DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATIONS

Many programs and awards

^listedⁱⁿtheProceedings

would

not

be

possible

without

thegenerous,

long-term support

oftheagribusiness industry.

The

Distinguished Service Citationis

awarded annually

tothose

companies which have made

significantcontributionsoffunds,

time and energy

FFA and

agriculturaleducation.

FFA thanked

representatives

from

thefollowing distinguished

companies during Thursday

afternoon's

convention

session.

•

Moorman

Manufacturing

Company

ofQuincy, III.,hasprovided38yearsofsupportto agriculturaleducationandtheFFA. Inaddition to their financialsupport,theyhaveprovided resourcepersonnelforthechapter,stateandnational officer training.Many membershave touredtheirfacilitiesenroutetothenationalFFAconvention.

•SandozAgro,Inc. ofDesPlaines,III.,has supportedthenationalorganizationfinancially andprovided leadershipforthe NationalFFAFoundationfor31years.Many FFAprograms have been

made

possiblebecauseof theirsupport.

•Kellogg

Company

ofBattleCreek,Mich.,hasa 38-yearhistoryofsupportofagricultural educationandtheFFA. Duringthistime, theircontributionstotheNationalFFAFoundation havehelped createawareness^offoodindustryopportunitiesforFFA members.

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Representatives

from

three companies were honored with Distinguished Service Citations Thursday. Picturedleft to right:Timothy Knowlton,director, corporate affairs,Kellogg

Company;

Judy Hays,

Moorman

Manufacturing

Company

/Quincy Soybean

Company; and

Daian Forsythe, manager, government affairs, Sandoz Agro,Inc.

E.C.HendersonJr.,Senior Vice Presidentand GeneralManager(Retired),

Wayne

Feed Division/ContinentalGrain

Company

James

L.Irwin,Vice President,NorthAmerican AgriculturalEquipmentSales,CaseCorporation DavidJohnson,President,Cenex/Land

OLakes

Agronomy

Company

HarlanKent, Vice President,Salesand Marketing,WinchesterDivision/OlinCorporation

Thomas

S. Lytle,Vice President, NorthAmerica, MallinckrodtVeterinary,Inc.

JohnMay,President,KentFeeds, Inc.

HowardMinigh, President, NorthAmerica AgriculturalProductsDivision,American Cyanamid

Company

RobertMoraczewski,Vice President,Intertec PublishingCorporation

Gerry Newkirk,PresidentandChiefOperating Officer,TractorSupply

Company

R.W. "Bud"Porter,Senior Vice President, N.A.

AgriculturalMarketing,Deere&

Company

DonaldH. Pratt,President,ButlerManufacturing

Company

TedPriebe, President, Meyocks&Priebe Advertising,Inc.

KeelanPulliam,BusinessDirector,Zeneca ProfessionalProducts,

ZENECA,

Inc.

RichardRyan,PresidentandChiefOperating Officer,

DEKALB

Genetics Corporation

YaleL.Schalk,U.S. MarketingManager,DuPont

AgriculturalProducts

Fred Schrodt,Vice President, Transportation, FarmlandIndustries,Inc.

Guy

Shoemaker,DivisionVice President, Dry MillingDivision,GeneralManager,U. S.Flour Milling,Cargill

Ed Shonsey,PresidentandChiefExecutive Officer,Northrup King Co.

James

D.Speir, Retired PresidentandChief OperatingOfficer,IMCGlobalInc.

RichardUrbanowski,PresidentandChief OperatingOfficer,ISKBiosciences Corporation

Herman

WilsonJr., President,Pioneer EquipmentCo.

VIP Awards

Therecipientsofthisyear's

VIP

awards wererecognizedThursday.Backrow(lefttoright):A.B. Cochrane,John Davis, CharlesKeels,

Marion Kimmons,

John Murray. Front

Row

(leftto right):Jack Pritchard, RobertSeefeldt, GlenShinn,RobertTerry.

