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***Please note: most events are free, but space and meals are limited. Please send RSVPs no later than 5:00 pm, September 12, to Ms. Ann Arendt at 612.625.8200 or anna@umn.edu

Tuesday SEPT. 18

Welcome Day

495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, and Stakman Hall, 1519 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN

11:00-2:30 Coffee and conversation with Emeritus Faculty, 403 Stakman

1:00-2:00 Campus Facility Tours leaving from 403 Stakman

3:00-6:30 Picnic and Softball Game, Catered by Famous Dave’s North Hall Gymnasium Field, St. Paul Campus (RSVP)

Wednesday. SEPT. 19

Legacy Day: Departments’ Past, Present, & Future

-135 Continuing Education and Conference Center, 1890 Buford Avenue, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

MORNING SESSION

7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast (RSVP)

8:30-9:00 Welcome Remarks – Professor Allen Levine, Dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, and Professor Carol Ishimaru, Head, Department of Plant Pathology

9:00-10:00 The Genesis of Plant Pathology at Minnesota
– Professor Richard Zeyen (U of MN)

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-10:40 Dr. Stakman and Mr. Fletcher, a special relationship
– Dr. Eugene Hayden (alumnus)

10:40-11:20 The International Impact of Dr. J. George (Dutch) Harrar
– Dr. Guy Baird (former member of the Rockefeller Foundation - Colombia and India Programs)

11:20-12:00 Audience Participation, Question and Answer Session
– Drs. Norman Borlaug, Leon Hesser, Eugene Hayden, Guy Baird, Richard Zeyen, Thor Kommedahl, Paul Peterson

12:00-1:00 Buffet Lunch (RSVP)

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:15-2:15 Department of Plant Pathology in the 21st Century
– Professor Brian Steffenson presiding
Continuing the Legacy – Professor and Head, Carol Ishimaru
New Tools to Battle Ancient Enemies of Cereal Crops – Professor Brian Steffenson, Mr. Pablo Olivera (Ph.D. candidate), Professor Ruth Dill-Macky
Microbial Ecology: What Lies Beneath the Prairie? – Professor Linda Kinkel

2:15 Coffee Break

2:30-3:30 Global Impact of the Department’s Research and Education – Professor Deborah Samac (USDA) presiding
Addressing Today’s Plant Disease Challenges –Asst. Professor Dean Malvick
Advances in Understanding and Using Plant Disease Resistance - Professor Nevin Young and Asst. Professor James Bradeen
The Indiana Jones’s Guide to Wood-Rotting Fungi: Extreme Environments and Fantastic Adventures – Professor Robert Blanchette

5:00-8:00 Alumni and Friends Dinner & Social, Continuing Education and Conference Center (CECC) Dining Room (RSVP, $25/person)
Music and Social beginning at 5:00. Dinner served at 6:00.
Brief program to follow:
A Tribute to Norman Borlaug – Future Challenges – Dr. Robert Herdt (retired Rockefeller Foundation Economist, Cornell University adjunct Professor)

Thursday SEPT. 20

Open House and Awards Day

- 135 Continuing Education and Conference Center, 1890 Buford Avenue, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

11:00-11:30 Departmental Awards - Professor Carol Ishimaru

11:30-12:10 E.C. Stakman Award to be presented posthumously to Sir Bent Skovmand
– Professor Richard Zeyen (Eugenia, Astrid, and Francisco Skovmand, and Kirsten Skovmand-Wilson accepting)

12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch (RSVP)

1:30-2:30 Audience Participation, Question and Answer Panel Discussion (The Legacy, The Current Department, and the Future)
– Drs. Carol Ishimaru, Philip Larsen, Neil Anderson, Norman Borlaug, Leon Hesser, Guy Baird, Frank Pfleger, Richard Zeyen, Paul Peterson, et al.

3:00-4:30 Public Reception Honoring Sir Bent Skovmand and Norman Borlaug (RSVP)
Dr. Leon Hesser, author, “The Man Who Fed the World” Brief program beginning at 3:30.

4:30-5:30 Campus Facility Tours leaving from the reception in the CEC beginning at 4:30, for interested individuals.

Friday SEPT. 21 - Mycological Foray

Mycological Foray
RSVP to Bob Blanchette via e-mail at: robertb@umn.edu