14®—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Novembtr 10,1979
Agronomist receives extension award
UNIVERSITY PARK - W.
Wayne Hinish, professor of
agronomy extension at Penn
State, has been named
recipient of the 1979
Cooperative Extension
Service Award.
The annual award is
presented to a member of
the state Cooperative Ex
tension Service staff for
outstanding educational
programming. Hinish was
honored during the recent
Extension Conference on the
University Park Campus.
In citing his ac
complishments, Thomas B.
King, Penn State associate
dean for extension, said
Hinish has conducted out
standing programs m the
areas of soil fertility and
plant nutrition.
In charge of the Penn State
soil testing program since
1956, he combined soil
physical characteristics and
soil survey information in
determining lime and fer
tilizer recommendations. He
computerized the program
and designed an innovative,
colored bar-graph soil test
report which has been
adopted by many states.
Under his leadership, this
testing program has grown
from about 20,000 samples
per year to 70,000. Some 20
percent of the state’s far
mers use this program to
determine lime and fertilizer
needs.
As coordinator of
agronomy extension
programs, Hinish has
brought together ag-mdustry
representatives, fanners,
government agency and
extension personnel to plan
and develop educational
programs and publications
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W. Wayne Hinish, left, professor of agronomy extension, receives 1979
Cooperative Extension Service Award from Thomas B. King, Penn State
associate dean for extension.
benefiting the entire
agricultural economy.
The award recipient has
authored or co-authored
more than 60 technical
reports, journal articles,
bulletins, and popular ar
ticles. Most of this in
formation is disseminated to
farmers, growers, and ag
mdustry personnel m the
eastern states.
Hinish has developed
numerous Ag Service
Schools held annually in
eight locations within
Pennsylvania. He also
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helped organize and is
responsible for the
agronomic activities of
Pennsylvania’s Unit
Demonstration Farm
Program, a coooperative
project with the Tennesse
Valley Authority.
He has been consultant to
various state and county
government agencies ser
ving agriculture. His ex
pertise was used by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture to help for
mulate new lime and fer
tilizer laws tOk benefit both
producer and consumer.
In 1979, Himsh ad
ministered plant science
programs in four computer
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workshops held throughout
the United States.
He was honored as Man of
the v'ear' by the Penn
sylvania Plant Food and
Protectant Society in 1977;
received the Extension
‘Merit Award from Gamma
Sigma Delta Society, and
Extension-Industry Award
from the northeastern
branch of the American
Society of Agronomy in 1978.
A native of Quarryville,
Blair County, he received
three degrees from Penn
State.
He is married to the for
mer Janet Emigh, of
Roaring Springs. They are
the parents of two children.
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Delaware County
Cooperative Extension
Service of The Pennsylvania
State University.