C6-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 22, 1992
SUNY, John Deere Form
Educational Partnership
COBLESKILL, N.Y.— An
educational partnership unique in
the eastern United States between
the John Deere Company and
SUNY Cobleskill was announced
recently on the Cobleskill campus.
John Deere Company of Col
umbus, Ohio, has selected the
College of Agriculture and Tech
nology at Cobleskill as the site of
its two-year Ag Technician Train
ing Program.
The program is only offered at a
few select colleges, and Cobleskill
is the first college east of the Mis
sissippi River to form a partner
ship with John Deere.
This cooperative venture is
designed to more effectively train
students in servicing and repairing
agricultural equipment. It will pre
pare students whose career goal is
employment at an equipment deal
ership to keep pace with rapid
advancements in equipment
technology.
Beginning in fall 1992, Coble
skill students will receive state-of
the-art training on John Deere
supplied equipment through a
combination of classroom instruc
tion, hands-on laboratory training
and supervised work experience at
a John Deere dealership.
The new Associate in Applied
Science degree program is offered
as a sequence under Cobleskill
College’s existing Power and
Machinery major in the Agricul
tural Engineering curriculum.
Students must be sponsored by
a John Deere dealership to partici
pate, and will spend a minimum of
20 weeks at a John Deere dealer
Firm Honored
For Safety
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Warren Area Loggers and Sawmlllers Safety Committee
and the Warren County Cooperative Extension.
Hyma Devore has been a strong supporter of the annual
Warren County Loggers and Sawmlllers safety competi
tions since their Inception. In addition, Hyma Devore’s team
of competitors placed first In the safety competitions this
year.
Wilbur Devore, right, owner of Hyma Devore Lumber Mill
and Conrad Hultman, left, forester for the mill received the
award at a recent annual meeting of Warren County
Cooperative Extension.
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ship during semester and summer
breaks.
Usually, graduates of the prog
ram return to the dealership as
full-time employees. The college
will assist students in locating a
sponsoring dealership if they are
unable to find one.
As part of the alliance, John
Deere will provide SUNY Coble
skill with training aids and equip
ment valued above $250,000, as
well as technical manuals and
instruction for college faculty.
Students will receive expert
instruction in use of the most mod
em diagnostic tools and the latest
John Deere tractors, combines,
implements and individual equip
ment components. Areas of con
centration include engines, power
trains; and electrical, hydraulic
and diesel systems.
In the classroom, students will
round out their technological
training with a variety of required
and elective courses in manage
ment, salesmanship, English,
mathematics, the sciences and
social sciences.
John Deere Company estab
lished its partnership with educa
tion to help meet the needs for
well-qualified college graduates
to fill challenging, professional
job openings.
Every year, well-paid, career
oriented positions at John Deere
dealerships are left unfilled due to
a shortage of trained technicians,
according to company officials.
There is a significant demand for
well-qualified dealer technicians
in the large area served by the Col-
umbus Sales Branch today.
Besides SUNY Cobleskill, the
only other institutions in the U.S.
currendy offering the John Deere
Ag Tech program are located in
lowa, Kansas, North Dakota and
Nebraska.
Seeking to start a training prog
ram in the East, John Deere Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio contacted
SUNY Cobleskill’s Department
of Agricultural Engineering,
which also offers the upper
division Bachelor of Technology
degree in Agricultural Equipment
Technology and six other associ
ate degree course sequences.
As the largest agricultural
equipment manufacturer in the
world, Deere and company’s
worldwide sales totaled 57.055
billion in 1991. In addition to New
York State, John Deere dealer
ships throughout the Northeast
and portions of the Midwest arc
eligible to sponsor students at
SUNY Cobleskill. John Deere’s
Columbus, Ohio branch serves
dealerships in a 16-state region.
To obtain more information or
an application, please contact the
Admission Office, (518)
234-5525 or Agriculture and
Natural Resources Division, (518)
234-5323; SUNY Cobleskill,
Cobleskill, New York 12043.
Equipment
Operator
Workshop
Set
LEESPORT (Berks Co.) —The
37th annual Equipment Operators
Workshop has been scheduled for
Tuesday, February 25 in the audi
torium of the Berks County Agri
cultural Center.
Presenters this year include
Berks County Conservation Dis
trict erosion and sediment pollu
tion control technicians. Pennsyl
vania Land Improvement Contrac
tors Association (PLICA), Bemie
Morrissey Insurance, Bureau of
Forestry, Pennsylvania Fish Com
mission, USDA Soil Conservation
Service, and other agencies. This
year, lunch will be sponsored by
Wheel and Crawler Equipment
Company.
