Jack McDermid was the Superintendent for the Sherman County Experiment Station from 1946-1964. McDermid was an Extension agent from 1943-1944. A new variety of soft white wheat was named after him.
Robert W. Henderson received a B.S. in Agronomy at Oregon State in 1938. Henderson served as Assistant Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a Farm Crops faculty member from 1946-1976.