Year Sponsors

Gehl

Company

WestBend,Wis.

ICIAmericasInc.

Wilmington,Del.

Moorman Company Fund

Quincy,III.

Wayne

FeedDivision/Continental Grain

Company

Chicago,III.

25-Year Sponsors

Briggs

&

StrattonCorporation Foundation, Incorporated

Milwaukee,Wis.

Merck

AGVET

Division Rahway,N.J.

Northrup King

Company

GoldenValley,Minn.

15-Year Sponsors

Babson

Bros.

Co./SURGE

Naperville,III.

Creswell,Munsell,Fultz

&

Zirbel CedarRapids,Iowa ToyotaMotorSales,U.S.A.

Torrance,Calif.

21stCenturyGenetics Shawano,Wis.

National FFA ^Foundation

Retiring Sponsors' Board

MarkW. Atwood,VicePresident-Development, AgriculturalResearchDivision,American Cyanamid

Company

FrankC."Buzz"Baker,President&Chief ExecutiveOfficer,

CMF&Z

Tom

Blandford, VicePresident,Farm/Crop Division,ContinentalInsurance

TerryA.Blanks, President,Alfa-LavalAgri,Inc.

GaryCostley,Executive Vice President, Kellogg

Company

James

E.Frost,GeneralManager,Livestock MarketingAssociation

NickHein,Vice President, GlobalAgricultural Products,DowElanco

James

H.Hellmich, Director,Dairy Ingredient Management,KraftGeneralFoods

Edward

L.McMillan,President&ChiefExecutive Officer,PurinaMills, Inc.

LeoT.Rasmussen,VicePresident,Agricultural Investments, MetropolitanLifeInsurance

Company Roxann

L.

Sommers,

PastPresident,National

FFA

AlumniAssociation

Continuing Sponsors' Board

Donna

Banks,VicePresident-Research,Kellogg

Company

HenryD.Bobe,President&ChiefExecutive Officer,Fermenta AnimalHealth

Norman

Braksick, President,Asgrow Seed

Company

WilliamJ.Doyle,President,

PCS

Sales GaryL.Duncan,President&ChiefExecutive Officer,

NC+

Hybrids, Inc.

PaulEngler, President,Cactus Feeders,^Inc.

Marcia Glenn,Director,EconomicResearch, Operations&TechnicalDevelopment,KraftGeneral Foods

C.L.WilliamHaw,ChiefExecutiveOfficer, NationalFarms,Inc.

Walter

Hobgood

Jr.,Vice President,Animal SciencesDivision,MonsantoAgricultural

Company

JohnM.Johansen,Director,SalesProgramming andPricing, NorthAmerican

Ag

Sales,Case Corporation

JonathanKemper, PresidentandChiefExecutive Officer,

Commerce

BankofKansasCity

Tom

0. Luehder, VicePresident,

AGRIGENETICS

VirgilMartinson, PastPresident,National

FFA

AlumniAssociation

EarlMorgan,Vice President& GroupManager

AgriculturalChemicals Group,

FMC

Corporation GaryMyers,Executive Vice President, Morgan&Myers

Distinguished Service Citations

Briggs

and

Stratton,Cargill

and

PhilipMorris,U.S.A.

were commended by FFA

at the

Thursday

afternoonsession.

With

thepresentation ofthreeDistinguished Service Citations,the organizationsaid

thank you

tothree

companies which have

offered

encouragement

to

FFA.

All

have generously donated

financialresources as well as energetic

support from company employees.

Briggs

and

Stratton

Corporation

of

Milwaukee,

Wis.,has

been

a

major

supporter of the National

FFA

Agricultural

Mechanics

contest.

The

firmcontributed24air-cooled engines, maintains

them

or refurbishes

them

as

needed,

providesservice

manuals

toall

contestants

and

providesstaffforoperation of thecontest.

They

also

have provided

local teachers

with

materials,exhibitedinthe

FFA Career Show and sponsored

theFruit

and/

or

Vegetable Production

Proficiency

Award through

theNational

FFA

Foundation.

Cargill ofMinneapolis, Minn.,has

supported

theNational

FFA Foundation

for32 years.Cargillisthesole

sponsor

ofthe DiversifiedLivestock

Production

Proficiency

Award. They

also

provide

$250,000 annuallyforcollegescholarships

through

the National

FFA

Collegiate Scholarship

program.

PhilipMorris,U.S.A.of

Richmond,

Va.,

was

recognizedfor31years ofservice tothe organization.Philip

Morris

has exhibited strong

support

fortheNational

FFA Alumni

Association

and

has

sponsored

the

Alumni

StateLeaders'

Conference

sinceit

began

in 1987.

