE;
Dr.MarilynKourilsky,Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; and RobertRatliffi
AGCO
Corporation.Thousands
of agribusinesses, associationsand
individuals givelifetothemany award and program
areasof theNational FFA Foundation. However,
afew supporters each
year arerecognized
forgiving extraordinarylevelsof time,energy and
funding,some
forover
ahalf-century.The National FFA Organization
takesitshatofftothese specialcompanies, and awarded them
theDistinguished
Service Citationduring Thursday afternoons
session.•
AGCO
CorporationofDuluth,Ga,, hassupportedthe NationalFFA Organization for 51 years.Inaddition to financial contributions, the companyhasprovidedleadershiptotheNationalFFAFoundationSponsors' Board.AGCO
hashostedtours for20yearsandissued a limited-edition toy tractor asanFFAfund-raiser.•BabsonBros.Co./SURGEof Naperville,III,hassponsoredsuchevents as Agricultural Sales
&
ServiceandDairyJudgingCareerDevelopmentEvents as well as Collegiate Scholarshipsduringits20years ofsupportto agriculturaleducationandtheFFA.Thecompanyhas alsoprovided leadershiptothe NationalFFAFoundationSponsors' Board.•CenterforEntrepreneurialLeadershipInc.,EwingMarionKauffman FoundationofKansasCity,Mo., earnedthisdistinctionthroughfinancial andtechnical assistance to theFFAandTheCouncil.Theirsupportof the Agri-EntrepreneurshipAwardProgramhasallowedstudentsfrom 38of the 54stateassociations to experience thespiritoffreeenterpriseanddevelop- mentof creativeentrepreneurshipandinnovation.