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November-December 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 6
Purcell named to Altheimer Soybean Chair
Professor Larry Purcell has been appointed to the Ben J. Altheimer Chair for Soybean Research.
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Larry Purcell |
The chair was first endowed in 1968 as one of the first two in the Division of Agriculture and Bumpers College. Established by the Ben. J. Altheimer Foundation, the chair was held by Professor Charles A. Stutte from 1968 until his death in 1991.
The chair was left vacant to allow investment returns to grow the original endowment of $100,000 to a current endowment of $1.5 million. Future earnings will be used to enhance research, teaching and extension programs related to soybean production and to further increase the endowment principal.
John Selig, president of the Ben J. Altheimer Charitable Foundation, Inc., said, "We are pleased to learn of Professor Purcell's appointment to the Chair for Soybean Research. We feel he is eminently qualified and will in the future make significant contributions to the improvement of agriculture in the state of Arkansas through his teaching, research and other service as the holder of this chair."
A crop physiologist in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Purcell’s recent research has focused on ways to mitigate drought damage in soybeans. He teaches courses in organic crop production and plant nutrition. His extension activities include agent training and contributing to the Arkansas Soybean Production Handbook. He is an advisor to the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Soybean Research Verification program.
Dr. Purcell joined the UA faculty in 1993. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in agronomy from the University of Georgia and a doctorate in agronomy from the University of Florida.