Duane Acker, Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources Vice-Chancellor Subject Files
Title: Duane Acker,
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Vice-Chancellor Subject
Files
Creator: Acker,
Duane, 1931-
Dates: 1974-1975, 1984
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear foot)
Collection Number: RG 08-04-01
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Duane Acker, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Vice-Chancellor
Subject Files (RG 08-04-01). Archives & Special Collections, University of
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Biography:
Duane Calvin Acker was born March 13, 1931 in Atlantic, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa
State College with a B.S. in animal husbandry (1952) and an M.S. in animal nutrition
(1953). He worked as an instructor and associate professor of animal science at
Oklahoma State University from 1953-1955, and received his Ph.D. in animal nutrition
there in 1957. He returned to Iowa State College as an associate professor of animal
husbandry (1955-1962), and then as an associate dean of agriculture at Kansas State
University (1962-1966). He then moved to South Dakota University as the dean of
agriculture (1966-1974) and director of Cooperative Extension Service (1971-1974).
Acker came to the University of Nebraska (NU) in 1974-1975 to serve as Vice
Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR). From NU, he
returned to Kansas State University as president (1975-1986) and later headed the
food and agriculture programs at the United States Agency for International
Development (1986-1990). In 1990, he was named administrator of International
Cooperation and Development and Foreign Agricultural Service and assistant secretary
of the United States Department of Agriculture for Science and Education in 1992.
Acker was elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement for Science
(1980) and American Society of Animal Science (1984). He has authored numerous
articles on animal nutrition, the textbook, Animal Science and
Industry (1963), and a series of journal articles on college instruction
and curriculum planning. He was awarded the 4-H Alumni Gold Key Award, American
Future Farmers of America honorary degree, and Distinguished Alumni Awards at Iowa
State University and Oklahoma State University, amongst many others.
Scope and Content:
The Acker subject files consist of correspondence, council reports, meeting minutes,
and Nebraska drought strategy reports relating to the IANR, arranged alphabetically
by subject.
Subjects:
Acker, Duane, 1931-
Agriculture
Agriculture economics
Drought management
Container List:
Series 1: Subject FilesBox 1. Folder 1. Agricultural economics, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 2. Agricultural engineering, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 3. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 4. Agronomy, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 5. Animal science, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 6. Bader, Kenneth (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), 1974
Box 1. Folder 7. Breckenridge, A.C. (Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs), 1974
Box 1. Folder 8. Chancellor's Council, 1974
Box 1. Folder 9. Cooperative Extension Service, 1974-1975
Box 1. Folder 10. Directors (IANR) meetings minutes, 1974
Box 1. Folder 11. Dreeszen, V.H. (Director, Conservative and Survey
Division), 1974
Box 1. Folder 12. Engineering and Technology, Extension Service, 1974
Box 1. Folder 13. Faculty (IANR), 1974
Box 1. Folder 14. Fleming, Richard (University Information Director), 1974
Box 1. Folder 15. Forestry, 1974
Box 1. Folder 16. Hartung, T.E. (Dean, College of Agriculture), 1974
Box 1. Folder 17. Hedges, Ned (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs), 1974
Box 1. Folder 18. Home economics, 1974
Box 1. Folder 19. Horticulture and forestry, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 1. Irrigation and Development program, 1974
Box 2. Folder 2. Koopman, C.H. (Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and
Personnel), 1974
Box 2. Folder 3. McGill, David P. (Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for
Agriculture and Natural Resources), 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 4. Maxwell Arboretum, 1975
Box 2. Folder 5. Nebraska Bankers Association Omaha, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 6. Northeast Station, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 7. Panhandle Station, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 8. Plant pathology, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 9. Poultry and wildlife sciences, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 10. Regents, Board of, 1974
Box 2. Folder 11. Sahs, Warren (Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and
Horticulture), 1975
Box 2. Folder 12. Sample, Steven B. (Vice President for Academic
Affairs), 1974
Box 2. Folder 13. School of Technical Agriculture, Curtis, 1974
Box 2. Folder 14. Statistical Laboratory, 1974-1975
Box 2. Folder 15. Twiehaus, M.J. (Chairman, Department of Veterinary
Science), 1974
Box 2. Folder 16. Varner, D.B. (President), 1974
Box 2. Folder 17. Vice Chancellor's Council (IANR), 1974
Box 2. Folder 18. Water Resources Research Institute, 1974
Box 2. Folder 19. Zumberge, James H. (Chancellor), 1974
Series 2: Reports, 1974-1975, 1984Box 2. Folder 20. Report, "A Drought Strategy for
Nebraska," 1975
Box 2. Folder 21. Report, "Part 1: Executive
Summary," 1984
Box 2. Folder 22. Report, "Part 2: The History of Drought
Response in the Great Plains 1850-1950s," 1984
Box 2. Folder 23. Report, "Part 3: Federal Response to
the Mid 1970s Drought," 1984
Related Material and Resources: Information for Duane Acker's biography came from a 1974 University of Nebraska
Department of Public Relations biography located in RG 52-01-01 Biographical and
Bibliography Records and the Duane
Acker biography from Iowa State University. |