From the March 1956
issue of Extension Farm-News
Distinguished Service Award to D.S. Weaver, left, Extension director,
is presented by J.O.W. Gravely, Ayden, retiring president of the N.C. section
of the American Society of Agricultural
Engineers. Weaver was the first head of the department of agricultural
engineering at the college. The award was made during the winter meeting of the
society.
Weaver Receives Service Award
D.S. Weaver,
director of the State College Agricultural Extension Service, received the
Distinguished Service Award of the N.C. Section of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers at the winter meeting held at State College, March 9 and
10.
It was the first
such award given by the North Carolina group “in recognition and gratitude for
outstanding contribution to the advancement of agricultural engineering in the
State of North Carolina.”
New officers of the
society, elected at the meeting, are: Ray Ritchie, Extension specialist, State
College, president; J.P. Dail, Greensboro, first vice president; E.H. Frazier,
Raleigh, second vice president; and Dr. B.F. Parker, assistant professor of
agricultural engineering, State College, secretary-treasurer.
An engraved
parchment, presented to Weaver by J.O.W. Gravely of Ayden, retiring chairman of
the section, cited him as an “outstanding early leader in the field of
agricultural engineering in North Carolina and the southeast, who as department
head organized the first agricultural engineering department and initiated the
first professional curriculum in agricultural engineering at N.C. State
College, and who furnished active leadership in the development of rural
electrification….”
Around 50 engineers
attended the conference.
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