WSU alumni & raspberry farmers Adam and Julie Enfield joined WSU dignitaries like CAHNRS Dean Wright to present a $1.5 million check for the endowed chair.
Acknowledging her world-renowned reputation in service to agriculture, Washington State University named plant pathologist Lindsey du Toit as the recipient of the Alfred Christianson Distinguished Professorship in Vegetable Seed Science. The award provides extra funding that du Toit can apply to pivotal crop seed research projects as needed. “We hope this endowment will continue to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — With an eye on the importance of research to its future, the Washington Turfgrass Seed Commission will fund the endowed professor position in turfgrass management at Washington State University. WSU received a gift of nearly $300,000 from the commission to establish the turfgrass professorship. The gift gives WSU the opportunity to hire […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – When the first irrigation water from the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project flowed through the sage brush of Quincy, Keith F. Kirkbride was there launching a program at the high school to educate the area’s future farmers. Now, Kirkbride’s sons, Frank and Charlie Kirkbride, are launching a scholarship program at Washington State University […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Washington State University plant pathologist Lindsey du Toit has been named Alfred Christianson Endowed Professor. The four-year endowment will provide funding to support du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology research program. The endowment was established by the family of Alfred Christianson, founder of the Alf Christianson Seed Company, to “attract and retain […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — When Kay Simon graduated from the fermentation science program at the University of California Davis some 30 years ago she was one of two women in a class of 45. “I’m told they are graduating about half and half now,” said Simon, who is co-owner of and winemaker for Chinook Wines in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University has an independent entomology department thanks in large measure to Horace S. Telford, a retired member of the WSU faculty who petitioned the university for its creation almost a half century ago. Now his three living children wish to honor him by establishing the Horace and Vilma Telford Family […]
LIND, Wash. — A former state legislator and his wife have established an endowment to support agricultural research in the low-rainfall area of eastern Washington. The Otto and Doris Amen Dryland Research Endowment was announced Thursday (June 15) at the annual field day of Washington State University’s Lind Dryland Research Station. The Amens funded it […]