Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

A newsletter for faculty, staff and students

January-February 2006 • Vol. 32, No. 1

Table of Contents

WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

• Notables
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Projects
• New Publications
• Coming Events

HEADLINES

• Dean reviews 2005 accomplishments
• 700-plus attend ‘Party of the Century’
• Food Science Building expanded
• Robert Bacon is CSES interim head
• Robertson to coordinate Apparel Studies major
• Food packaging, processing expert joins UA faculty
• AGCS adds digital media specialist
• Donors provide new scholarships and building funds
• Legislature applauds UA fruit breeding program
• Crop Biotechnology minor proposed
• Bumpers welcomes transfer students
• Magazine features U of A spinach breeding program
• Congratulations to fall graduates
• Poultry science students win national awards for research
• CSES students win ASA poster contest

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Robert Bacon is CSES interim head

Professor Robert Bacon is serving as interim head of the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences following the retirement in December of Jim Barrentine.

Robert Bacon		Jim Barrentine

Dr. Barrentine had served as department head since 1997. He remains active as a consultant with the Cheminova plant protection chemical company.

During Dr. Barrentine’s tenure, the department name was changed from Agronomy to its current name. An advisory council of alumni and friends was organized, which assisted with recruiting and with the Delta Classic golf tournament. The annual golf event held in eastern Arkansas greatly enhanced the department’s scholarship endowment.

Also during his tenure, the department added minors in Wildlife Habitat and Crop Biotechnology.

Dr. Barrentine has B.S. and M.S. degrees in agronomy from the U of A and a Ph.D. in weed science from Purdue University.

Before joining the UA faculty, he had a distinguished career in the plant protection chemical industry, culminating in a position as director of North American Crop Technical Services, Development and Registration, for DowElanco.

Dr. Bacon has B.S. and M.S. degrees in agronomy from the U of A and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in plant breeding and genetics. He joined the faculty in 1984 to conduct breeding and production research with winter wheat, oats and canola.