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FFA State Officers < 20 2000s
Fred Baumberger 80s Male 2000s Bond World War II veteran who farmed and raised Standardbred horses
Harold Steele 80s Male 2000s Bureau Former president of Illinois Farm Bureau
Robert Wieneke 40s Male 2000s Calhoun Produces peaches, wine and small grains
Michael Johnson 50s Male 2000s Carroll Tree farmer and professional landscape photographer
Patricia Johnson 60s Female 2000s Carroll Manages tree farm and high-grade lumber business
Leland Sweatman 70s Male 2000s Cass Retired farmer and Allis Chalmers implement dealer
Ellis Vanderpool 70s Male 2000s Cass Beekeeper who sells honey at Springfield farmer's market
Ewell Brauer 60s Male 1970s Cass Farmer recalls changes in farming methods in the 1900s
Ruth Brasell 80s Female 1970s Cass Farm wife and teacher in one-room schoolhouse
George Cline 90s Male 1970s Cass Farmer discusses farm mechanism in late 1800s-early 1900s
Archibald Dunn 80s Male 1970s Cass Farmer recalls changes in farm technology from early 1900s
Carrie Maurer 80s Female 1970s Cass Farm wife recalls home life, Great Depression, World War II
Robert A. Taylor 90s Male 1970s Cass Farmer born on family farm in 1882
Dr. Peter Goldsmith 40s Male 2000s Champaign NSRC Soybean marketing
Dr. LeRoy Biehl 90s Male 2000s Champaign Emeritus Professor; Swine Extension veterinarian
Doug Parrett 50s Male 2000s Champaign Professor of Animal Sciences at UIUC
Dr. Linda Kull 50s Female 2000s Champaign Coordinator of soybean production resesarch for NSRC
Dr. Marilyn Nash 50s Female 2000s Champaign NSRC Soy products
Karl Weingartner 60s Male 2000s Champaign NSRC Soybean processing
Paul Gebhart 50s Male 2000s Christian Organic chickens, turkeys, and cattle
Ola Ridley 80s Female 1980s Christian Discusses farm life and schooling in early 1900s
Jessie Ruth Saiter 80s Female 1980s Clark Farm wife recalls women's roles on farm in early 1900s
Dr. Debra Reid 40s Male 2000s Coles Associate Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University
Harry Rhodes 40s Male 2000s Cook Executive Director of Growing Home, Chicago
Parris Brewer 40s Male 2000s Cook Marketing Coordinator for Growing Home, Chicago
Orion Samuelson 70s Male 2000s Cook Host of National Farm Report, WGN Radio, Chicago
Karl Boekenhauer 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Farmed until the 1950s, then became a feed salesman
Bev Kuhn 30s Female 1980s DeKalb Born on farm in Australia, farms with husband near DeKalb
Evelyn Lanan 60s Female 1980s DeKalb Farm wife who retired from teaching after her marriage
Martha Gommel 60s Female 1980s DeKalb Farm wife discusses changes in farming
Bill Gommel 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Farmer discusses changes in farming since World War II
Howard Lanan 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Operates farm established by his grandfather
Orrin Pauling 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Farmer discusses impacts of Great Depression and World War II
Ruth Pauling 60s Female 1980s DeKalb Farmer wife discusses education and farm organization
Judy Stark 40s Female 1980s DeKalb Farm wife discusses farming tradition in the Stark family
Luke Bridger 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Began farming in 1931, built large operation (>1000 acres)
Bill Clausen 60s Male 1980s DeKalb Operates farm established by his grandfather
Milton Lambert 60s Male 1980s DeKalb Farmer discusses increased reliance on cash crops in 1900s
Barb Male 40s Female 1980s DeKalb Farm wife discusses changes in farming
Don (Anonymous) Male 1980s DeKalb Recalls childhood on farm and resurrection of defunct farm
Clarence A. Neujahr 60s Male 1980s DeKalb World War II vet who worked at DeKalb Seed Company
Warren Scholl 70s Male 1980s DeKalb Began farming in the 1930s and also took jobs off the farm
Mark Johnson 40s Male 2000s DuPage Agricultural Specialist for Kline Creek Farm
Keith McClow 40s 2000s DuPage Director of Kline Creek Farm, an 1890s living-history farm
Jack Kuhn 40s Male 1980s DuPage Born on a dairy farm, farms with wife, sons, and brother
Charles Hartke 60s Male 2000s Effingham Former Director of Illinois Department of Agriculture
Dr. Edward Runge 70s Male 2000s Fayette Senior Advisor for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University
Makenna Barker < 20 Female 2000s Fulton 4-H member who displayed vegetables at Illinois State Fair
Stephen Scates 70s Male 2000s Gallatin Senior partner in large family farm near Ohio River