| Authors: | Dennis Todey |
| Volume: | Volume 2009, No. 4, 4 June 2009 |
| DOI: | http://www.doi.org/10.46275/JoASC.2009.06.004 |
| Abstract: | Alan R. Bender, 63, of Volga, S.D., died suddenly in Brookings on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. In 1979 he became an engineer and assistant professor of agricultural engineering at SDSU and the following year he completed his master’s degree in agricultural engineering. In 1984 he was named acting director of the SDSU Water Resource Institute, a position he held until 1991. The previous year, he had been named an assistant professor and agricultural engineer in Extension and acting water quality coordinator. From 1991 to 2001 he was South Dakota’s state climatologist. His contributed significantly to the disciplinary knowledge base and helped pioneer many new processes through each of these positions; his professional achievements are too numerous to list. |
| Link: | https://stateclimate.org/pdfs/journal-articles/2008_benderAl-obit-final-2008.pdf |
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