Martin Massengale Receives High Honors in Agriculture Industry

    Martin Massengale, director of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Center of Grassland Studies, and former University of Nebraska president has been inducted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Hall of Fame. Martin accepted the award October 21st at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
    Massengale is one of 10 inductees into the new USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created this year to recognize the CSREES's 10th anniversary. This honor is a peer-nominated
award.
    Martin has also been reappointed to the USDA's National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory board. There are six new members and three reappointed members other than Martin. Martin joined the Alpha Pi Chapter of AGR at the University of Arizona in 1959.

Roger Wehrbein Receives honors from University of Nebraska

    Roger Wehrbein received the Service Award for his outstanding service to the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Roger served in the U.S. Army after graduation and then returned to his family farm near Plattsmouth. He is now a regional director of Farm Credit Services.
    Roger was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. He currently serves as chair of the Appropriations Committee. Roger joined the Kappa Chapter of AGR at the University of Nebraska in 1957.

E.T. York Receives NACAA Award For Service To U.S. and World Agriculture

   E.T. York, chancellor emeritus of the State University System in Florida, received the 2004 Service to American and World Agriculture Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents at the organization's annual conference in Orlando, July 10-16. The award was presented July 15 for his many contributions to agriculture in the United States and the world.
    Along with supporting the mission of land-grant universities, York served as an advisor to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan.
In that capacity, he traveled widely to provide agricultural assist-ance in countries throughout Latin America, Asia and Africa. York also served as interim president of the University of Florida and vice president for agriculture and natural resources, for the university.
    York continues to focus on alleviating world hunger, particularly on expanding food production to meet rapidly growing needs, making food safer and more accessible, and increasing production efficiency to lower food costs. He has received many national and
international honors with seven awards or programs established in his name. York joined the Xi Chapter of AGR at Auburn in 1941. York was Noble Ruler of Xi Chapter in 1942-1943, and a member of the AGR Hall of Fame.

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