"The Hyslop Professorship is an extremely important position because it allows us to target funds to issues important to the industries related to seed production," Hulting said.
"It's a great honor. I'm so thankful that the Hyslop family had the foresight to create this endowment. It's a rare opportunity to have this amount of time to develop important projects."
George R. Hyslop's family and friends established a large endowment with the OSU Foundation that provides funds for several activities, including the Hyslop Professorship, within OSU's Crop and Soil Science Department.
Hyslop was the first to head the Department of Farm Crops at Oregon Agricultural College in the early 1900s.
Hulting assumes the position as Oregon seed production charts a course towards a more prosperous future.
"We've come out of a huge downturn in grass seed production, and the market is looking more positive," Hulting said. "We've seen a lot of growth in clover seed production and in some other important seed crops. There's good demand for our products and we are starting to turn around and see a more positive outlook for all seed production." FG
—From Oregon State University news release. Denise Ruttan is a public service communications specialist for OSU.
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Andrew Hulting has been selected to serve in Oregon State University's newest endowed professorship.Photo courtesy of OSU.
