War on Weeds

Will Carpenter has been waging a war on weeds all of his life. He grew up as the son of the District Agent for the Northwest Mississippi Extension Service, so farming principles were a part of his life early on. As a young man in the Delta, he worked during the summers clearing weeds for the Army Corps of Engineers, battling snakes and mosquitos as he worked. At Monsanto, he headed the teams that tested, and ultimately brought to market, weed killers Lasso and Roundup, products that enabled farmers world-wide to battle the crop invaders more easily. So, it is not surprising that he would one day be active in the WSSA, Weed Science Society of America, a non-profit professional society, promoting research, education, and awareness of weeds in managed and natural ecosystems.
Below is a recently compiled, complete list of the presidents of the organization, which includes Dr. Will D Carpenter, who served as president from 1980 to 1981.

WSSA   PRESIDENTS                                             June, 2017

1954-56 R.H. Beatty* -deceased 1-1-67

1956-57 W.B. Ennis-deceased-8-11-2000

1958-59 A.S. Crafts-deceased-2-9-90

1960-61 K.P. Buchholtz-deceased-4-22-69

1962-63 W.C. Shaw-deceased-5-87

1964-65 G. Fred Warren-deceased-7-18-99

1966-67 William Furtick-deceased-5-16-07

1967-68 Richard Behrens-deceased-11-11-2012

1968-69 Boysie Day-deceased-6-5-88

1969-70 G.C. Klingman-deceased-7-27-98

1970-71 L Danielson-deceased-2-98

1971-72 Dayton L. Klingman—deceased-11-3-05

1972-73 Robert P. Upchurch
51 Village View Drive, Apt 3207
Chesterfield, MO 63017
(636) 898-8516
phil@upchurchstory.com

1973-74 Earl Rodgers –deceased-5-5-04

1974-75 Ellery Knake-deceased-3-1-09

1975-76 Charles R. Swanson-deceased 7-3-2015

1976-77 Fred W. Slife-deceased-5-8-02

1977-78 Chester Foy
3804 Brandon Ave. SW
Apartment 8421
Roanoke, VA 24018
(540) 777-7909
clfoy@hotmail.com

1978-79 Paul W Santelmann-deceased 11-17-2014

1979-80 J.R. Hay
238 Christopher Crescent
Saskatoon, SK S7J 3R6
Canada
(306) 373-0922
dar.birder@gmail.com

1980-81 Will D. Carpenter
209 South Woods Mill, Road 2202
Chesterfield, MO 63017-9625
(314) 469-0385
will.carpenter@sbcglobal.net

1981-82 Don E. Davis deceased-2-21-07

1982-83 T.J. Sheets-deceased 7-6-013

1983-84 C.G. McWhorter – deceased-6-17-03

1984-85 John Nalewaja-deceased
11-11-2014

1985-86 James D Riggleman-deceased
4-4-2014

1986-87 Orvin C. Burnside-deceased
5-29-2017

1987-88 Jean H Dawson
9103 S. Moore Rd
Prosser, WA 99350
(509) 786-3956
JeanandConnie@gmail.com

1988-89 John F Ahrens-deceased-11-10-012

1989-90 Homer M LeBaron-deceased-6-12-012

1990-91 Larry W. Mitch-deceased-8-16-2000

1991-92 John R Abernathy
4805 95th St.
Lubbock, TX 79424
(806) 794-3438
cinjona2@sbcglobal.net

1992-93 Joe Antognini
704 Central Ave., Apt 223
Summerville, SC 29483
(843) 873-8264

1993-94 Harold D. Coble
202 Frostwood Drive
Cary, NC 27518
(919) 851-1775
Harold.coble@earthlink.net

1994-95 Alex G Ogg, Jr
PO Box 53
Ten Sleep, WY 82442
(307) 366-2444
ogga@tctwest.net

1995-96 Jim L Barrentine
1519 N Starr Dr
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 587-0545
James.barrentine@cheminova.com

1996-97 Stephen O. Duke
USDA-ARS,NPURU
Cochran Res. Center
School of Pharmacy
PO Box 1848
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-1036
sduke@olemiss.edu

1997-98 Calvin G Messersmith
288 Prairiewood Dr. S
Fargo, ND 58105-5051
(701) 237-3751
cal.messersmith@ndsu.edu

1998-99 F. Dan Hess-deceased-8-4-2000

1999-2000 James ‘Mike’ Chandler
1324 Tidwell Lane
Celina, TX 75009
(979) 575-4864

2000-01 Lawrence R. (Dick) Oliver
18964 Melanie Rd
Springdale, AR 72764
(479)751-3905
trinaoliver@cox.net

2001-02 Charlotte Eberlein
1408 Holly Drive
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Ph: 208/736-3600
c.b.eberlein@gmail.com

2002-03 Bradley A Majek
Rutgers Agric. Res. & Ext. Center
121 Northville Rd
Bridgeton, NJ 08302-5919
(856) 455-3100 ext 4122
majek@aesop.rutgers.edu

2003-04 Allan S Hamill
2643 County Road 20 RR#1
Harrow, ON NOR 1G0
CANADA
(519) 738-6932
alhamill70@gmail.com

2004-05 Donald C Thill
2641 Weymouth Street
Moscow, Idaho 83843
Ph: 509-330-2199
dthill@uidaho.edu

2005-06 Carol Mallory-Smith
Crop & Soil Science
Oregon State University
107 Crop Science Bldg
Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
(541) 737-5883
Carol.mallorysmith@oregonstate.edu

2006-07 Dale Shaner
4815 Stonehaven Drive
Ft. Collins, CO 80525
(970) 556-826
daleshaner@aol.com

2007-08 Jill Schroeder
Agronomist/Weed Scientist
USDA-Office of Pest Mgmt Policy
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 3871-South Bldg, MS-0314
Washington, D.C. 20250
(202) 720-0066
Jill.schroeder@ars.usda.gov

2008-09 Jeffrey Derr
Virginia Tech
Hampton Roads Ag. Res. & Ext.
Center
1444 Diamond Springs Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23455-3363
(757) 363-3912
jderr@vt.edu

2009-10 David Shaw
Mississippi State University
Office of Research and Econ. Develop.
617 Allen Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-3570
dshaw@research.msstate.edu
2012-2013 Rod Lym
North Dakota State University
Loftsgard Hall
Fargo, ND 58108
(701) 231-8996
rod.lym@ndsu.edu

2010-11 John Jachetta
222 Impala Drive
Roseburg, OR 97470
Cell: 317-496-1202
jjachetta@gmail.com

2013-14 James Kells
Michigan State University
Crop and Soil Sciences
East Lansing, MI 46624
(517) 355-0271
kells@msu.edu

2011-12 Michael Barrett
Univ. of Kentucky
Dept. of Plant and Soil Science
1405 Veterans Drive
Lexington, KY 40546
(859) 218-0712
mbarrett@uky.edu

2014-2015 Joe DiTomaso
Dept. of Plant Science, MS4
Univ. of California
One Shield Ave.
Davis, CA
(530) 754-8715
jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu

2015-2016 Dallas Peterson
Dept. Of Agronomy
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
(785) 532-0405)
dpetersonso@ksu.edu

2016-2017 Kevin Bradley
201 Waters Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
(573/882-4039
bradleyke@missouri.edu

2017-2018 Janis McFarland
Syngenta Crop Protection
410 Swing Road
Greensboro, NC 27419
(336) 707-5873
Janis.mcfarland@syngenta.com