2001 Hall of Fame Inductees |
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Induction of the first 100 members took place during the Centennial Birthday Gala at the State 4-H Forum in Ocean Shores on October 18, 2001. Following is a short biography of each inductee by county.
Whitman County
Helen and Dick Appel have been involved with three generations of 4-H youth, working both as program members and as leaders. Dick has served as the Palouse Empire Fair sheep superintendent. He started "Daddy's Little Shepherd" contest, which is still one of the most popular at the fair. Today Dick helps with the sheep grooming contest, which he started, and the "Old Fogy's" contest. He also serves as president of the Washington State Woolgrowers Assoc. Dick and Helen started the popular "Lads and Ladies Lead" contest. Helen has worked as the sheep barn secretary for years. She is involved with the Make It With Wool program and serves on the State 4-H Fair Board.
Harry Burcalow was associate dean of the WSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics and associate director of WSU Cooperative Extension from 1995-1998. He previously held several Cooperative Extension positions at WSU and the University of Minnesota. His 4-H involvement goes back to Aitkin County, MN, where he was county Extension director in 1964. Currently Burcalow is on the Washington State 4-H Foundation Board. When he retired in1998, he asked that all remembrances go into an endowment to support small grants for the Washington 4-H program.
Della Evans was a 4-H leader for 25 years. She worked as horse superintendent at the Palouse Empire Fair, and worked 10 years in the fair office with registration and computing points earned for all 4-H fair participants. When she retired from that volunteer position, it was filled with a paid staff member. She is a past recipient of the Whitman County Fair Hall of Fame Award. Today Della takes pictures during the county fair and puts together a scrapbook each year, at her own expense. Della has been a member of the State Advisory Board, serving as president in 1976. She was a State 4-H Foundation Board trustee for 10 years. Della took a group of youth from Oregon and Washington to the national Know Your Government Conference in 1982. She and Joe Johnson helped revamp the state horse program in the late 1970's.
Bud Downing worked with Cooperative Extension for 39 years, starting in 1954 as a 4-H farm advisor in Los Angeles County, California. In 1974 Bud accepted a position at WSU as 4-H youth specialist. At WSU, Downing organized the first State Community Pride Conference, which was held in 1974. In June 1975 he chaired the State 4-H Conference and helped found the State 4-H Ambassador program. In 1979 he assumed responsibility for the State 4-H Fair and held that assignment until his retirement. In 1985 Bud chaired the Tri-State 4-H computer project development committee. In 1990 he became interim chair of the Department of Adult & Youth Education, while continuing his 4-H assignments. Downing retired in 1992.
Lester N. Liebel joined the Highlands 4-H Club at age 10 and exhibited prize-winning produce at the Benton County Fair for several years. In 1948 he received an agriculture degree at Washington State College and started his first job as assistant county agent in Grant County. There he helped organize and conduct 4-H clubs for Grant and Douglas counties. From 1952-57 Lester farmed near Johnson, Washington. He left the farm to accept a position as county agent in Stevens County. In 1962, he accepted a fellowship to work toward his doctorate in Extension administration and community leadership at the University of Wisconsin. In 1965 he returned to WSC as state leader in Extension research and training. Liebel retired from WSU in 1981.
Lucille Linden began her 4-H career in 1967. Nurturing "Citizens of the World" through citizenship and cross-cultural education were Lucy's prime 4-H interests. She worked with Washington families and youth who hosted foreign visitors, or who visited abroad. She was involved in the IFYE and the Japan exchange programs. Her Japanese exchange orientation materials were used across the country. Know Your Government introduced the duties and responsibilities of citizenship through community improvement, mock trials, exploring media influence in the political process, and the role of lobbyists and personal contacts with legislators in Olympia. Some of the youth Lucille worked with are now legislators, lawyers, foreign service employees, and elected officials. She retired from WSU in 1996.
Clint Luce worked with the 4-H program throughout his tenure as Whitman County Extension agent from 1954-1988. Luce is in demand as a livestock judge throughout Washington and other states. He is on the State 4-H Foundation and served several years on the Washington State Fair Commission. Luce has received many local, state, and national awards. Recently the Palouse Empire Fair inducted him into its Hall of Fame. (Passed away January 15, 2003)
Rita Sullivan played a major role in planning and organizing State 4-H conferences for 20 years. She also helped lead the Know Your Government Conference and helped launch several new projects, including the beginning home economics project, the 4-H dog project, personal development program, and the career exploration program. (Passed away January 24, 2007)
J. Orville Young was director of WSU Cooperative Extension for 12 years, the longest term of anyone to hold the position. He helped promote the Washington State 4-H Foundation during its early years. Upon his death, in 1988, the J.O. Young Memorial Endowment was established to provide an annual 4-H scholarship.
Nominations due June 1
of current 4-H year
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