VIP awards

are

FFA's way

thanking

those individuals

who have

dedicated theircareerstoserving

young

people.

than 200 yearsof effort are reflected inthe

resumes

ofthe followingrecipients,

and

theircontributions

have been

invaluablein

making FFA

the

dynamic, growing

organizationitistoday.

A.B.CochraneofWaukesha,Wis., represented Briggs&Strattonandprovided adviceandassistancetotheFFAagricultural mechanics programsforover20years.

JohnH.DavisofScio,Ohio,served as a leader inagriculturaleducationforover30years.

Now

retired,hewasdirector oftheOhioFFA

Camp

andhelpedstartthesuccessfulOhioStateFFA Foundation.

GeorgeL.EibofKansasCity,Mo.,retiredas superintendentoftheKansasCityForestry, Landscaping,ParksandRecreation department.

Hismajorcontributions oftimeandsupporthave aidedFFAinexpandingcompetitionsinthose same^areas.

Dr.AlanA.KahlerofAmes, Iowa, servedas superintendentoftheNationalFFAFloriculture Contest from 1979-94 andservedas a major contributortohorticulturalactivities atthe national level ofFFA.Heisonstaff atIowaState University.

Charles

L

KeelsofRaleigh,N.C,retiredfrom a 40-year careerinagriculturaleducation includinga long termasstateFFAadvisor. He alsoservedmanyyears as the NationalFFA Treasurerand onthe NationalFFABoardof Directors.

Dr.Marion

Kimmons

ofWestPlains, Mo.,has

made

majorcontributions toimproveagricultural mechanicsactivities atthenationallevel. Heis retiredfromWestVirginia University.

JohnMurrayofRochester,Minn.,waspresident ofthe

NVATA

andhelpedinfusefarm business managementawarenessatthenational levelof

FFA. HeisontheStateBoardofTechnical Collegesinhisstateand worksinfarm business management.

Dr.JackPritchardof Stillwater,Okla., coordinated student teachingfor agricultural educationatOklahomaStateUniversity for27 yearsand founded anagriculturaleducation scholarshipprogramthere.

Robert

A

^.SeefeldtofWoodbridge,Va., dedicated26years as anationalFFA^staff

member

as a majoradvocateforstrong

SAE

programs.Hespearheadedinnovationsinthe agriculturalproficiencyandFFAdegree advancementprograms.

Dr.GlennC.ShinnofCollegeStation,Texas, hasmadelastingcontributionsinthenational

FFAagriculturalmechanics programs and^is headoftheagriculturaleducationdepartmentat

Texas

A&M

University.

Dr.Robert Terryof Stillwater,Okla.,isdirector oftheOklahomaAgriculturalLeadership programafternearly20years asheadofthe agriculturaleducationdepartmentatOklahoma StateUniversity.

Hi' A

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Every

threeyears,

FFA honors some

ofits

most

distinguished alumni.

FFA

Achievers

are

chosen

as role

models

for

FFA members

in five categories:

agribusiness,agriculturaleducation, agriculturalproduction, leadership

and

atlarge.

Dr.JerryD.Caulder,

CEO

forMycogen Corporation,waschosenforhisworkin agribusiness. He wasa

member

ofthe Gideon, Mo.,FFAChapter,and earnedhisStateFFA Degree. Caulder beganhiscareeratMonsanto Agricultural

Company

andwasinvolvedinthe developmentandmarketingofproductssuchas Round-Up. HejoinedMycogenin 1984and has guided thefirmtobecoming oneofthelargest corn hybridseed companiesinthenation.

CharlesL.Keels,retiredstatesupervisorin

NorthCarolina,hasgiven alifetimeofsupportto agriculturaleducation,and has earned FFA Achieverstatusinthatcategory. He wasan FFA

member

intheUnionCounty,N.C.,

FFA

Chapter,andwaselectedstateFFAsecretary.

Hetaughtagriculture atSeagroveHighSchool before servingfirstasstateFFAexecutive secretaryandthenstate advisor. He was namednationalFFA^treasurerin1990,and^held thatpostuntil1995. Keelsretiredin1996.

