1930s
Hugh Henry, BS ’38, West Lafayette, Ind., was recognized by the Museum at Prophetstown for his years of volunteering. He was presented a framed photograph of himself driving a team of Belgian horses. In 2002, the Indiana Association of Housing and Services for the Aging named Henry the “Outstanding Volunteer” in Indiana.

1940s
Philip Rutherford, BS ’45, moved from New Jersey to Fayetteville, Ark., in September. He is semi-retired but still sells equipment and supplies to the dairy and food industry. He and his wife, Della, have a son who also lives in Fayetteville and a daughter in Boston.

Howard E. Weaver, BS ’47, PhD ’52, Grand Blanc, Mich., received the National Association of Interpretation’s Distinguished Retired Interpreter Award for 2004 during the association’s national convention in Grand Rapids, Mich., in November. During his career, Weaver served as a park naturalist in Indiana, a forestry educator in Texas, a professor of outdoor education and recreation in Illinois, and as curator of the Genesee County Parks in Michigan.

1950s
G. Edward Schuh, BS ’52, honorary doctorate ’92, Lake Elmo, Minn., was honored July 25 by the Brazilian Society of Agricultural Economics with a new award, Legendary Member of the Society, in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the profession. The honor was bestowed during the annual meeting of the society in Cuiaba, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Schuh served on the faculty of the Purdue Ag Economics department and was involved with Purdue’s extensive project work at Vicosa University in Brazil.

John P. Held, BS ’55, Harrisburg, Pa., is retired after 30 years as an independent insurance agent, specializing in crop insurance.

1970s
James Ross, BS ’71, Reno, Nev., has retired after 25 years as urban forester for the city of Reno. In June he was a presenter at the Argentine Arborists’ Society Annual Conference in Buenos Aires. Ross now is a private consulting arborist serving the Intermountain West.
Jacquelyn Ralph, BS ’71, MS ’81, has moved from Wilmington, N.C., to Brookston, Ind.

Thomas H. Spreen, BS ’73, PhD ’77, Gainesville, Fla., is now chair of the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Florida.

Julius L. Weeks, BS ’78, married Rose Peyton in 1982 in Washington, D.C., where they reside with their two daughters, Saira “Pepper” and Satai “Chyan.”

1980s
Anne (Schaaf) Berstler, BS ’80, Blairstown, N.J., was married on April 17 to Michael Berstler.

Richard Dean, BS ’81, Springfield, Va., received the Army Engineer Regiment Silver DeFluery Medal and is the acting deputy chief of staff, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Fort Snelling, Minn.

Mark Lyons, MS ’87, Palatine, Ill., was recently promoted to senior consultant with Technomic Inc. in Chicago.

Marsh Kriplen, BS ’88, Brooklyn, N.Y., has taken a position as design consultant and regional sales representative with Delta Fountains. Delta designs and manufactures architectural and landscape water features that are used nationwide.

David Fraser, BS ’85, Collierville, Tenn., has joined Globecot Inc. as vice president of marketing and communications. He will establish a Globecot office in Memphis, Tenn., and will oversee the company’s expanding global marketing, sales and communications campaign, with direct sales responsibility for all areas except Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. Globecot is the world’s only business news and information service serving the global fiber textile industries. Previously, Fraser was vice president of program development with the Cotton Board.

1990s
Angela Reincke, BS ’92, Apex, N.C., is vice-chair of the Apex Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Advisory Commission and co-chair of Citizen’s for Apex Parks.

Christine Shanley-Dillman, BS ’93, Ontonagon, Mich., is the author of The Black Pond, a new novel for young adults. She also has signed a contract to produce another young adult novel, Finding My Light, which will be published this year. Information and reviews about the books are at www.publishamerica.com. Christine is married to David Dillman, who is a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service.

Kelly (Crowder) Harmeson, BS ’96, Attica, Ind., and her husband, Matt, are parents of their first child, Haley, who was born last January. Kelly recently became a financial services associate in the Covington, Ind., office of Prudential Financial.

Heather Armstrong, BS ’98, married Lawrence Charles on Oct. 16 in Clarendon Hills, Ill. They live in Naperville, Ill.

Samuel L. Phillips, MS ’98, Arlington Heights, Ill., returned from Peace Corps service in Bolivia in April and started a new job in September with U.S. Customs in Chicago as an agriculture specialist.

Agung S. Tandjung, BS ’98, MS ’00, has become regional director for Nova Nutraceutical Technology. The company has headquarters in China, but Tandjung’s team will be based in Portland, Ore., as the North American representatives. They work closely with their partner, Great Earth Chemical, Inc.

Joe Caffee, BS ’99, Geneva, Ind., and his wife, Cheryl (Wass), became the parents of a daughter, Jessa Rose, on April 22. They have another daughter, Grace Marie, 2.

2000s
KaDonna Randolph, MS ’00, Knoxville, Tenn., earned a PhD degree from the University of Tennessee in August. Randolph is a mathematical statistician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work Unit in Knoxville.

Trisha (Demerly) Benner, BS ’02, Indianapolis, and her husband, Rodney, are parents of a son, Blake Adam Benner, who was born on June 17.

Rebekah A. Rosentrader, BS ’03, married Nicholas A. Petges (2003 grad in Aviaton Technology) on June 19. They live in St. Louis.

Ilan Weiss, MS ’04, Mulberry, Fla., works at FMC Food Tech in aseptic processing.

Deaths
Joseph E. Yahner, BS ’54, professor emeritus of agronomy, died in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 8. He is survived by his wife, Helen, three daughters and five grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice Hawaii, 860 Iwilei Road, Honolulu, HI 96817, with a notation for Kailua Hospice House.