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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 66 POTATO GROWER Last year the Neil C. Gudmestad Endowed Chair of Potato Pathology was created in his name. This is the first fully endowed faculty position at North Dakota State University and the first time a current faculty mem- ber has had an endowed chair posi- tion named in his honor. Gilleshammer Award Another award went to a North Dakota seed grower with a long histo- ry in the states potato seed business. Orvil Gilleshammer posthumously received the National Potato Councils Seed Grower of the Year Award also at the NPC Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Orvil passed away this past June at the age of 93. Family members had planned to attend the big event and accept the award in his name but had to cancel those plans at the last minute. Orvils bride of 73 years passed away just three days before the award was to be presented. Joy had been married to Orvil for 73 years before Orvils death this past June. Long-time family friend Brad Nilson accepted the award on behalf of the Gilleshammer family. NPPGA plans to recognize Orvil at the NPPGA Chairmans and Awards Banquet on February 16th. Orvil Peter Gilleshammer was born in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1922 where he lived for a short time before he his family moved back to his mothers childhood farm in north- western Minnesota. In May 1928 the family moved to a farm northwest of Auburn North Dakota. At the age of six Orvil drove a team of horses by himself pulling family furniture to their new farm. Orvil learned to work fields with hors- es at the age of 12. After 12 years of farming around Auburn his parents moved to Tuft Farm by Grafton North Hammer-Lok Steel Building Systems 44434 Harvest Ave. Perham MN 56573 1-844-203-4565 www.hammer-lok.com Full service Design Build General Contractor for all your produce storage needs. Stop By And See Us At The International Crop Expo Show On February 17th and 18th. Booth 253. Brad Nilson right accepted the Seed Grower of the Year Award from NPC President Dan Lake on behalf of the Orvil Gilleshammer family.