Four children, Iowa plant breeder named research director
Johnny Thomas, BS Agronomy, named research director and VP of Rudy Patrick Company in Ames Iowa. He holds MS and PhD from Oregon State University, has been with Farmers Forage Research in Lafayette Indiana since 1966, and is noted as lead breeder of two new orchard grasses. He and his wife Bonnie and their four children now reside in Ames.
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Las Cruces
University of Colorado Medical Center
Johnny Thomas
Rudy Pstrick Company
Ames
Iowa
Thomas
Oregon State University
Lafayette
Ind
Rudy- Patrick
Hutchinson
Kans
Caldwell
Idaho
Bonnie
Sparks
Colorado State University
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nome
Ala
Bureau of Land Management
Fairbanks
el Verna Robberson
Albuquerque
Frank Glover
Fort Sumner
Farmers’ Home Administration
DeBaca
Guadalupe
Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Victoria
Tex
Swift and Company
Clovis
SEA Cattle Company
Espanola
Frank
Notable Career Moves Across Government and Education
Cecil Cole appointed missionary to Abidjan Ivory Coast with Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society after serving as director of public information at Lowry Air Force Base and in charge of Armed Forces radio and television in Greenland He will work with Centre Publications Evangelique in French speaking Africa Also notes John Mechler wildlife officer for New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Bette Sherrill Gulf Oil graduate fellow 1970 71 with NASA scholarship background George Johnson completed two federally funded projects and serves as Criminal Justice Coordinator for South Plains Association of Governments Wilbur Atcitty named director of administration Navajo Tribal government in addition to prior roles at home improvement training program
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Cecil Cole
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Africa
Baptist Foreign Mission Society of
Wheaton
Lowry Airforce Base
Denver
Colo
Armed Forces Radio and Television
Thui
Greenland
Cole
Centre Publications Evangelique
U.S
Air Force
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Tex
Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary
John K. Mechler
Ruidoso
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Virginia Tech
Bette Sherrill
Texas Christian University
Gulf Oil Corporation
Sherrill
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lovington
N.M
American Chemical Society
Ft.Worth
George Stanley Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
South Fiains Association of Governments
Lubbeck
Wilbur Atcitty
Michael Wayne Eyer
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Philadelphia
Clovis
Cocoa Beach
Fla
United States
US-2
NMSU Names New Financial Aid and Agency Appointees
The university announces staff changes and new postings across departments. Armando Alba becomes assistant in the financial aids office under Philip Ambrose, while Gary McPherson is named vice president at Citizens State Bank in Albuquerque. Other listings include Donnie Sparks in the Albuquerque district office, Frank Glover overseeing Fort Sumner, and Michael Richardson joining the Chaves County health office in Roswell. Additional appointments include Alexa Houser in EPDA program, Jack Heesch as administrative assistant to the Federal Programs Section, and US-2 missionary Michael Eyer in Philadelphia. Nigeria and Oklahoma postings involve Ahmadu Seilo as agricultural engineer and 2nd Lt. Russell Jentgen as geologist for the Optima Dam project.
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Armando R. Alba
NMSU
Philip S. Ambrose
Greeley Myers
Alba
Las Cruces
Aggie
Gary J. McPherson
Citizens State Bank
Albuquerque
Bank of Santa Fe
Michael Richardson
New Mexico Department of Health and Social Services
Chaves
Roswell
Richardson
Ben Adams
McGraw Wildlife Foundation
Elgin
Pennsylvania
Christine
Paige
Alexa Sue Hooser
U.S
U.S. Department of Education
Houser
Phi Kappahi
National Honor Society
EPDA
Holloman
Travis
Alamogordo
Jack Heesch
Department of Hospitals and Institutions
Raton
Heesch
Division of Mental Health
Santa Fe
DHS
Russell W. Jentgen
Optima
Hardesty
Okla
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Jenigen
Corps
Fort Belvoir
Society of American Military Engineers
Geology Club
Physical Science Laboratory
St. Jontgen
Guymon
Oxla
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College of Agriculture and Home Economics
NMSA
Agathe
Mrs. Cole
Mr. and
Mrs
Cecil Cote
New Mexico Department of Banking
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
Donnie R. Sparks
Rio Grande-Las Vegas
Ahmadu Ardo Seilo
Ministry of Natural Resources
Nigeria
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