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—The Penn State chapter of Gam
ma Sigma Delta, the nation honor
society in agriculture, initiated
new faculty and students and hon
ored Penn State faculty and alumni
at its annual awards banquet this
month.
Alumni Paul E. Hand, general
manager of Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative: Samuel F. Minor, a
southwestern Pennsylvania dairy
farmer; Lloyd E. Thomas, head of
engineering staff for USDA’s Soil
Conservation Service, Northeast
Technical Center; and Boyd E.
Wolff, Pennsylvania’s Secretary
of Agriculture, were honored for
their contributions to agriculture
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Paul E. Hand of Warminister
joined Interstate (now Atlantic)
Dairy Cooperative as an economist
in 1957 and was selected as gener
al manager in 1982. The coopera
tive is composed of 4,100 dairy
farmers who produce 3.5 billion
pounds of milk annually. Hand is
active in community affairs and
local, state, and national agricul
tural organizations. He received a
B.S and M.S. degree in agricultur
al economics and farm manage
ment from the University of Maine
and earned his doctorate in agricul
tural economics at Penn State in
1960.
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worked for the American Guern
sey Cattle Club, the New York
Artificial Breeders Cooperative,
Eastern Breeders Cooperative, and
Carnation Company—Genetics
division before returning to Pen
nsylvania, purchasing his 70-cow,
433-acre farm, and becoming a
producer-handler. He has served
as a member of the Board of Direc
tors of Agway and past president
of the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, and in other leader
ship positions with a number of
agricultural organizations. He gra
duated from Penn State in 1960
with a degree in agricultural eco
nomics and rural sociology.
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started his career with the Soil
Conservation Service in 1961 by
working in numerous engineering
positions. He was state conserva
tion engineer for New York from
1977 to 1979. In 1983, Lloyd was
selected for his present position,
which includes managing all engi
neering activities in the 13 North
eastern states. He is a 1961 Penn
State graduate in agricultural
engineering.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agri
culture Boyd Wolff is from New
Alexandria. The successful opera
tion of his 410-acre family farm in
Westmoreland County earned him
a Pennsylvania Master Farmer
award in 1970. He was named a
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received a number of agricultural
awards. He has served as state
director of the Pennsylvania Far
mers Association and as a member
of the Penn State board of trustees.
In addition, Wolff has held many
other leadership posts in commun
ity, state, and political organiza
tions. In 1988 he was selected as
the Dairy Area Distinguished
Alumnus by Penn State’s depart
ment of dairy and animals science.
He is a 1953 graduate of Penn State
in dairy husbandry.
Faculty achievement awards
were given to Alvi O. Voigt, pro
fessor of agricultural economics;
Dr. Ralph O. Mumma, professor of
entomology; and Dr. Jill Findeis,
associate professor of agricultural
economics. They were honored for
their contributions to extension,
research, and teaching,
respectively.
The College of Agriculture
faculty initiated into the honor soc
iety this year were Dr. Barbara J.
Christ, assistant professor of plant
pathology Dr. Herschel A. Elliott,
associate professor of agricultural
engineering and program coordi
nator of environmental resource
management; Dr. Gary I. Killian,
associate professor of aniimal
scinece; Dr. Ralph O. Mumma,
professor of entomology; Dr. Kim
C. Steiner, professor of forest
genetics; Dr. C. Shannon Stokes,
professor of rural sociology and
head of the department of agricul
tural economics and rural sociolo
gy; Dr. James E. Van Horn, associ
ate professor of rural sociology;
and Dr. Stephen J. Wallner, pro
fessor of horticulture and head of
the department of horticulture.
The honor society also pre
sented awards to undergraduates in
recognition of their scholastic
achievement. Donald C. Schrom, a
major in food science, received the
outstanding senior award; Dorothy
M. Krupa, a major in wildlife and
fisheries science, received the out
standing junior award; and John
Carr, a sophomore in forest sci
ence, received the outstanding
sophomore award.
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