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October 6, 2005 Jack Carter 2005 NDSU Harvest Bowl Agri-business Award Recipient The 32nd annual Harvest Bowl program at North Dakota State University will be held Nov. 4- 5. Jack Carter, Fargo, has been selected to receive the 2005 Agri-business Award. Also honored will be outstanding agriculturists from across North Dakota and western Minnesota. Scholarships will be awarded to outstanding male and female NDSU athletes. A teacher, scientist and administrator, Carter was a faculty member at NDSU from 1950 to 1987. From 1960 to 1987, Carter served as chair of the Department of Agronomy, which now is Plant Sciences. He retired from NDSU in 1987 and is a professor emeritus. Since his retirement, he has continued promoting flaxseed for food, feed, linseed oil and other uses. Raised on a farm in western Nebraska, he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1941 from the University of Nebraska, his master’s degree in 1947 from Washington State University and his doctorate in 1950 from the University of Wisconsin. All of Carter’s degrees are in agronomy. As department chair, Carter believed strongly in maintaining regular contact with undergraduate students and was instrumental in the process through which NDSU became a doctorate-granting institution. Students recognized his skills as a teacher in 1979 when he was awarded the Alpha Zeta Agricultural Teacher of the Year Award and in 1990 when he received the Blue Key Outstanding Educator Award. A lecture room in Loftsgard Hall was named in his honor in 1995. NDSU and the state of North Dakota have benefited not only from Carter's commitment to teaching, but also from his commitment to research. Carter started cooperative forage crop research at the NDSU Research Extension Centers and contributed to Extension Service programs and short courses in forage crops statewide. He was instrumental in strengthening the department's respected plant breeding programs and in initiating a weed science research group. A recognized expert in the area of grain grading and on seedstocks and seed distribution systems, Carter was an important contributor when the U.S. sunflower and triticale standards were established and during discussions concerning revision of wheat and barley classification standards. He also was a consultant to the government of Mexico when that nation revised its grain grading system. Active in the Flax Institute of the United States for many years, Carter has been president since 1978 and is the flax consultant to the North Dakota Oilseed Council. Carter has been active in regional and national agronomic affairs throughout his career. He is a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and American Society of Agronomy and has been president of the CSSA. He is a charter member and former president of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and was editor of the first edition of the book “Sunflower Science and Technology.” Carter has received numerous awards from NDSU and agricultural organizations in North Dakota, including an honorary doctor of science degree from NDSU in 1995, and was inducted into the North Dakota Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1999. Carter initiated the J. F. Carter Endowment at NDSU in support of a teacher or researcher in crop production. The 32nd annual Harvest Bowl festivities begin Friday, Nov. 4, at the Fargo Holiday Inn with a dinner, awards ceremony and games. On Saturday, honorees will participate in educational sessions on the NDSU campus and attend the Harvest Bowl football game. For tickets and information on Harvest Bowl activities, visit the NDSU Alumni Association Harvest Bowl Web site at www.ndsualumni.com/coe/harvest/index.htm or call the NDSU alumni office at (800) 279-8971, locally at (701) 231-6800 or e-mail marilyn@ndsualumni.com. ### Source:
Marilyn Doeden, (701) 231-6808, marilyn@ndsualumni.com |
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