JohnR.McClendonisanactiveleaderinthe Americansoybeanindustryandwasselectedas anFFAAchieverfor agriculturalproduction.He wasanFFA

member

intheMarianna,Ark., chapter,andwonthestate'sStarFarmeraward.

Asaspokespersonforthesoybeanindustry,

The former

FFA members

honoredas

FFA

Achieversivererecognizedon Thursday.Pictured

lefttorightare Carroll Campbell,John

McClendon,

Charles Keels

and Donald

^Staheli.

McClendonhastraveledto40countriesto

promote soybeans.Athome, heoperates a 4,200-acre farm,3,000ofwhichisplantedin

soybeans. McClendonalsoworksforhisfellow producersoncurrentpolicyand governmental

affairs.

Carroll A.CampbellJr.wasgovernorofSouth Carolinafrom1987to 1995,and^isrecognizedin

theleadership category.Heispresidentand

CEO

^of^theAmericanCouncilof LifeInsurance.

Heexcelledatpublicspeakingand

parliamentaryprocedureas aGreenville, S.C.,

FFAChaptermember. Prior to histermsas governor,heservedintheSouthCarolinaHouse

ofRepresentatives, the State Senate,andwasa

member

ofCongressfrom the FourthCongressional District.

DonaldStaheliischairmanand

CEO

^ofContinental GrainCompany. HewasanFFA

member

inUtah andwaselectedtonational FFAofficein1951-52.

Hebeganhiscareerwith Swiftand

Company

andin 1969wasnameddirector ofsalesforAlliedMills, Inc.,aChicago-basedfeedandfood subsidiaryof Continental Grain. Heserved as presidentofthat firmuntilAlliedMillswasfullymergedwith ContinentalGrainin 1981. Staheli,theFFA Achieveratlarge,isalsopastchairmanofthe American FeedIndustryAssociation.

p\! H.O. Sargent Award

The

National

FFA Organization

re- establishedthe

H.O.

Sargent

Award

in 1995to

remember

the

New Farmers

America (NFA) and

torecognizetheir placeinthe historyofthe

FFA. The H.O.

Sargent

Award

recognizes successinachieving

and promoting

diversityinagricultural

education and

the

FFA.

This

award

isamodification ofthe

H.O.

Sargent

Award

thatexisted inthe

NFA

priortotheincorporation ofthe

NFA

intothe

FFA and

Moody

of Harrisburg,Pa.,isstate director ofvocational- technicaleducationanda former

member

ofthe

New

FarmersofAmerica.

William

Sam Combs

of Bristow, Okla.,founded an organizationcalled

REAP—

^Retired^Educators

ForAgricultural

Programs—toincrease participationofAfrican- Americanyouthin agriculturaleducationand FFA.

The

new H.O.

Sargent

Award

recognizes individuals

who

have helped

FFA

membership become morediverse.Pictured

from

left toright areJaniceKeene,

manager

ofpublic information for

Merck AgVet

Division, the

award

^sponsor;

award

recipients William

Sam Combs from

Bristow, Okla.; Walter Jones

from

^Pinetops, N.C.; and Meecee Baker, accepting the

award

for Dr.

Ferman Moody

of Harrisburg,Pa.

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Many programs and awards

would

be

without

long-term support

The

awarded annually

companies which have made

time and energy

FFA and

FFA thanked

from

companies during Thursday

convention

Moorman

Company

made

Company

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Company;

Moorman

Company

Company; and

Wayne

Company

James

OLakes

Company

Thomas

Company

Company

Company

Company

ZENECA,

DEKALB

Guy

James

Herman

VIP Awards

VIP

Marion Kimmons,

Row

VIP awards

FFA's way

thanking

who have

young

More

resumes

and

have been

making FFA

dynamic, growing

Now

Camp

L

Kimmons

made

NVATA

A

member

SAE

A&M

Hi' A

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Every

FFA honors some

most

FFA

Achievers

chosen

models

FFA members

and

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