MEMORY BENNETT (BS Agricultural
Communications 2001) and her husband
Aaron are proud to announce the birth
of their daughter. Kimber Deann was
born on March 7, 2005.
DR. WARREN C. CONWAY (PhD Wildlife
Science 2001) received Educator of the Year
Award at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Texas
Chapter of The Wildlife Society held in Amarillo, Texas.
CLINT SAUNDERS (BS Agricultural Communications 2000, MS
Agricultural Education 2002) is the manager of Information and
Publications with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
DR. LANCE VERMEIRE (PhD Range Science 2002) was
awarded a 2005 SRM Outstanding Young Range Professional
Award. Vermeire is a rangeland scientist at the UDSA-ARS Fort
Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory located near
Miles City, MT.
MANDY GUNDLACH (BS Animal Science 2002) placed
second at the ABA Law Student Division Negotiation
Competition. Twenty-four teams competed in the event held in
Salt Lake City, Utah in February 2005. Mandy is a second year
Texas Tech law student.
RYAN OLIPHINT (BS Animal Science 2003) is finishing his
masters at Texas A&M in Physiology of Reproduction.
THERESA (KOEHLER) SMITH (BS Animal
Science 1999) works for the Texas Animal
Health Commission, recently promoted to
the National Animal ID Team Leader. She
is married to Richard Smith and has two
daughters, Amanda and Elizabeth.
CHAD DAVIS (BLA Landscape Architecture 1994) was recently
promoted to the Corporate Associate status within the firm of
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper in Lubbock. His more visible projects
in Lubbock is his work in the Overton Park redevelopment
project designing streetscape and public spaces to create a quality
pedestrian environment.
DR. CHAD S. BOYD (BS Wildlife Management 1990) was
awarded a 2005 SRM Outstanding Young Range Professional
Award. Boyd is a rangeland scientist with the UDSA-ARS at
Hines, OR.
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MICKY WOODARD (BS Agronomy/
Entomology 1986) is the County Executive
Director for the Crosbyton County Farm
Service Agency. He lives in Idalou.
ROY JONES (BS Animal Business 1985)
is Commercial Sales Manager with
Armstrong Mechanical. He lives
in Lubbock.
PAT LOPACHIN (BS Horticulture, 1988) is a general manager
at Klepac Greenhouse.
DAVID BECKER (BS Agronomy 1984; MS Crop Science 1998,
PhD Agronomy 2004) is station manager in Product Development
and Breeding at Bayer CropScience. He lives in Lubbock.
DR. ROBERT A. MASTERS (PhD Range Science 1985)
was awarded the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award for
Research. Masters is a research scientist with Dow AgroSciences,
LLC at Lincoln, NE.
RICHARD DIANO (BS Park Administration 1984) works for
Arlington Parks and Recreation maintaining sports fields. He is
married and has one son.
JOHN RICHARDSON (BS Agricultural Economics 1983) is Vice
President of the Security State Bank of Lubbock.
TIM BRUBAKER (BS Agricultural Economics 1982) is a territory
manager for Scotts.
GLENN LUBKE (BS Agricultural Education 1982; MS
Agriculture 1989) is a District Conservationist with the NRCS in
North Central Texas. He lives in Terrell, TX.
TERRY KIRK (BS Agronomy 1978; MS
Crop Physiology 1981) is a farmer and
rancher and also sells crop insurance. He
lives in Idalou.
KENT FERGUSON (BS Range Science
1977) works for NRCS, as a Range
Management Specialist.
ROY CANTRELL (BS Soil Science 1976) is the Vice President
for Research with Cotton, Inc., in Raleigh, N.C.
DR. STEVEN G. WHISENANT (BS Wildlife Management
1975) was recently appointed professor and chair of the
Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management at Texas
A&M University.
DR. LARRY D. BUTLER (BS Wildlife Management 1974) was
awarded the 2005 SRM Outstanding Achievement Award for
Stewardship. Butler is the State Conservationist for the Natural
Resource Conservation Service in Texas.
BENNY PRYOR (BS Agricultural Education 1952) taught agriculture
for 39 years in Friona before retiring. He now lives in Lubbock.
JERRY BENNETT (BS Agronomy 1974; MS Crop Physiology
1976) is chairman of the Department of Agronomy at the
University of Florida in Gainesville.
FLOYD CRUME (BS Agricultural Economics 1950) started with
the SCS and went into Construction Business in New Mexico. He
presently has a farming operation in Hockley County.
TOM SCARBOROUGH (BS Horticulture & Landscape 1950) is
owner of Tom’s Tree Place in Lubbock.
JOHN CONNER (BS Agronomy 1970; MS Crop Physiology 1971) is
owner and operator of Conner Partners in Temple, TX.
HOMER E. JONES (BS Agricultural
Education 1948) taught Vocational
Agriculture for 35 years at Wellman,
Texas. He retired in 1983 and moved to
Lubbock in 2000.
DR. SUSIE BULLOCK (BS Agricultural Education 1974,
PhD Agricultural Education 2004), Executive Director of
the Cooperative Communicators Association, won the
Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for
Communications Excellence (ACE) in Agriculture, Natural
Resources, and Life and Human Sciences.
CHARLES L. JONES (BS Dairy Management
1947) received his MS in 1948 from The
Ohio State University and received his MBA
from West Texas A&M University in 1957. He was the Assistant
Plant Manager for Bordens, taught jet mechanics for the Airforce
and taught physics and chemistry in Amarillo. He retired in 1985.
He was in the US Navy—3 years of active duty and 27 years as an
active reserve.
DR. J. DANIEL RODGERS (MS Range
Management 1966) was awarded the 2005
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
by the Range Science Education Council and
the SRM. Rodgers is currently an Associate
Professor in the Department of Renewable
Resources at the University of Wyoming.
THELBERT MILLER (BS Animal Husbandry 1946) is retired
and lives in Lubbock. He is married to Sue and has 4 children, 7
grandchildren and one great-grandchild. They are still enjoying life!
RODNEY D. FULCHER (BS Horticulture 1963) is a Landscape
Architect and President of Gardens of the Southwest in
Abilene, TX.
IN MEMORY
W.R. COLLIER (BS Agricultural Economics 1961) received
the Distinguished Service Award at the 32nd Annual Bankers
Agricultural Credit Conference. He took over as president of
American State Bank in 1974, a title that he still holds today.
Audra Mitchell Sr.
’37
Willis Hammond
’60
Laurence Harmon
’40
Jim Tucker
’78
Loren West
’41
Scott Hopping
’83
JIM HOODENPYLE (BS Dairy Management 1960) is in the
business of buying and selling dairy cattle to dairies in the area.
He lives in Lubbock.
S.J. Shanklin
’56
John Wobbe
’03
Carroll D. Brown
’57
DR. JIM HOWARD (BS Animal Husbandry
1958; MS 1958) received his DVM from
Texas A&M. He taught Vet Med at Kansas
State and University of Illinois, Nigeria,
Botswana, South Africa, and Texas A&M.
He now lives in Amarillo.
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