Jerome K. Pasto, BS ’38 MS ’46 PhD ’50 (97), of State College, Penn., died on March 17. The former Cornell extension specialist also worked with the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and spent much of his career at Penn State, where he became associate dean of resident education in the College of Agricultural Sciences and was the namesake of an agricultural museum. Pasto was the author or co-author of 70 publications and articles on his research. He also served as a specialist with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at its headquarters in Rome, Italy for two years and traveled widely in Asia and the Far East, conducting seminars on farm production under limited agricultural resources. In 1971, he was named among the Outstanding Educators of America and served as president of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. He also served on the CALS Advisory Council from 1978 to 1985. Read his full obituary.
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