Four Finalists Identified In Search For Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Director
Tuesday, May 13, 1997
FORT COLLINS--Colorado State University has announced the
four finalists for director of the Colorado Agricultural
Experiment Station. Gordon Niswender, search-committee chairman
and director of the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
Laboratory at Colorado State, said candidates will be on campus
for interviews May 15-16, May 21-22, May 27-28 and June 1-2.
Following are the candidates, their qualifications and the
times and locations of open forums.
* R. Kent Crookston is professor and head of the Department
of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.
Crookston received his bachelor's degree in agronomy from Brigham
Young University in 1968 and his master's and doctorate degrees
in plant physiology from the University of Minnesota in 1970 and
1972 respectively. Crookston's open forum is scheduled at 1 p.m.
May 15 in Room 214 in the Lory Student Center.
* F. Dan Hess is vice president of the Palo Alto Research
Division of Novartis Crop Protection. Hess received his
bachelor's degree in horticulture from Michigan State University
in 1969 and his master's and doctorate degrees in plant
physiology from the University of California-Davis in 1973 and
1975 respectively. Hess' open forum is scheduled at 1 p.m. May 21
in the Virginia Dale Room of the Lory Student Center.
* James L. Frazier is head of the Department of Entomology
at The Pennsylvania State University. Frazier received his
bachelor's degree in zoology and entomology from The Ohio State
University in 1966 and his doctorate in entomology from The Ohio
State University in 1970. Frazier's open forum is scheduled at 1
p.m. May 27 in Room 220 of the Lory Student Center.
* Lee Sommers is interim director of the Colorado
Agricultural Experiment Station at Colorado State. Sommers
received his bachelor's degree in agriculture from Wisconsin
State University-Platteville in 1966 and his master's and
doctorate degrees in soil science from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1969 and 1971 respectively. Sommers' open
forum is scheduled at 2 p.m. June 2 in Room 208 of the Lory
Student Center.
Open forums will be videotaped for the benefit of those who
are unable to attend the interviews. To obtain a copy of the
videotapes, call the nearest Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station Research Center or Amy Wyant in the Provost's Office at
Colorado State at (970) 491-6614.
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