Outstanding Agriculturalists
Dr. Michael L. Gilbert graduated with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Agricultural Economics in 1980
from Texas Tech University. In 1986 he completed his
Master of Science degree from West Texas A&M and received his doctoral degree in Agronomy in 1989 from
Texas Tech.
Dr. Gilbert has 23 years of seed industry experience.
He is currently the General Manager of FiberMax Cottonseed and President of Bayer Cotton Seed International. He is responsible for all aspects of the global
cotton seed business, including breeding development,
production, sales and marketing. Dr. Gilbert also currently leads an international group of scientists working
on various conventional and biotech projects of cotton
improvement, and he supervises research on enabling
technologies in new areas such as molecular markers
for cotton genome identification and analysis.
Dr. Gilbert has supervised crop improvements and
crop business units in several countries across several crops including grain sorghum, hybrid rice, canola,
hybrid cotton, sunflower and millet. He is also directly
responsible for several new hybrid varieties released to
commercial markets.
In addition to being a member of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America,
the Texas Seed Trade Association, the American Seed
Trade Association, and the Southern Seed Association,
Dr. Gilbert also serves on numerous industry and regional committees and advisory councils to organize
and initiate bioscience activities, educational seminars,
international symposiums and tours.
In 2004, Dr. Gilbert was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Dr. Gilbert and his wife, Donna, reside in Wolfforth,
Texas. They have two children, Jennifer Vitz and her husband David, and Jeremy Gilbert and his wife Tiffany.
Mr. Robert (Bob) H. Moorhouse is Vice-President and
General Manager of the Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company of Guthrie and Benjamin, Texas, and Eskridge,
Kansas, where commercial Hereford and crossbred cattle are raised, as well as Quarter horses. Moorhouse has
been with the Pitchfork Ranch for 33 years. He also has
personal ranch land in Knox County, Texas.
Moorhouse was born November 6, 1947, in Knox
City, Texas, to J.C. “Togo” and Lucille Moorhouse. He
attended Sul Ross University, and transferred to Texas
Tech University receiving a Bachelor of Science degree
in Animal Business.
He serves as a director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Ft. Worth, American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), Stud Book and Registration Committee, and Working Ranch Cowboys Association. He is a board member of the National Ranching
Heritage Association in Lubbock. In January of 2002,
he was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
in Ft. Worth.
A collection of Moorhouse’s photographs became the
AQHA’s first traveling exhibit. The photographs have
traveled extensively throughout the United States and
Europe, entitled “Hoof Beats on the Pitchfork Ranch”.
He also has been published in various western and agricultural publications. His photography hangs in various major oil companies, businesses and private offices
and homes. He also published a book, “Pitchfork Country,” with the Ranching Heritage Center.
Moorhouse also has won two National Ranch Working Horse Championships and one Reserve Championship in Abilene, Texas on his horse, “TEX”.
Moorhouse and his wife, Linda, reside in Guthrie
and have two daughters, Amy and Keri Ann.
Congressman Randy Neugebauer represents the
19th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently in his second term, he serves on the
House Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services. Prior to his election, Randy served as the President and CEO of Lubbock Land Company, a residential
and commercial land development company which created many successful subdivisions in Lubbock.
Randy graduated from Lubbock’s Coronado High
School and attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 1972 with a BBA in accounting. He was elected
to the Lubbock City Council in 1992 and served until
1998. He was elected by his fellow Council members to
serve as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1994 to 1996. During his time on the City Council, he became known for
his fiscal and civic responsibility as well as his legislative expertise.
He has been most effective in establishing the Portsto-Plains Trade Corridor Coalition, a group of community and business leaders from Mexico to Canada who
share the common goal of enhancing regional econom-
ic development. A major accomplishment of the Coalition occurred under Randy’s leadership when President George W. Bush signed legislation completing the
corridor’s route designation from Denver to Mexico.
In 1990, the Congressman served as the President
of the West Texas Home Builders; from 1996-97 he
was the President of the Texas Association of Builders; and in 1999 was elected to the National Board as
Vice President covering the State of Texas. Congressman Neugebauer brings acumen of the business world
to his work in the U.S. House of Representatives. He
is a member of the House Working Group to Combat
Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse and the TEX-21
Congressional Caucus. His service on the Committees
on Agriculture and Financial Services enables him to
focus on important legislative initiatives for the people
of the 19th District and the nation.
Randy is married to his high school sweetheart, Dana, who is a Ropesville native. Together they have two
sons, a daughter-in-law, and two grandsons .
DR. MICHAEL L. GILBERT
MR. ROBERT H. MOORHOUSE
RANDY NEUGEBAUER
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