[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E7-22696]


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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 10 vacancies 
on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture are for a 3-year 
term, effective October 1, 2007, until September 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: E-
mail: [email protected]; Fax: 202-720-6199; Mail/Hand Delivery/
Courier: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board; Research Extension, 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: Joseph Dunn, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board, Telephone: 202-720-3684.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agricultural 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 authorized the creation of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 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 one, two, and three-year terms, 
respectively. Due to the staggered appointments, the terms for 10 of 
the 31 members expired September 2007. 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. Appointees by vacancy category of the 6 new 
members and 4 re-appointments as follows: Category H. ``National Food-
Animal Science Society,'' Nancy M. Cox, Director, Kentucky Agricultural 
Experimental Station, Associate Dean for Research, University of 
Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY ; Category I. ``National 
Crop, Soil, Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed Science Society,'' Martin 
A. Massengale, President Emeritus & Director, Center for Grassland 
Studies, University of Lincoln-Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; Category N. 
``1890 Land-Grant College,'' Alton Thompson, Dean and Research 
Director, School of Agricultural and Environmental Science, North 
Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Category O. ``1994 Land-
Grant College,'' John E. Salois, President, Blackfeet Community 
College, Browning, MT; Category Q. ``American College of Veterinary 
Medicine,'' Thomas J. Rosol, Dean and Professor, The Ohio State 
University, Columbus, OH; Category U. ``Food Retailing and Marketing 
Representative,'' Calvin M. Dooley, President and CEO, Food Products 
Association, (Former Congressman for California), Washington, DC; 
Category W. ``Rural Economic Development Advocate,'' Walter J. 
Armbruster, President, Farm Foundation and Chair, Specialty Crop 
Committee, Oak Brook, IL; Category X. ``National Consumer Interest 
Group,'' Robin A. Douthitt, Dean, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI; Category Y. ``National Forestry Group,'' Steven P. 
Quarles, Partner & Chair of Law Firm's, Crowell & Moring LLP, 
Environmental and Natural Resources, (Former Deputy Under Secretary, 
Department of Interior), Washington, DC; Category Z. ``National 
Conservation or Natural Resource Group,'' Edward C.A. Runge, Senior 
Adviser and Professor & Billie B. Turner, Chair (Emeritus), Texas A&M 
University, College Station, TX.

    Done at Washington, DC this 8th day of November, 2007.
Gale Buchanan,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
 [FR Doc. E7-22696 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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