National Dairy Board Seats Members, Elects Officers
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board held its annual
meeting recently at the Park Hyatt
in Washington, D.C., to celebrate
its 10th anniversary, elect officers
and conduct business.
During the three-day event, the
36 dairy farmers serving on the
board began by seating 12 new
members, electing officers and
appointed committees.
According to several news
releases from the NDB, Patricia
Jensen, USDA acting assistant
secretary of Marketing and Inspec
tion Services, seated 12 new mem
bers and presented awards to retir
ing members during a first-day
ceremony at the hotel.
Dairy farmers newly seated
include Mary Cameron, of Han
ford, Calif.; Jack S. Davis, of
Kuna, Idaho; Jimmie L. Davis,
Green Forest, Ark.; Ronnie
Homstra, Avon, 5.D.,; Lyle Tjo
saas, Kasson, Minn.; David Krug,
Owen, Wis.; Roger Rebout, Janes
ville, Wis.; Myron Erdman, Che
noa. III.; Roger Crossgrove,
Archbold, Ohio; William Higgin
botham, Washington, Ga.; H. Wal
lace Cook Jr., Newark, Del.; and
Paul Kirsch, Varysburg, N.Y.
Farm and dairy groups nomi
nated dairy farmers for open seats
on the board, and active dairy far
mers also submitted applications
to be considered fora board seat. In
the application, candidates ack
nowledged a commitment of 23
days each year of their term to
NDB activities. The U.S. secretary
of agriculture appointed board
members from at least two nomi
nations for each open seat.
In other business, the board
reorganized and reelected Robert
Giacomini, of Point Reyes Station,
Calif., a dairy farmer, as chairman.
Giacomini milks 4SO cows and
is director on the Western United
Dairymen Association and the
Alliance of Western Milk Produc
ers boards. He is a member of Cali
fornia Cooperative Creamery and
president of the Marin Agriculture
Land Trust
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was elected vice chairman of the
board. A member since 1993, Noss
served on the board’s Public Rela
tions Committee last year.
In partnership with his brother,
Noss milks 60 cows and raises
replacement heifers. He is a direc
tor on the Atlantic Dairy Coopera
tive. the Middle Atlantic Milk
Marketing Association and Pen
nmarva boards.
Five-year NDB member Sylvia
Hemauer was re-elected secretary.
She was a member of the board's
Advertising and Sales Promotion
Committee as well as the Export
Market Development Committee.
With her family, Hemauer milks
100'cows in Plymouth, Wis. She is
a member of the Wisconsin and
American Holstien associations,
and the Sheboygan County Dairy
Promotion Committee. Hemauer
is also a county 4-H leader and was
a charter member of the Wisconsin
Milk Marketing Board.
New Salem, N.D., dairy farmer
Robert Gaebe was re-elected trea
surer of the NDB. In that office, he
is to chair the board’s Finance and
Administration Committee.
Gaebe milks 100 cows with his
family, and also serves on the
Executive Committee of Land ’O
Lakes and the Export Committee
of National Milk Producers
Federation.
With the NDB, Gaebe served on
the Market and Economic
Research Committee last year and
in other years was a member of the
Export Market Development and
Public Relations committees.
During the three-day annual
meeting, the NDB also appointed
its committees for the year.
This year committees were
organized by the board’s business
priorities fluid milk, cheese,
milkfat, export market develop
ment and dairy image.
Assignments on the Fluid Milk
Committee is chair Joseph Bavido,
from Sharon, Tenn.; vice chair
Alvin Sherman, of Coupcville,
Wash.. Todd Arant, of Bowman,
S.C.; H. Wallace Cook, Newark,
Del: Francis Gregerson, Long
mont, Colo.; Ronald Quinn,
Tulare, Calif; and John Sullivan, of
Superior, Neb.
On the Cheese Committee is
chair Slyvia Hemauer; vice chair
Tony Souza, Jr., of Tulare, Calif.;
Paul Kirsch, of Varysburg, N.Y.;
Shirley Mower, Jordonville, N.Y.;
David Noss; and Lyle Tjosaas.
