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Sholar Selected to Receive OSU DASNR Distinguished Alumnus Award
Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:28:57 CDT
The executive director of the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission has been selected to receive a top award from the agriculture program at Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Ron Sholar will receive the 2012 Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Distinguished Alumnus Award.
In addition to serving at the head of the oilseed commission, Sholar serves as the executive director of the Great Plains Canola Association.
Sholar earned master's and doctoral degrees from OSU. He then served on the faculty for more than 30 years. He was a professor of agronomy and served as an Extension agronomist. He was responsible for statewide programs in peanuts and soybeans and coordinated interdisciplinary programs for oilseed crops.
Sholar also served as a major general in the U.S. Army, and retired in 2010 as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command.
He and his wife, Linda, a retired public school teacher, reside in Stillwater.
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