[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Appointment of Members to the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Appointment of members.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces the 
appointments made by the Secretary of Agriculture to the 12 vacancies 
on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board. The appointees, by vacancy category, are as 
follows: Category A. ``National Farm Organizations,'' Alan Foutz, 
Owner/Operator, Foutz Farms, Akron CO; Category C. ``Food Animal 
Commodity Producers,'' Carol Keiser, President, C-BAR Cattle Co. Inc., 
and President, C-ARC Enterprises, Inc., Champaign, IL; Category E. 
``National Animal Commodity Organizations,'' Alois Kertz, Principal, 
ANDHILL, LLC, and Managing Partner, KKC Tech, LLC, St. Louis, MO; 
Category F. ``National Crop Commodity Organizations,'' Gary Davis, 
Farmer/Veterinarian, Gar-Mar Farms and Greenbriar Veterinary Services, 
Inc., Delaware, OH; Category K. ``National Human Health Associations,'' 
John Cunningham, Deputy Provost and Professor of Nutrition, University 
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Category P. ``Hispanic Serving 
Institutions,'' Ricardo Chavez Rel, Special Assistant to the Secretary 
of Agriculture, New Mexico State University, Department of Agriculture, 
Las Cruces, NM; Category Q. ``American Colleges of Veterinary 
Medicine,'' Glen Hoffsis, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio 
State University, Columbus, OH; Category R. ``Non-Land Grant College or 
University with Historic Commitment to Research in the Food and 
Agricultural Sciences,'' David Wehner, Dean, College of Agriculture, 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA; Category 
T. ``Transportation of Food and Agricultural Products (foreign and 
domestic),'' James Lugg, President, TransFRESH Corporation, Salinas, 
CA; Category V. ``Food and Fiber Processors,'' Gilbert Leveille, Vice 
President, System Design, Cargill, Inc., and President, Charles 
Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation, Wayzata, MN (reappointment); 
Category AA. ``International Development/Private Sector 
Organizations,'' Shirley Dunlap Bowser, Self-Employed Farmer/Chair of 
Kellogg Foundation, Williamsport, OH (reappointment); and Category DD. 
``National Social Science Associations,'' Cornelia Flora, Director, 
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State 
University, Ames, IA.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture are for a three-
year term, effective October 1, 2003 until September 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board; Research, Education, and Economics Advisory 
Board Office, Room 344A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; STOP 2255; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-2255

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199 or e-
mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agricultural 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 authorized the creation of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, Economics 
Advisory Board. The Board is composed of 31 members, each representing 
a specific category related to agriculture. The Board was first 
appointed in September 1996 and at the time one-third of the original 
members were appointed for a one, two, and three-year term, 
respectively. Due to the staggered appointments, the terms for 12 of 
the 31 members expired September 30, 2003. Each member is appointed by 
the Secretary of Agriculture to a specific category on the Board, 
including: farming or ranching, food production and processing, 
forestry research, crop and animal science, land-grant institutions, 
non-land grant college or university with a historic commitment to 
research in the food and agricultural sciences, food retailing and 
marketing, rural economic development, and natural resource and 
consumer interest groups, among many others.

    Done at Washington, DC this 29th day of January 2004.
Joseph J. Jen,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 04-2763 Filed 2-9-04; 8:45 am]
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