On the Milkfat Committee is
chair Mary Parente, of Chino,
Calif.; vice chair John Malcheski,
Pulaski, Wis.; Myeron Erdman;
Robert Gaebe; David Krug; and
Hess Earns First Loper
Memorial Scholarship
WASHINGTON. D.C, the
first James H. Loper Jr. Memorial
Scholarship was awarded to Jayne
N. Hess of Gettysburg, Pa., by the
National Dairy Promotion and Re
search Board at its annual meeting
May 18.
The $3,000 scholarship and
plaque was presented to Hess by
Glenell Loper, Lopcr’s widow, in
honor of Jim’s dedication to dairy
promotion and the industry before
his death July 19, 1993.
Hess, a graduate of New Oxford
High School, was selected by
three National Dairy Board mem
bers and three university scientists
as the top student applying for a
National Dairy Board Under
graduate Scholarship. Nineteen
other students received $1,500
scholarships based on their out
standing academic performance,
involvement in dairy activities,
career commitment to the dairy in
dustry, and demonstrated leader
ship, initiative and integrity. Hess
received a National Dairy Board
Undergraduate Scholarship last
year, too, because she excelled in
these areas.
“Jayne is an outstanding young
Alice Moore.
On the Export Market Develop
ment Committee is chair Elwood
Kirkpatrick, of Kinde, Mich.; vice
chair kay Zeosky, of Turin, N.Y.;
Jack Davis, of Kuna. Idaho; Jim
mie Davis, of Green Forest, Arlk;
harold Howrigan, of Fairfield, Vt.;
Harold Lehnhart, of Thurmont,
Md.; and Allard Peck, of Chippe
wa Falls, Wis.
On the Dairy Image Committee,
is chair Maynard Lang, of Brook-
lady, worthy of the scholarship
honoring Jim Loper,” said John
Peachey, Florida dairyman and
chair of the National Dairy
Board’s Dairy Foods and Nutri
tion Research Committee in
1993-94. “She exemplifies Jim’s
strengths in leadership and com
mitment to improving the industry
for dairy farmers.”
The daughter of John and Bon
nie Hess, Jayne is a senior at
Pennsylvania State University,
majoring in agricultural science
and monitoring in dairy science
and agricultural communications.
Hess grew up on the family
dairy farm. She has used that ex
perience and knowledge to write
curriculum for Pennsylvania 4-H
members with dairy projects.
Hess has built her college ex
periences around the consumer
and marketing side of the dairy in
dustry. She got her first taste of
dairy marketing and promotion as
the 1991 Adams County dairy
princess. Since then, Hess has
helped plan the 1993 Coronation
for the Adams County Dairy Pro
motion Board and the 1994 Ice
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lyn, Iowa; vice chair Myron
Schmidt, of Newton, Kan.; Mary
Cameron; Roger Crossgrove,
Archbold, Ohio; Williman Higgin
botham; Ronald Homstra, of
Avon, S.D.; and Roger Rebout.
The officers and chairs of each
committee make up the Finance
and Administration Committee.
As treasurer of the NDB, Gaebe is
chairman of that committee.
Elwood Kirkpatrick was elected
vice chair.
At Penn State, Hess is a mem
ber of the Dairy Science Club and
the American Dairy Science Asso
ciation (ADSA). She won second
place in the marketing division of
the 1993 ADSA undergraduate
paper competition for her entry ti
tled “Current Trends in the Mar
keting and Consumption of Dairy
Products.”
Hess was recently named the
GAmma Sigma Delta Outstanding
Junior in the College of Ag Sci
ences. She has been named to the
Dean’s List and the Penn State
College of Ag Sciences Honor
Roll, which recognizes the top one
percent in the college. She is also
a member of Golden Key National
Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi
National Honor Fraternity.
For earning a perfect 4.0 grade
point average, Hess received the
Penn Slate Presidential Award for
Freshman in 1992. She is also pre
sident of the Coaly Honorary So
ciety, a Penn Slate Ag Advocate
and is a member of th Ag Student
Council.
After college, Hess plans a
career in dairy product marketing.