Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Agriculture Hall of Fame inducts five
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame inducted five new members, all with connections to the Division of Agriculture and Bumpers College, on March 16 in the Ambassador Ballroom of Little Rock’s Embassy Suites Hotel. The newest class includes Dale Bumpers, former U.S. senator and governor of Arkansas, Troy Buck of Alpine in Clark County, Harold Loyd “Hal” Lewis of Doddridge, Robert L. “Bob” McGinnis of West Memphis and Betty T. Sloan of Jonesboro. Dale Bumpers championed numerous agricultural causes and aided agricultural development with significant government investment. He was a ranking member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee; on the Senate Appropriations Committee, chairing its Agriculture, Rural Development & Related Agencies Subcommittee; and chairman/ranking member of the Senate Small Business Committee. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees renamed the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences in 1995. Troy Buck is an award-winning and innovative vocational-agriculture teacher of 46 years’ experience with B.S. and M.S. degrees in agriculture from the U of A. He established the state’s first and only high school custom meat-processing lab at Centerpoint High School at Amity in Clark County). He currently has 100 head of beef cattle, two poultry breeder houses and produces Bermuda hay on 400 acres. Hal Lewis is a researcher whose work contributed to development of the cotton module builder, boll weevil eradication technology and the micronaire test procedure that helps producers find the best time to defoliate and harvest. As a plant breeder, he introduced three cotton varieties, four commercial soybean varieties and two commercial grain sorghum hybrids. Lewis has a Ph.D. degree from the U of A. He was a professor at Texas Tech University, manager of physiology ad biochemistry research for the national Cotton Council and director of research for Cotton Incorporated. He is currently president and general manager of Scientific Seed Co., H.L. Lewis Farm and Hal Lewis Enterprises. Bob McGinnis is a cotton producer and 20-year member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He has a B.S. degree in agriculture. He is chairman of the Arkansas Soil Test Review Board. McGinnis was chairman of Cotton Incorporated and served as advisor to the National Cotton Council on federal regulatory issues. He was instrumental in establishing the Arkansas’ Boll Weevil Eradication Program and Soil Testing Review Board. As a public servant and citizen, McGinnis has been a staunch advocate for agriculture. Betty Sloan has headed one of Northeast Arkansas’ largest farming endeavors as president/ manager of the family-owned 15,000-acre E. Sloan Farms and B&G Land Co. She is a long-active social and farm advocate and has received much recognition for her leadership in wildlife and historical preservation. Sloan has a B.S.H.E. degree from the U of A and is a former home economics teacher. She helped establish the Sloan Heritage Farm adjacent to the Old Davidsonville State Park and was honored by the Division of Agriculture and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for support of the Acres for Wildlife Program. The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Farm Bureau sponsor the Agriculture Hall of Fame. The program honors those who have made significant contributions to Arkansas agriculture, as well as community and economic development. |
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