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Life Membership in the Association is an honor granted by the Board of Directors to members who have had a longstanding record of service and dedication to the Association and the vegetable, potato or berry industries of the Commonwealth.
Paul Rowe - Grower and former Director and President (deceased)
Norman Reber - former Editor of Pennsylvania Farmer magazine (deceased)
Charles Noll - former Associate Professor of Olericulture at The Pennsylvania State University (deceased)
Robert Fletcher - Professor Emeritus of Vegetable Crops Extension at The Pennsylvania State Univ. (deceased)
Ernest Bergman ‘87 - Professor Emeritus of Plant Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University
William Baronner ‘89 - Grower and former Director and President
Cyril Smith ‘89 - Professor Emeritus of Plant Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University
Amos Funk ‘90 - Grower and former Director and President
Louis Orient ‘91 - Grower and former Director and President (deceased)
Donald Daum ‘95 - former Professor of Agricultural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Jurchak ‘95 - former County Extension Director and Senior Extension Agent in Lackawanna Co. (deceased)
Arthur Pallman ‘95 - Grower
Warren Thompson ‘96 - Grower and former Director and President
Rudolph Grob '01 - Director and Secretary-Treasurer
Boyd Mertz ’02 – Grower and former Director, President and Secretary-Treasurer
Wilfred Richards ’04 – Grower and former Director
Daniel Schantz ’05 – Grower, Director and former President
Peter Ferretti '06 - Professor of Vegetable Crops at The Pennsylvania State University