Class Notes
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2010s
Breanna Branderhorst (’16 ag and life sciences education) has joined the team Swine Genetics International, managing marketing initiatives.
Michael Knight (’16 ag and life sciences education) has joined Vermeer Corporation as a product specialist.
Jeremy Maass (’16 animal science), has joined AgriLabs as a territory manager for the Upper Midwest.
Victoria Walker (’16 MS ag meteorology), graduate student in agronomy, received a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for the 2016/2017 academic year.
Molly Foley (’14 public service and administration in ag, ag and life sciences education), legislative correspondent for U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, received her master’s degree in public administration from George Washington University.
Garrett Smith (’14 microbiology, ag genetics), a graduate student at Ohio State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
Carly Cummings (’11 ag business), program coordinator for the Iowa State Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative, received her master’s degree in ag business from Kansas State University.
TJ Masker (’11 ag business), agronomic information adviser with Premier Crop Solutions, was featured in Successful Farming for helping an Iowa farmer utilize technology on his farming operation.
Rita Reynolds (’10 public service and administration in ag, ag business, economics) is the new business director for Reynolds Ag Solutions in Indianola.
2000s
Afton Holt (’08 ag and life sciences education), owner of Corner Post Marketing, was elected to the Cooperative Communications Association board of directors.
Martha Smith (’04 ag business), has been promoted to area business manager for the Channel brand for Monsanto in Kansas and Colorado.
Jennifer Bentley (’02 dairy science, ’11 MS professional ag), dairy field specialist for Iowa State Extension and Outreach was recently featured in the Mitchell County Press News, describing the use of automated systems in modern dairies.
Sally Worley (’01 horticulture), executive director of Practical Farmers of Iowa was recently featured in the Des Moines Register.
1990s
Joe Byrum (PhD ’99 agronomy, plant breeding) was recently featured in MIT Sloan Management Review magazine for his work with an award-winning suite of analytics tools.
Matt Jones (’99 ag systems technology), was featured in the Tri-State Neighbor for his use of sustainable practices and technology in his farming operation.
Douglas Austen (PhD ’92 animal ecology) has received the Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award from Virginia Tech University’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s Leadership Institute.
1980s
Julie Schwalbe (’87 ag business) has joined Ceva Animal Health’s swine business unit as a strategic account manager.
Wes Johnson (’81 ag and life sciences education, dairy science) has joined Ceva Animal Health’s swine business unit as a strategic account manager.
Pamela White (’81 PhD food technology), dean of the College of Human Sciences, will retire from Iowa State University in July.
1970s
Dan Froehlich (’79 agronomy, ’80 MS) has been named vice president of development for Anuvia.
Clay Bernick (’74 dairy science), a dairy farmer near Spencer, Wisconsin, and his family were recently featured in AgriView for the changes they are making to their dairy operation.
1950s
Mahlon Fairchild (’52 zoology, ’53 MS entomology, ’59 PhD), retired professor at the University of Missouri and United States Army Veteran, was featured for his service in the Maryville Daily Forum.
In Memoriam
Nathaniel Jackson (’03 ag studies), 36, of Kent, died June 5.
Joel Hertz (’59 animal science), 79, of Monticello, Illinois, died May 28.
Aldon Jensen (’53 animal science), 93, of Urbana, Illinois, died May 20.
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