PAST INDUSTRY & COMMUNITY:
• Director San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association
• California Cotton Pest ontrol Board
• Board Member California
• Board Member Industry Advisory Committee to the Shafter Experimental Station
• Member Kings County Sherrif Posse
• President Hanford High, Class of 1935
• Past President Westland Water District
• Past president National Cotton Council of America
• Past Chairman Producers Steerring Committee of the National Cotton Council
• Past President Western Cottons Growers Association
• Past President of Kiwanis Club of Lemoore
• Past President Kings County Soil Conservation District
• Past Memebr International Cotton Advisory
• Past Member Advisory Committee of the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences at U.C.
• Past Member Continuous Cotton Variety Testing Committee

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AWARDS RECEIVED
• Cal Poly Distinguished Agriculturalist Award 1972
• Cotton Farmer Magazines Cotton Farmer of the Year 1972
• Cotton Industry Achievement Award from Producers Cotton Oil Company, California State University Fresno 1984
• White House Dinner Guest of President Ronald Regan 1984
• Irrigation Institute Man of the Year 1898
• Inducted into the Cotton Hall of Fame 1992
• American Society of Agronomy Honors for Distinguished Contributors to the Advancement of Human Welfare and Enhancement of California Agriculture 1995
• Kings County Agriculturist of the Year 1995
• The Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award 1999
• American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award 2000
• Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce Agriculturalist of the Year 2002
• The Oscar Johnson Award for Lifetime Achievement 2013