Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame Members
John Ed Regenold
Class XXVIII
John Ed Regenold began his career with the Armorel Planting Company in 1953. Under his leadership the company and its …
Russell Roy Reynolds
Class XXXIV
Russell Roy (R.R.) Reynolds’ contributions to modern, sustainable forest management are almost too numerous to adequately capture in a …
Ernest Ritter
Class VII
Ernest Ritter was one of the founders of the town of Marked Tree and a man of rare vision and …
Roy Ritter
Class XV
Roy Ritter was born in 1908 in the Wheeler Community in Washington County. He went to work selling surplus grapes …
Winthrop Rockefeller
Class IV
Winthrop Rockefeller moved to Arkansas from his native state of New York in 1953. He purchased land and established Winrock …
Dr. Harry R. Rosen
Class VI
Dr. Harry R. Rosen made numerous significant contributions to Arkansas agriculture in over 40 years as a professor of plant …
Jane Ross
Class XXXIII
A native of Arkadelphia, Jane Ross founded the Ross Foundation in 1967 with her mother, Ester Clark Ross. The Ross …
Senator Stanley Russ
Class XIV
Senator Stanley Russ exhibited a commitment and interest in argiculture early in his life, and that commitment has never waned …
Carmon R. “C. R.” Sawrie
Class IX
Carmon R. “C. R.” Sawrie was born and reared on a farm in Greenbrier, Arkansas. He graduated from Greenbrier, then …
Vernon Scott
Class X
Vernon Scott spent more than 50 years working for the betterment of agriculture and his fellow man. He earned an …
Gary Don Sebree
Class XXX
A third-generation rice farmer, Gary Sebree has spent his life advancing the rice industry in Arkansas and U.S. Sebree …
L. F. “Fred” Seidenstricker
Class VI
L. F. “Fred” Seidenstricker was born and reared on his family farm near Hazen. He attended public school there through …
Romeo E. Short
Class I
Romeo E. Short was born in Illinois, but was raised in Iowa. He graduated from the teachers college in Cedar …
R. E. Short, Jr.
Class XI
R. E. Short, Jr. grew up in Wheatley, Arkansas. His father Romeo Ennis Short and his mother Darlene Shearer Short …
Dr. Milo J. Shult
Class XXIV
Dr. Milo Shult concluded 38 years of service to agriculture, first at Texas A&M University, and the final 18 as …
Dr. Terry Siebenmorgen
Class XXXII
Dr. Terry Siebenmorgen is an international leader in rice research, particularly in processing and drying of the cereal grain. He …
Mark C. Simmons
Class XXX
Under Mark Simmons’ leadership and supervision his family company, Simmons Foods, has grown into one of the nation’s largest …
Gary Sitzer
CLASS XXXVI
A full-time farmer for more than 45 years, Gary Sitzer has taken his love of agriculture beyond his Poinsett County …
Leonard Sitzer
Class XXIII
With only a 10th-grade education, Leonard Sitzer returned home from a tour of duty with the Army inChina …
Betty T. Sloan
Class XX
Betty Sloan spearheaded the efforts of one ofNortheast Arkansas’ largest farming operations as president and manager of E. Sloan Farms …