Past Department Heads

1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s


1890s

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Ainsworth E. Blount

Horticulture and Agriculture
1890-1894

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T. D. A. Cockerell

Biology
1893-1900

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Charles A. Keffer 

Agriculture and Horticulture
1898-1899

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John D. Tinsley

Biology
1896-1910

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C. H. Tyler Townsend

Entomology
1891-1893

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George Vestal

Agriculture and Horticulture
1895-1899

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Elmer O. Wooton

Biology
1890-1911


1900s

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Luther Foster

Animal Husbandry
1908-1911 & 1914-1922

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Fabian Garcia

Horticulture
1904-1945

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Margaret H. Haggart

Home Economics
1907--1910

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Alice Horning

Home Economics
1900-1907

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John H. Squires

Agronomy
1909-1912

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John J. Vernon

Agriculture and Horticulture
1900-1903


1910s

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James W. Clarson

Agricultural Extension Education
1918-1921

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O. C. Cunningham

Dairy
1918-1948

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John Griffith

Biology
1918-1920

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H. S. Hammond

Biology
1912-1914

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Arthur H. Hoffman

Agricultural Engineering
1918-1920

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Eugene P. Humbert

Agronomy
1912-1917

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Luella E. Madson

Home Economics
1919-1921

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J. R. Meeks

Dairy
1917-1918

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Dayton E. Merrill

Biology
1914-1918

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Pearl C. Miller

Home Economics
1910-1919

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H. H. Simpson

Animal Husbandry
1912-1913

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R. B. Thompson

Poultry
1917-1920


1920s

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L. N. Berry

Poultry
1925-1958

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Callie May Bliss

Home Economics
1923-1924

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C. D. Bohannon

Agriculture and Extension Education
1924-1928

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J.H. Bradsley

Poultry
1921-1923

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Earl N. Bressman

Agronomy 
1922

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Raymond F. Crawford

Biology
1925-1955

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Grace Dewey

Home Economics
1925-1926

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Hugh Gardner

Agricultural and Extension Education
1922-1923 & 1928-1947

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Harvey O. Garst

Agricultural Engineering
1924-1932

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Blanche Gillmore

Home Economics
1921-1924

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Harry L. Kent

Agricultural and Extension Education
1921-1922

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J. L. Lantow

Animal Husbandry
1922-1935

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Robert L. Middlebrook

Biology
1920-1925

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Margaret O'Loughlin

Home Economics
1926-1953

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John C. Overpeck

Agronomy
1923-1953

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Fred R. Powers

Agricultural Engineering
1920-1922

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George Quesenberry

Agronomy
1921-1922

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F. E. Uhl

Poultry
1920-1921

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A. L. Walker

Poultry, 1923-1925
Agricultural Economics, 1925-1934

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Ernest White

Agricultural Engineering
1922-1924


1930s

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Percy Cockerill

Agricultural Economics
1934-1954

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John H. Knox

Animal Husbandry
1935-1964


1940s

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Charles Bourns

Agricultural Engineering 
1948-1950

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J. V. Enzie

Horticulture
1945-1963

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Carl Howard

Agricultural and Extension Education
1947-1961

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W. I. Tretsven

Dairy 
1948-1951


1950s

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Helen Barbour

Home Economics
1953-1961

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D. W. Francis

Poultry
1958-1977

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Eldon G. Hanson

Agricultural Engineering
1950-1979

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Philip J. Leyendecker

Agricultural Services
1953-1960

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S. R. Skaggs

Dairy
1951-1962

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H. R. Stucky

Agricultural Economics
1954-1965

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J. Gordon Watts

Botany and Entomology
1955-1974

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John Marshall White

Agricultural Information
Agriculture Editor
1953-1974

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Marvin L. Wilson

Agronomy
1958-1963


1960s

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Odelio Baca

Extension State Supervisor (Men)
1964-1971

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Alton L. Bailey

Agricultural Services
1969-1981

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A. A. Baltensperger

Agronomy
1963-1976

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Dorman Brookey

4-H Youth Development Program Leader
1966-1980

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Elsie Cunningham

Extension State Supervisor (Women)
1964-1967

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George R. Dawson

Agricultural Economics
1965-1985

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Paul C. Duffield

Agricultural Services
1960-1969

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Bessie D. Fick

Home Economic
1961-1966

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Evelyn Hollen

Home Economics
1969-1973

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James D. McComas

Agricultural and Extension Education 
1961-1966

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D. D. Miller

Dairy
1962-1977

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A. L. Neumann

Animal, Range, and Wildlife Sciences
1964-1971

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Richardo Pino

District Supervisor
1961-1963

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Helen Stock

Extension State Supervisor (Women)
1969-1970

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Leon Wagley

Agricultural and Extension Education
1966-1991

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Fred Widmoyer

Horticulture
1963-1982


1970s

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George H. Abernathy

Agricultural Engineering
1979-1986

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Toribio Apodaca

Northern District Director
1976-1986

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Keith Austin

Community Rural Development State Program Leader
1972-1980

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Margery Brooks

Home Economics
1973-1980

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Morris D. Finkner

Experimental Statistics
1970-1984

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John Gaume

District Supervisor
1971-1972

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Alice Haddock

Northern District Director
1971-1982

