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DASNR Champion Award Honors Paul Jackson
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:09:07 CDT
The late Paul Jackson will be recognized as a 2012 DASNR Champion Award recipient by Oklahoma State University's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources March 28. Jackson will be honored along with recipients William L. Ford and Virgil Jurgensmeyer.
The DASNR Champion award recognizes and honors those who are not graduates of OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources but who have brought distinction to the division while demonstrating a continuing interest in and commitment for agricultural sciences and natural resources.
Even after his passing, Jackson remains renowned for his accomplishments as a wheat producer, conservationist and humanitarian. A third-generation Oklahoma farmer, he successfully managed and expanded an operation that began with the purchase of a parcel of land near Apache by his grandfather in 1912.
For more than a quarter century Jackson worked with DASNR scientists and educators from the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service to continually develop improvements in wheat varieties used by state producers.
"His work in the field has been praised and honored for decades by a variety of public and private organizations; however, it may be his commitment to helping young people and the disadvantaged that helped set him apart, and is a major reason why he was inducted into the Oklahoma Agricultural Hall of Fame by then Gov. Brad Henry in 2003," said Bob Westerman, assistant vice president for DASNR program support.
Jackson, along with his wife Dosia whom he married in 1951, worked tirelessly for decades in support of youth groups such as 4-H and FFA, and they were strong supporters of the Ag In the Classroom program. Jackson also was a leader in Apex, a group that helps physically and emotionally handicapped persons find jobs and improve their self-esteem.
An OSU Master Agronomist Award recipient, Jackson devoted a life of service to agriculture. In addition to being a longtime member of the DASNR Dean's Advisory Council, Jackson was a member of the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association for more than 40 years; Oklahoma Seed Trade Association, Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association for more than 35 years; Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association for more than 25 years; and the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation, Oklahoma Farmers Union and Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program for more than 20 years.
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