A2B-Lanca»ter Farming, Saturday, June 21, 1997 Roth Honored (Continued from Pago At)* now. The economic pressures on the dairy fanners in the ’6o’s was tremendous. Milk prices were as serious an issue as they are now. I remember the people from Penn State would make presentations on the need to increase productivity and efficiency-so much so that many farmers began to react nega tively to the message. The farmers thought they were as efficient as they could be. And we have much the same reaction today.” Roth has been especially effec tive in handling management rela tions with the cooperative’s mem bership and the board of directors. He believes you need a leadership mechanism at the top to give feed back to the board of directors about what the members are saying. If you have this feedback, the direc tors can make good policy deci sions. Roth believes the new larger cooperatives must also put this kind of communication mechan ism into place so the boards of directors can hear what the mem bers are saying even if their mem bers are scattered over a large geo graphical area. Roth became general manager of Atlantic in 1985. He also served as chairman of the administrative council of Federated Genetics, a partnership of three AI Coopera- A photo of Rothrock Leadman, an internationally known sire with great influence on the Holstein breed. From left, Tom Smith, Harry Roth, and Dave Galton at the halter. Osborndaie Ivanhoe was honored with this crystal replica at the Pennsylvania Holstein Association's annual meeting when it was held in Lancaster In 1992. From left, Alan Bair, Harry Roth, Art Baxter, Sam Minor, and Bill Nichol. lives that carried out an extensive national and international semen marketing program. Raised on a Holstein dairy farm near Allentown, Harry is a gradu ate of Penn State with a major in dairy science. While at Penn State he was active in the Ag Honorary Society, Dairy Science Club, dairy judging teams and Delta Theta Sig ma fraternity. Roth was a member of the York County extension staff for one and a half years prior to his career in AI. Starting as a fieldman for West ern Pennsylvania Artificial Breed ing Cooperative at Clarion, he later assumed the duties-of sire analyst and was named general manager in October of 1960. He held that posi tion until the July, 1964, merger with Southeastern Pennsylvania ABC to form Atlantic Breeders Cooperative, when he was named 1952 Penn breed programs director. He served Boyd Wolf, as operations director prior to being named general manager. Roth was a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show and for 13 years was chairman of the show’s invitational youth dairy judging contest He was approved by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Asso ciation to judge Holstein and Guernsey shows. In this capacity he judged many local, state, and (Turn to Pago A29] State Judging team. From left, Harry Roth. Bill Crawford, Art Stone, and £ At the dedication of the new dairy facility at Penn State are from left, Daniel Hagen, Dean Lamartine Hood, Pres. Joab Thomas, Sec. Charles Brosius, Harry Roth, and Oble Snider. Harry Roth with Gov. Casey, and Boyd Wolff at the bull barns.
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