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E. H. Huddleston

Botany and Entomology
1974-1984

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Koert J. Lessman

Agronomy
1976-77

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A. B. Nelson

Animal and Range Sciences
1971-1985

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Norman L. Newcomer

Agricultural Communication
1974-1985

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Merle H. Niehaus

Agronomy
1978-1984

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S. D. Schemnitz

Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
1975-1981

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Irvin Williams Skelton

Agriculture Program Leader
1976-1980

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Kathy Treat

Extension Home Economics
State Program Leader
1977-1980

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Edward H. Wallace

Eastern District Director
1972-1983


1980s

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Paul P. Biemer

Experimental Statistics
1986-1990

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Ron Cox

Hospitality Tourism Services
1988-1992

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Merrilyn Cummings

Home Economics
1984-1987

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LeRoy Daugherty

Agronomy and Horticulture
1986-1997

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Charles Davis

Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
1981-1996

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Robert Del Campo

Home Economics
1988-1993

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Billy D. Dictson

Eastern District
1988-1997

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Michael English

Extension Plant Sciences
1986-1997

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Richard Glaze

Extension Computer Application 
1988-1991

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Allie Sue Gottwald

Extension Home Economics and Community Development
1986-1988

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John Hampton

4-H Youth Development
1985-1986

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Paul D. Hay

Eastern District Director
1983-1987

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Grant Kinzer

Entomology, Plant Pathology,
and Weed Science
1985-2007

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Mildred Latini

Northwestern District 
1980-1986

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Palemon Martinez

Northeastern District Director
1982-1987

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John G. Mexal 

Horticulture
1983-1986

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Melchor Ortiz

Experimental Statistics
1984-1985

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John C. Owens

Entomology and Plant Pathology
1984-1985

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Bobby Rankin

Animal and Range Sciences
1986-2000

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Lynn Robbins

Agricultural Economics
1986-1988

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Anthony Romo

Extension Area Director
1986-1987

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Kenneth E. Sabo

4-H Program Leader
1986-1989

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James R. Sais

Northern District
1987-1992

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Charles Siepel

Southwest District & Hidalgo County Program Director
1986-2005


1990s

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Deborah Breiter

Hotel, Restaurant, and
Tourism Management
1999-2000

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Ron Byford

Extension Plant Sciences
1997-2007

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Donald Caccamise

Fishery Wildlife Sciences 
1998-2006

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Terry Canup

Agricultural Communications
1996-2005

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Gerald Chacon

Northern District
1993-2006

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Thomas Dormody

Agricultural & Extension Education
1994-2009

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David Faulkenberry

Experimental Statistics
1991-1994

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I. Miley Gonzales

Agricultural & Extension Education
1991-1994

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Wendy Hamilton

Extension Program Development
and Accountability
1998-2008

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Jess Holloway 

4-H & Youth Development
1994-2003

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Dan R. Liesner

Southwest District Director
1990-2004

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Mary Ellen McKay

Extension Home Economics director
1990
Family & Consumer Science
1995
Extension Home Economics 
1990-1998
Family and Consumer Sciences 
1995-1998

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Patrick J. Moreo

Hotel, Restaurant, and
Tourism Management
1994-1998

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Ronald Parker

Extension Animal Sciences
and Natural Resources 
1991-2005

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Roberta Rios

Northern District Director
2006-2009

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Ann Vail

Family Consumer Science &
Extension Family Consumer Science
1999-2005

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John Waelti

Agricultural Economics
and Agricultural Business
1990-2001


2000s

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Chris Allison

Extension Animal Sciences
and Natural Resouces
2005-2012

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Martha Archuleta

Extension Home Economics Head
2005-09
Family & Consumer Sciences
2004-09

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Jeff Bader

Northern District Director Head
2009-2014

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J. Michael Cerletti

Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
2000-2002

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James Fisher

Agronomy and Horticulture
2000-2004

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Jeanne Gleason

Agricultural Information - Interim
1986-1987
Media Productions and Innotative
Media, Research & Extension
2005-2020

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Natalie P. Goldberg

Extension Plant Sciences 
2007-2017

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Janet Green

Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
2002-2014

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Frank Hodnett

Extension 4-H
2004-2012
Agricultural & Extension Education
2012-2018

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Greg Mullins

Plant and Environmental Sciences
2005-2009

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Octavio Ramirez

Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business
Extension Economics
2003-2008

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Tim Ross

Animal and Range Sciences
2007-2012

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Charles Siepel

SW District Dept. Head
2005-2012

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David Thompson

Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Sciences & Poultry
2007-2010

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Raul Valdez

Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology
2006-2010

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Mark Wise

Animal and Range Sciences
2003-2007


2010s

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Greg Blanch

Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
2014-2015

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Esther Devall

Family Consumer Sciences
2010-2017

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Glenn Duff

Animal and Range Science
2015-2017

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Jerry Hawkes

Extension Animal Science and Natural Resources
2013-2017

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Frank Hodnett

Agricultural and Extension Education
2012-2018

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Richard Pratt

Plant and Environmental Sciences
2011-2015

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Kathryn Stoner

Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology
2014-2018


2020s