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Name Company Years Served
O.J. Sommer Sommer Bros. Seed Co. 1922-27; 1936-37
J.C. Hackleman University of Illinois 1922-26; 1929-37
J.L. McKeighan McKeighan Seed Co. 1922-28
John L. Breuchaud 1922-24
M.S. McCollister 1923-24
T.H. Roberts 1923-24
William Web Webb’s Farm 1923-28
L.A. Frisbie 1925-27
J.B. Turner 1925
F.V. Wilson 1925-28
John T. Smith 1926-27
Oscar Mountjoy 1927-28; 1942-43
W.E. Riegel Riegel Seed Co. 1928-32; 1938-40
J.E. Johnson 1928-29; 1941-43
C.L. Gunn DeKalb Agricultural Assoc. 1928; 1933-36
Clarence Watson Watson Seed Farms 1929-32
Adeline Starkey 1929
Henry W. Book 1929-30
L.H. Pfeiffer 1929-30
Lester Pfister Pfister Associated Growers 1929-32
C.E. Canterbury Canterbury Seed Co. 1930-43
Joe E. Brooks 1931-32
W. H. Koonce 1931-32
H.L. Stiegelmeier Stiegelmeier Seed 1933-36
W.F. Black 1933-35
L.W. Helms 1933-34
J.E. Mummert 1933
L.G. Windish 1934-35
C.E. Johnson 1935
L.A. Koritz 1936-40
Charles Meharry 1936-37
R.B. Best 1937
L.E. McKinzie 1937
E.G. Sieveking Funk Bros. Seed Co. 1937-40
Roy Burrus Burrus Bros. Assoc. Growers 1938-47
L.L. Lowe Lowe Seed Co. 1938-47
Geo L. Pfeifer 1941-45
L.E. Rust 1941-42
E.W. Doubet 1941-42
C.W. Holmes 1941
Charles Shuman 1943-45
Merle Morgan 1943-45
Richard Ferris 1944-47
Porter Fox 1944-45
Harold Lazier 1944-45; 1956-61
Hugh Morrison Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. 1946-50; 1952-57; 1959-60
J.L. Trisler Trisler Seed Farms 1946-55
J. Harold Canterbury 1946-47
Roy A. Morton Roy A. Morton & Sons 1946-50
Lyle Van Horn Van Horn Seed Co. 1946-58
Glen Landers Landers Seed Co. 1948-54; 1964-78
Harry Cochran 1948-49
Harold Goodwin Funk Bros. Seed Co. 1948-63
Emil Haudrich Haudrich Hybrid Corn Co. 1948-55
William Rushton 1950-56
J.R. Huey 1951-54
R.C. Ainsworth Ainsworth Seed Co. 1951-66
Kenneth Reed 1952-54
Llyod Wilken 1952-55
Martin Manning 1955-62
L.E. West 1955-59
C.J. Wagner 1955-56
Fred Cast Trisler Seed Farms 1956-67
Fred Bergmann Bergmann-Taylor Seeds, Inc. 1956-69
Martin Burrus 1957-60
Ray Vandeveer 1957-67
William Stack Pfister Associated Growers 1958-68
Wendell Turner Turner Seed & Supply 1960-76
Gilbert Barber 1961-64
Earl Keniston 1961-65; 1967-77
Robert Kidd Moews Seed Co. 1962-71
Carlin Morton Roy A. Morton & Sons 1963-77
Joseph Mountjoy Mountjoy Hybrid Seed Co. 1965-81
Harold Spencer 1965-68
James Baird Baird Seed Co. 1965-83
Thomas Pitts 1967-68
John Noble, Sr. 1968-71
Lester Grandt 1968-70
Walter Luhtala DeKalb AgResearch 1969-79
Ken Drendel 1969-72
Robert Nickel 1969-70
Ray Hummel GROWMARK FS – Seed Div. 1970-94
William Ikemire 1971-86
Warren Jones 1971-72
Theodore Sommer Sommer Bros. Seed Co. 1972-90
Fred Schneider Schneider Seeds 1972-88; 1989-92
Lynn Griffith Griffith Seed Co. 1973-92
Asa Reeves 1975-81
James Trisler Trisler Seed Farms 1977-95
Tom Ainsworth Ainsworth Seed Co. 1978-96
Scott Jones 1978-81
Robert Hughes 1979-82
Phil Kitchen Kitchen Seed Co. 1980-85
Paul Hartke J.M. Schultz Seed Co 1982-89
Larry Lewis Lewis Hybrids, Inc. 1982-2017
Kenneth West 1982-85
Gene Swartz Wilken Seed Grains, Inc. 1983-2009
Jesse Smart Funk Seeds International 1984-89
Paul Montavon Montavon Seed Farms 1986-89
William Kidwell Tabor Seed Division 1986-87
Gerry Rottmann Bergmann-Taylor, Inc. 1987-2005
John Noble, Sr. 1989-93
Daryl Rolland DeKalb Genetics Corp. 1990-99
Lester Thorp Thorp Seed Co. 1990-2003
Robert Troutman 1990-95
James (Jim) Sommer Sommer Bros. Seed Co. 1992-2004
Andrew Stone 1993-94; 1996
Tom Burrus Burrus Bros. Assoc. Growers 1994-99
Charles (Chuck) Simmons Bio-Plant Research, Ltd. 1994-2010
Dave Bruch Mark II Agronomy 1995-99
Barb Griffith Griffith Seed Co. 1995-2005
William (Bill) Rice W.A. Rice Seed Co. 1996-2013
T.J. Hale Central IL Production 1997-2018
Nels Kasey Great Heart Seed Co. 1997-Present
Tim Greene Burrus Bros. Assoc. Growers 2001-2003
Tom Hunsley GROWMARK 2000-2010
Phil Jordan Gentech Seed Services 2001-Present
Jim Swartz LG Seeds 2000
Mike Vanausdoll Kitchen Seed Co. 2004-Present
Ed Zimmer US Soy, LLC 2005-2007
Rick Hochstetler Syngenta 2005-2008
John Hiser Illinois Foundation Seeds 2006-2016
Ken Heinzmann Gateway Seed Co., Inc. 2007-2016
John Rayapati ADM 2008-2010
Doug Baird Baird Seed Co. 2009-Present
Randy Wilken ProHarvest Seeds, Inc. 2010-Present
Ken Martin Beck’s Hybrids 2011-Present
Dale Wehmeyer Wehmeyer Seed Co. 2014-Present
John Widick Champaign County Seed Co. 2017-Present
Ryan White Corteva 2017-Present
Jeremy Thompson Geswein Farm & Land 2018-Present
Mark Puzey Central Illinois Production 2019-Present

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