From

1981-86 they

sponsored

the Wildlife

Management

Proficiency

Award through

theNational

FFA

Foundation.

The

firmalso

sponsored

adisplay as partoftheHallof

Achievement

atthe National

FFA

Center.

Lyle Shackle(left),manager,technicalservices,Briggs

&

Stratton Corporation;

Guy

Shoemaker, southwest geography manager, GrainDivision ofCargill,KansasCity,Mo.;

and

James Burns, manager, agricultural

programs

at Philip Morris, U.S.A,

Richmond,

Va., representedtheircompaniesintheDistinguished Service Citationsceremony.

E.FrankSantos,President&ChiefExecutive Officer,Valent U.S.A.Corporation

JosephScarlett,President,

TSC

Stores

Tadd

C.Seitz,Chairman,PresidentandChief ExecutiveOfficer,TheO.M.Scott& Sons

Company

Richard 0.Shuler,VicePresident&General Manager, Syntex AnimalHealth,NorthAmerica

JaySpencer,NationalTruck SalesDevelopment Manager, Toyota MotorSales, U.S.A.,Inc.

Boyd

Wainscott,President,Pitman-Moore, Inc.

CatherineA.Westphal,AssistantVicePresident, Public Relations,SantaFePacificCorporation Atchison,Topeka andSantaFeRailway

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Honorary American FFA Degrees

Honorary American FFA Degrees were

presented Friday

morning. Should

there

be any

question,it

was noted

that theadults

seemed

justasthrilled

with

their

awards

as

any young convention

winner.

Whether

they hailed

from

agricultural classrooms, corporate

America, academic

institutions,

government

positionsorother professions,all

had one

virtue in

common.

They had been

ardent supportersof

FFA, people who had

offeredthemselves

and

theirtalents toserve the national organiza- tion.

Degree

recipients

were

congratulated

on

stage

by

thenational

FFA

officers

and were

presented

with

the

honorary key and

certificate.

ALABAMA:

JamesM.Cravey,Montgomery; Galen Grace,Albertville

ARKANSAS:

JohnR.Holmes,LittleRock;Travis C.Hopper,LittleRock;LonnieMcNatt,LittleRock

CALIFORNIA: Homer

Bowen,Modesto;Flint

Freeman,Pomona;AlbertD.Kern,SanDiego;

CharlesM.Smallwood, Fresno

COLORADO:

RonaldD.Hollenbeck,Denver

FLORIDA:

RayH.Cooney, Winter Haven; Robert

A. Croft,Tallahassee

GEORGIA:

H. D.Brown,Savannah;HaroldJ.

Loyd,Tifton;WilliamH.MossJr.,Athens;David Skinner, Tucker; Freddie C. Waltz,Tifton

IDAHO:DonaldD.Benedict,Lewiston;AlJ.Lingg, Moscow;LauraJ.Wilder,Boise

ILLINOIS: ReginaldD.Henry,Normal; RobertW.

Pritchard, DeKalb;A.Bruce Roskens,Chicago INDIANA:DanJ.Arnholt,Columbus; Roland Hackman,Seymour;N.D.Hein, Indianapolis;

Teresa Jackson,FountainCity

KANSAS:

DonSheets,Topeka

KENTUCKY:

^CharlesM.Derrickson,Morehead

MICHIGAN:

GeraldA.Welch,Kalamazoo

MINNESOTA:

DonaldBerg,Minneapolis;

Thomas

A. Doughty,Minneapolis;NormanE. Fredin,Albert Lea; LarryD.Hayes,LesterPrairie;Rita A.

Jorgensen,St.Paul;WillisW. Lilliquist,St. Paul;

DouglasD. O'Neil,Jackson;JeromeM.Stein, Glenwood;WinG.Streiff,Buffalo;GladysTripp, Minneapolis;CharlesF.Worm, Okabena MISSOURI:Denise

De

Julio,KansasCity;W.

Anson Elliott,Springfield;Jack Gercone,Kansas

City;RayC.McClure, Columbia;

James L

McClure, Salem;PhilMcFall,St.Joseph; EdwardL.

McMillan,St.Louis

NEBRASKA:

RichardC.Hahn,Omaha;Steven Oltmans,

Omaha

Lee Thurber (left), national

FFA

president, congratulates one _of the 176 recipients ofthe

Honorary American FFA

Degree.Recipietttswererecognizedfor thesupport

and

encouragement theygive

FFA

members.

