Left, Harry R. Wellman, '21, vice president and dean of Ag. at the University of California; Barnard Joy, '30, with the Agricultural Research Administration; Burton Wood, '33, head of the OSC Ag. Econ. Dept. and a member of the advisory committee to Secretary of Ag. Benson; D.B. Deloach, '27, former OSC staff member now with the Bureau of Ag. Econ., Washington, D.C.
Front, left to right: Earl O. Heady, Iowa State college, vice president; Thomas K. Cowden, Michigan State college, president for 1953-54; G. Burton Wood, OSC, vice president; Back row: Joe Ackerman, associate director of the Farm Foundation, Chicago, president elect for 1954-55; Lawrence Witt, Michigan State college, editor of the Journal of Farm Economics; and Earl Butz, Purdue, Secretary-treasurer.