Lee Sommers Selected As New Agricultural Experiment Station Director
Thursday, July 3, 1997
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FORT COLLINS--Lee Sommers is the newly selected director of
the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. Sommers, who served
for the past year as CAES interim director, accepted the position
effective July 1.
"Dr. Sommers will lead Colorado State University's
researchers as we face the many challenges of a changing
agriculture through the discovery and application of new
technologies, the globalization of the economy and the need for
basic and applied research," said Kirvin Knox, Colorado State
Vice Provost for Agriculture and University Outreach. "I'm
confident he will lead with distinction and I look forward to
working with him on the many challenges we face."
Sommers received his bachelor's in agriculture from
Wisconsin State University in 1966 and both his master's in soil
science in 1969 and his doctorate in soil science in 1971 from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
During his tenure as a soil science professor at Purdue
University, Sommers spent an eight-month sabbatical at Colorado
State in 1977. He returned to serve as professor and head of the
department of soil and crop sciences in 1985. Dr. Sommers is a
member of numerous professional organizations and currently is
president-elect of the Soil Science Society of America.
As director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station,
Sommers is responsible for all programming, budgeting and related
activities. He reports to the Vice Provost for Agriculture and
University Outreach. CAES works in partnership with Colorado
State Cooperative Extension to provide Colorado consumers and
agricultural producers with the latest information relevant to
maintaining a healthy economy and a vibrant community.
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