NEW JERSEY:

MarkW.Atwood,Princeton;James

V.Gramlich, Princeton

NORTH CAROLINA:

WilliamB.Buffaloe,Research Triangle Park;RobertH.Caldwell,Greensboro;W.

G.ParhamJr.,Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA:

Douglas Vannurden, Bismarck OHIO:JohnD. Kelly,Marion;

Gene

P.Weeks, PleasantHill

OKLAHOMA:

GregoryD.Dewald,Stillwater;C.

Wayne

Hood,OklahomaCity;RobertLohmann, Enid

OREGON:

HowardGibson,JunctionCity;John Landers,Corvallis;NancyJ.Stebbins,Salem

TENNESSEE:

BoydTrew,Chattanooga

TEXAS:

MarvinJ.Cepica,Lubbock; L. J.

Chachere,Dayton;SteveFraze,Lubbock VIRGINIA:BobbyConner,Ebony;MaryK.Devers, Alexandria; LarryFannon,CharlotteCourt House;

HarriettD. Fidd,Alexandria;StephenT.Grant, Winchester;JanetLewis,Alexandria

WISCONSIN:

DonHaldeman, Madison;

Thomas

Lyon,Shawano;BernardNielsen,West Bend

WYOMING:

William M. Henry,Casper

Agriculture Teachers

ALABAMA:

RobinG.Clark,GrandBay;Stacy Hatcher,Hartford;FrankelS.Hunnicutt,Millport;

RandallParamore,Notasulga; AlanWaters, Daleville

ARIZONA:

JackTurner,Buckeye

ARKANSAS:

WilliamA. Stark,Judsonia

CALIFORNIA:

StephenDeRose,Arroyo Grande;

Kermit Kliewer, Brawley;AbdulMohamed,Imperial ScottVernon,SanLuisObispo

COLORADO:

Chris Wilkinson,Lamar

GEORGIA:

GaryL.Minyard, Carnesville;D.J.

Sheppard, Eatonton IDAHO:SteveBott,Rupert

INDIANA:Curtis E.Campbell,Wabash;StevenW.

Hickey, Middletown;DonSturgeon,Hagerstown

IOWA:

WilliamD.Drey,RedOak;EdHansen, Orient;DanielJ.Leinen,Harlan

KENTUCKY:

LloydA.Home,Cecilia

LOUISIANA:DonaldR.Gill,

Denham

Springs MAINE:FranklinR.McElwain,Limestone

MARYLAND:

TonjiaR.Mayne,Thurmont

MICHIGAN:

GlenD.Ruder, North

Adams MINNESOTA:

JoelM.Larsen, BellePlaine;Keith D.Place,Lakefield;Arnold G.Rethemeier, Perham;

LouisWorm, Lakefield

MISSOURI:Doyle Bounds, GrantCity;Mickey Briscoe, Macon; FrankCaldwell, Palmyra;Duane M.Kaiser,Granby;WilliamD. Northcutt,Bowling Green; RobertL.Parsons,Salem;AllanE.

Rohrbach,GreenRidge;JohnRummel,Stockton;

Michael

L

Smith,MountVernon;DeanSwafford, Savannah

NEBRASKA:

^{D. R.}Lechtenberg,Butte;

Thomas

Wheeldon, Schuyler

Honorary American FFA Degrees

NEVADA:

Elaine Lewis,Fallon;Jim Sustacha, Fallon

NEW MEXICO:

JoelEdwards, Capitan

NEW YORK:

DwightC.Putnam,

Remsen NORTH CAROLINA:

SidneyR. Fields,Mt.Gilead;

CharlesT.Kearns, Lexington

NORTH DAKOTA:

RichardJ.Sabol, DesLacs OHIO:DonaldE.Bucher,Ashville;LouisG.

Damschroder,

Oak

Harbor;VirgilKoppes, Medina;

CarlR. Stotz,WestUnity

OKLAHOMA:

LarryBrady, Balko;Daryle Greer, Blackwell;Greg Kokojau,Drummond; Gary Montgomery,Springer; RayC.Sharp,Cherokee;

Craig Smith, Guthrie;RonnalStoll,Indiahoma;Tim Vanover,Waukomis;SteveWalker,Billings

WEST

VIRGINA: LloydL.Earnest,Cameron

WISCONSIN:

GaryC.Anderson,SunPrairie;

BrendaJ.Scheil,

New

Auburn

WYOMING:

EdMerrill,Newcastle

Some Honorary FFA Degree

recipients

were chosen because

of

"who

theywere." <

Parentsof retiringnationalofficers,parents of stars

and

retiring

members

ofthe National

FFA Board

of Directors, trustees

and

consultants

were awarded

thedegree.

