The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 30, 1983, Page Page 8, Image 8

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By Jeff Obrccht
Every semester for more than a decade, Albert
"Dale" Flowerday has introduced students to the
world of agriculture education.
-i However, next spring, a new professor will greet
that 9 am. class. .
After receiving three degrees at UNL and spend
ing 27 years on the staff, Flowerday resigned early
this month to accept a position as agronomy man
ager with Pioneer Hi-Bred International
"111 miss the students," Flowerday said. "They are
inspirational, challenging and always different."
Flowerday is well known on East Campus for hfo
friendly, personal approach with students and for
telling jokes in class, students say.
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' "I try to create an informri, relaxed atmosphere
and maka It fun for the student," he said. "A student
b more likely to learn and retain in a favorable
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Robert Olson advised Flowerday as a graduate
student working on his master's and doctorate pro
grams. Olson said he thinks Flowerday missed hb
' calling. , . ...
With the dynamic personality and gift for spon
taneous wit that he posscses, Olson said, "He should
have been a Bob Hope."
Raised on afarm northeast of Seward, Flowerday.
beon hb undergraduate work at UNL with "aspira
tions of becoming a vocational agriculture teacher.
"In high school I had a very good Voc rg' Instruc
tor who encouraged me to come to coHe"3," Flower
day said. "His name waa V.G. Morford and he was my
hero." :" -
. Flowerday received his bachelor's degree from
UNL in 1B50 and received a fellowship for hb mas
ter's program. The Korean conflict was ur.dcrvay,
and "under pressure from Uncle Sam, I finished my
master's in one year," Flowerday said.
After a two-year hitch in the army, he returned to
UNL and completed hb doctorate program in lCgO.
He had several positions at UNL before accepting a
post in Colombia, South America as deputy director
of the NU mission there. Flowerday said living in
Columbia was a good experience.
"It was a cultural shock coming home," he said.
"People down there worry about where their next
meal b coming from. People here were concerned
about whether their son was going to play little
league or if their daughter was going to be a
cheerleader."
Flowerday returned to UNL in 1S9. He started
hb most recent position of agronomy professor in
1973, with a split appointment CD percent teach
ing and 20 percent research.
In a 10 year period, Flowerday said, the percen
tage of students in hb class with non-farm back
grounds has increased from 5 to 30 percent, which
has made teaching tougher. He said he believes he
has been successful because grades didnt seem to
dilTer between rural and urban students. C
The decline in the nurr.l rr of family farms
showed up thb fdl with fewer students," he f rJd.
There are just not as many people out there on the
farm."
Flowerday leaves the university willi a deep con
cern for resources that support agriculture and the
direction that agriculture will take in the future.
Until government agricultural policies settle on
long-range goals, piecemeal farm programs will con
tinue to get us in trouble, he said. .
The biggest challenge facing Nebraska agricul
ture b the adequate management of ecil and water
resources so we can have a sustained agricultural
future," Flowerday said.
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