CALS STORIES Online monthly e-newsletter recently put out a call to students and alumni for stories of their favorite teachers. Three economics department faculty were recognized:
"The late Dr. William Murray, professor emeritus, led class discussions and made assignments that were so realistic to the days just before rapid increases in land values. His assignments reflected the need for students to understand the value of land resources needed for safe borrowing for production with lending institutions, and costs of marketing of crops and livestock was also a factor in land values. I remember that the class assignment of calculating the value of the farm I was raised on came within $25 per acre of what his assessment was, which I thought was rather remarkable." --William Thom ('61 farm operations)
"Professor Dermot Hayes was my favorite professor. His ability to take a fun example to teach Economics was a tactic that really worked with our class." --Holden Asmus
"My favorite #CALS educator was Dr. Chad Hart. It's because of him that I am in the cash grain business." --Donna Klostermann