FFA

has long recognized the contribu- tions,

and

sacrifices,

made by

parentsof active,outstanding

members. The degrees were

symbolic,too, in theirrecognitionof parents

everywhere and

their role inthe successof theirsons

and

daughters.

Retiring

members and

consultantsofthe National

Board

ofDirectors

and

Trusteesof the National

FFA Foundation were

recognizedfor their

terms

of service.

These

individuals

were honored

for

commitment

tothedirectionoftheorganization

and

for

time

spentinthethrice-yearlymeetings.

Parents of National Officers*

ALABAMA:

GayleBlack,Athens;EdwardBlack, Athens

CALIFORNIA:

PatriciaA.Brown,Hanford;Louie A.BrownSr.,Rancho Cordova

MONTANA:

RobertaJeanCremerStevenson, Hobson;Keith AllenStevenson, Hobson

NEBRASKA:

Beverly Thurber,Roca;

Thomas

Thurber,Roca

NORTH CAROLINA:

ShelbyJeanBarefoot,Dunn;

JosephEarlBarefoot,Dunn

'ChadLuthro'sparents,JanetandNathaniel Luthro,receivedtheirdegreesin1990

when

Chad wastheAmericanStarinAgribusiness

Parents of Stars in

Agribusiness and Star Farmers

GEORGIA:

PeggyGlaze, Eastanolle;Robert Glaze, Eastanolle

IDAHO: SharonFunk, Burley;

Gene

Funk, Burley

KANSAS:

Linda Strnad,Formoso; DloydStrnad, Formoso

MONTANA:

BettyJoBogden, Ulm;Richard Bogden,Ulm

PENNSYLVANIA: Mama

Lake, BigCoveTannery;

DonaldLake, BigCoveTannery;MarilynMartin, EastEarl;JohnMartin, EastEarl

TENNESSEE:

KayWells,McMinnville;Herschel WellsSr.,McMinnville

WISCONSIN:

BeverlyPaske,Arlington;Frederick Paske,Arlington

National FFA Board of Directors, Trustees and Consultants

CALIFORNIA: Tom

Munter,Sacramento ILLINOIS: Neil0.Christenson,Moline

NEVADA: Tom

Klein,Elko

NEW YORK: Homer

Bushey,Champlain

OKLAHOMA:

JuneDean,

Owasso SOUTH DAKOTA:

BobbyL.Muller,Tyndall

Rnss

Lechtenberg(left),Butte,Neb., gets a hearty congratulations

and

heartfeltthanksfrom

Lana

Steinhausen, Lincoln, Neb.,forallhedidtoearnthe

Honorary American FFA

Degree.

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National FFA Alumni

National

FFA Alumni members

don't

wear

varsitysweaters

and

saddleshoes or turn cartwheels,

but

theyare

some

ofthe bestcheerleaderssupporting

FFA. They provide

thesupport,

guidance and

financial

backing needed

to

make

things

happen.

At

thisyear'sconvention,Odell Miller of

Morgantown, W.

Va.,

scheduled

sixone-

hour

nationalleadership

workshops.

Sponsored by Land

O'Lakes,Inc.,the trainingsessions

were

attended

by thousands

of

FFA members,

advisors

and

guests.

Workshop

presenters

were former

National

FFA

Officers

Randy Hedge,

1981-82 nationalvicepresident, Ark.; Kelli

Evans-Brown,

1987-88 nationalpresident, Neb.;

Donnell Brown,

1989-90 national president,Texas;

Dan

Schroer, 1989-90 nationalvicepresident,Ohio;JulieClassen, 1990-91national vice president,Neb.;

Mark Timm,

1990-91 nationalpresident,Ind.;

Lesa

Ann

King, 1990-91 nationalvice president,Texas;

and Matt

Lohr, 1990-91 national vice president,Va.

Elections

Mark

Williams,

Oviedo,

Fla.,

was

electedpresidentatthe 21st

FFA Alumni convention on November

1 1.

Other newly

elected

FFA alumni

council

members

were:

•Vice President

— ^{June Dean, Owasso,}

Okla.;

Newly

elected National

FFA Alumni

President

Mark

Williams (left),Oviedo,Fla.,acceptedthe gavel, a token ofleadership,

from

PastPresident VirgilMartinson, Stoughton,Wis.

The FFA Alumni

Association,withapproximately 34,000members,

marked

its21styear.

•Central

Region

Representative

— ^Ken

Natzke,

Bonduel,

Wis.;

and

•Western Region

Representative

—

^Jeanea

Lambeth, Casa Grande,

Ariz.

