Class Notes
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2010s
Josh Kibbie (’16 ag studies) has joined the staff of First State Bank in Humboldt as an ag lender.
Karl Kerns (’14 animal science), graduate student at the University of Missouri, received the Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative Predoctoral Fellowship through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Elizabeth Edgington (’12 public service and administration in ag) is the new program coordinator for the ISU Office of Responsible Research.
Darrin Rahn (’12 ag business) has been accepted to Harvard University’s master’s of business program.
2000s
Casey Balvanz (’09 animal science, ’13 DVM), is the new owner of Rivervale Veterinary Clinic in Union.
Nathan Unsworth (’07 animal ecology), administrative parks superintendent for the City of Newton, was awarded the Amy Jennings Young Professional Impact Award by Des Moines Juice and Young Professionals Connection.
Katie Rock (’06 plant health and protection, international ag), grant administrator at Drake University, was elected commissioner of the Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Jordan Carstens (’03 ag business), a farmer near Bagley, was featured in the Food and Swine blog.
Barry Christensen (’02 agronomy, international ag), a farmer near Riceville, was featured in the Globe Gazette for his use of an unmanned aerial vehicle in his farming operation.
Mark Licht (’00 agronomy, ag extension education, ’03 MS soil science, ’15 PhD crop production and physiology), assistant professor of agronomy, was featured in Wallaces Farmer for his role with Iowa Learning Farms.
1990s
John Latham (’92 ag business), president of Latham Hi-Tech Seeds, was featured with a question and answer session in Seed World.
Angela Rieck-Hinz (’92 MS agronomy), ISU Extension and Outreach field agronomist, was featured in Latham Hi-Tech Seeds blog, The Field Position.
Gary Polking (’90 MS horticulture, ’95 PhD), associate scientist and manager of the Iowa State University Office of Biotechnology DNA Facility, retired Jan. 4.
1980s
Jean Bertrand (’83 MS animal science) has been appointed associate dean for undergraduate studies at Clemson University’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences.
Kevin Carlson (’82 animal science) has been appointed associate dean for research and faculty affairs at Virginia Tech University’s Pamplin College of Business.
1970s
John Williamson ('77 ag business) recently began his third career as a humanitarian assistance adviser to the military at the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 24 years, in 2001 and from Analytic Services Inc. in 2015.
Dennis Bornmann (’75 agronomy), contractor with the United States Air Force, was featured in the Des Moines Register for serving in the role as Santa Claus at the United Service Organization’s station in Afghanistan.
Ron Eichmeier (’74 ag and life sciences education), regional vice president of Farm Credit Services of America in Mason City, was appointed to the North Iowa Area Community College alumni advisory board.
Larry Shannon (’74 PhD fisheries biology) has been appointed interim dean of the College of Science and Technology at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
Vince Lawson (’75 horticulture, ’82 MS), superintendent of the Muscatine Island Research and Demonstration Farm, retired in January.
1950s
Dean Borg (’59 ag journalism), long-time host of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” retired on Jan. 13.
In Memoriam
JoAnn Masterson (’88 MS sociology), 74, of Des Moines, died Jan. 6.
Marcia Zarley Taylor (’77 ag journalism), 61, of Sag Harbor, New York, died Feb. 19.
Robert Britson (’73 animal science), 65, of Radcliffe, died Feb. 2.
Richard Johnson (’67 ag and life sciences education), 70, of Oskaloosa, died Oct. 28.
Willis Van Roekel (’69 animal science), 69, of Pipestone, Minnesota, died Feb. 9.
Raymond Timan (’60 farm operation), 80, of Pocahontas, died Jan. 21.
Clyde Eastman (’58 farm operation), 80, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died Feb. 4.
John Kuntz (’57 farm operation), 85, of Lisbon, died Jan. 28.
Chuck Wengert (’56 agronomy), 88, of Montezuma, died Feb. 4.
Welton York (’53 animal science), 88, of Pryor, Oklahoma, died Feb. 3.
Robert McVicker (’52 poultry science), 87, of Niles, Michigan, died Jan. 31.
Maynard Koppen (’51 agronomy), 94, of Fort Dodge, died Feb. 3.
Marvin Rohlf (’50 farm operation, ’54 MS animal science), 89, of Estherville, died Jan. 25.
Charles Anderson (’49 ag business), 96, of Monmouth, Illinois, died Jan. 25.
Faculty In Memoriam
Charles Hall, 93, of Parker, Colorado, died Feb. 18. Hall served as chair of the department of horticulture from 1974 to 1990. His research led to the creation of several watermelon varieties including Crimson Sweet, a seedless watermelon. Iowa State’s research greenhouses, opened in 2011, were named in his honor.
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