Some of the topics included in
the program will be current conser
vation concerns, wetland regula
tions, PNDI study of Berks Coun
ty, and insurance-computers
safety.
A letter of invitation has been
mailed to contractors. Any con
tractor is welcome to attend and
can make a reservation by calling
the conservation district at (215)
372-4657.
White Oak Mills
Promotes Lloyd
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) Don Lloyd has
accepted the position of Director
of the dairy department for White
Oak Mills, a dairy and swine feed
manufacturer located here with a
branch located in Pinola, Pa.
White Oak Mills services Pen
nsylvania and areas in Delaware
and Maryland.
Lloyd has been with White Oak
Mills for more than six years. His
extensive dairy background
includes growing up on a dairy
farm, managing a dairy operation,
and more than 15 years of direct
contact and experience in working
with dairy producers in a dairy
nutrition capacity.
Lloyd’s responsibilities as the
director of the dairy department
include overseeing White Oak
Mill’s dairy supervisors and sales
and service representatives, Lloyd
will also be responsible for the
feed programs and custom rations
for White Oak customers, as well
as new product research and deve
lopment in his new capacity.
J I Case
Streamlines Business
RACINE. Wis. J I Case, a
leading maker of agricultural and
constructon equipment headquar
tered here, revealed the major step
in its previously announced
restructuring plan that will stream
line the organization, improve
communications, reduce admini
strative costs, and improve cus
tomer service and response to
market dynamics.
The simplified structure will
organize the company according
to functional areas of resijonsibili
ty rather than along divisional, or
product, lines. As a result, the
company is dissolving its two
primary business groups agri
cultural equipment and compo
nents and construction equipment
and parts - and consolidating sup
port staffs under the heads of
North American sales and market
ing, North American manufactur
ing, and worldwide engineering.
In announcing the restructuring,
Robert J. Carlson, chairman and
chief executive officer, said, “This
is a necessary progression in our
plan to turn this company around
and put it on a firm footing for the
future. By simplifying the overall
structure of the company, we will
dramatically improve accountabil
ity, communication and operation
al control, which should yield sig
nificant competitive advantages
and help us achieve our goal of
financial viability.”
The following executives were
named to lead the new functional
organization; .
• Edward J. Campbell, who
joined Case from Tenneco Inc.’s
Newport News Shipbuilding on
January 6, continues as president,
reporting to Carlson.
• Peter Menikoff, who came to
Case in November 1991 from
Tenneco headquarters in Houston,
will continue as executive vice
president responsible for all finan
cial activities, audit, law, informa
tion services, real estate, corporate
planning and development, and
Case Credit Corporation. He also
reports to Carlson.
• Richard M. Christman, 41, is
named senior vice president, sales
and marketing-North America,
reporting to Campbell. Christman
has been with Case since 1975 and
has been senior vice president,
parts division, since 1989. He ear
lier served for three years as senior
vice president, European sales and
Don Lloyd
marketing, two years as vice presi
dent, North American agricultural
retail enterprises, and in various
retail sales and marketing plan
ning positions in both of Case’s
agricultural and construction
equipment divisions. Christman
earned a B.S. degree in mechani
cal engineering from Rose Hul
man Institute of Technology and
an M.B.A. from the University of
Michigan in marketing/finance.
• Thomas E. Evans, 40, is
promoted to senior vice president,
manufacturing-North America,
reporting to Campbell. Evans
joined Case in 1989 from-Federal
Mogul Corporation where he had
been general manager of their Seal
and Ball Bearing Operations. Ear
lier he spent 14 years in engineer
ing and manufacturing manage
ment with Rockwell International.
Evans most recently served Case
as vice president, worldwide engi
neering and North American man
ufacturing for the Construction
Equipment Group.
• Kenneth 0. Kessler, 60. is
promoted to senior vice president,
engineering-worldwide, reporting
to Campbell. Kessler has been
working with Case since 1989 and
was named director of product
development in September 1991.
After receiving his B.S. degree in
agricultural engineering from the
University of Missouri. Kessler
spent 34 years in engineering
management with Deere & Co.,
working with both agricultural
and construction equipment.
• Theodore R. French, 37, is
promoted to senior vice president
and chief financial officer, report
ing to Menikoff. He replaces
Edward McFaddcn, who has res
igned. French has served as vice
president, corporate planning and
development, since joining Case
in November 1989 after 12 years
with Rockwell International.
While at Rockwell, French held a
number of increasingly responsi
ble positions in financial manage
ment, including plant controller,
manager of operations analysis,
director of financial planning and
analysis, and director of business
development French earned both
a 8.8. A. degree in economics and
an M.B.A. in finance from the
University of Georgia.