Returning

council

members

include:

•Past President

—

^VirgilO. Martinson, Ph.D.,Stoughton,Wis.;

East

Magnet High

School forAgribusiness

and

EnvironmentalStudies,KansasCity,Mo., bought the 1993 truckdonated by

Chevy

Trucks.

Key

players in the big bid were Larry

Mudd

(left),

curriculumcoordinator;Bonnie

Mudd,

Larry'sdaughter;CarolVernava,purchasing department, Kansas CitySchoolDistrict;ScottStewart, landlabmanager;

Dora

Nowicki,assistantmanager, truckmerchandising,

Chevy

Trucks;

Gary

Maricle, schoolprincipal;

and ringman Chuck

Watkins.

•Eastern

Region

Representative

— ^Lynn

Wells,

Warsaw,

Ohio;

•Southern Region

Representative

—

^Earl

^H.

Cheek,

Perry, Ga.;

•Member-at-Large — ^{Duane M.}

^Nielsen,

Ph.D.,Pinehurst,N.C.;

and

•Teacher Educator

Representative

— ^Ray

^V.

Herren,Ph.D.,Athens, Ga.

Awards

National

FFA Alumni members

attended

an awards luncheon

inBartleHall

Wednesday. At

theluncheon,three

longtime

supporters of the

FFA were

presented the

Alumni

Association'shighest

award,

the

FFA Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award. No more

thanthree

people

receivethe

award each

year,

and

for thefirsttime,allrecipients

were from

the

same

state.

Those award winners from Wisconsin were Wallace

Schilberg,Milton;

DarrelBirnschein,

Sturgeon

Bay;

and James

L.Sipiorski,

Denmark.

Eightstate

FFA Alumni

associations

were

salutedforincreasingtheir

member-

ship

by 50 people during

thepastyear.

Those

states joiningtheranks ofthe1992 Blue Blazer

Club were

Fla.,111.,Mich.,Mo., Ohio,Okla.,

Texas and Wyo.

For the

second

consecutiveyear,Milton, Wis.,

was

recognizedas the

Outstanding

FFA Alumni

Affiliate.

Denmark,

Wis.,

was

runner-up.

Alumni

Doug

Sheridan, president of the

Mason,

Mich.,

FFA

chapter,workedthe

crowd

attheNational

FFA Alumni

auction

Wednesday

night.Auction donors

and

bidders raisednearly$37,000forscholarships.

Auction

FFA Alumni members

finished their

day with arms

flailing

and

gavels

rapping

atthe

seventh annual FFA Alumni

Auction.

The

auction

brought

innearly

$37,000for

FFA

activities.

Even

chapter President

Doug

Sheridan,

Mason,

Mich.,tookhisturncajoling bidders

from

the auctionblock.

Conducted by

the

Michigan FFA Alumni

Association, the auction

saw

a

high

bidof$18,000fora 1993half-tonpick-up

donated by Chevy

Trucks.

Gary

Maricle, principal ofEast

Magnet High

SchoolforAgribusiness

and Environmental

Studies,

Kansas

City,Mo.,

won't have

toofartodrive the trucktoits

new home.

Maricle,

who

isalsodirector of theNational

FFA

Talent

program, bought

thetruck

on

behalfoftheschool.

Kevin Robinson,

Roswell,

N.M., became

the

owner

of a

brand new

toolchest

with

rollcabinet

donated by Snap-on

Tools Corporation.

Robinson bought

thetool chestfor $1,450.

A

20-foot

conveyor donated by

Patz SalesIncorporated

brought

a

high

bidof

$1,375.Itwillfind a

new home with

Jack Betley,

Green

Bay,Wis.

Outstanding FFA Alumni

Affiliate

awards were

presentedto26affiliates, earninggold, silver

and bronze

rankings.

Gold

Waterloo,III.

DeWittCentral,Iowa

HillCity,Kan.

Washington, Kan.

Norfolk,Neb.

New

Lexington,Ohio Pomeroy,Wash.

Denmark,Wis.

Milton,Wis.

Silver

GreeneCo. Tech, Paragould,Ark.

HousatonicValley, Falls Village,Conn.

Sebring,Fla.

Gilmer County,Ellijay,Ga.

UnitedCommunity, Boone, Iowa Apollo,Owensboro, Ky.

Lakeview,Columbus, Neb.

SouthRowan,China Grove, N.C.

Mauston,Wis.

Bronze

Frostproof,Fla.

ClayCenter,Kan.

Wamego,

Kan.

Marshall,Mich.

Pondera County, Conrad,Mont.

FrederickCounty,Winchester, Va.

LakeMills,Wis.

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