9/20/99

Contacts:
David Topel, dean, College of Agriculture (515) 294-2518
Lorna Michael Butler, Rural Sociology, Washington State University (253) 445-4551
Karen Bolluyt, Agriculture Information, (515) 294-3701

ISU ANNOUNCES FILLING OF THE HENRY A. WALLACE CHAIR

AMES -- Lorna Michael Butler has been named as the first Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.

Butler is Extension anthropologist and professor in the Department of Rural Sociology at Washington State University, Puyallup. She will join ISU's faculty in February 2000.

"Dr. Butler has a distinguished career in national and international work. Her background in agricultural anthropology and rural sociology will help strengthen an already high-quality program in sustainable agriculture at Iowa State. She has a sincere interest in working directly with farmers and agricultural industries, particularly in relation to rural development in Iowa," said David Topel, dean of ISU's College of Agriculture.

The Wallace Chair was established in 1997 with a $1-million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a $500,000 gift from the Wallace Genetic Foundation, and support from the Leopold Center and ISU College of Agriculture. It was named for Henry A. Wallace, ISU alumnus and vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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