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John S. "Pat" Neild, Jr. ('51) volunteers with three Historic Preservation Societies. He is president of the south Dorchester Folk Museum; trustee of the Dorchester County HIstorical Society; and president of the Grace Foundation of Taylors island. He is also a Rotarian and part-time farmer growing grapes, making wine, hunting and fishing.
Amye Hottel Childs ('56) is a volunteer at the Montgomery County Fair, her church, the local hospital and museums. She and her husband, Dan, love to travel. For their 50th wedding anniversary they spent two month in Australia. Their next trip is being planned for the winter of 2010 to South Africa. When they're not on the road, they reside in Brookeville, MD.
Janet Shank Stiles Fulton ('77 Dairy Science) was featured in the promotional piece for Crop Insurance in Maryland produced by the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Fulton has survived personal misfortune and figured out how to survive the ups and downs of diary farming. When her first husband died in 2000 she was left with two teenagers and a dairy operation which she has run ever since. She served on the board of directors of the Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative for ten year and was the world Diary Expo Woman of Distinction in 200?. She has modernized her operation and credits a good education as a tool in risk management strategies.
Kathleen Lackey Gonzalez ('86 Animal Sciences) is the owner of a small animal veterinarian inn at Elk Neck Veterinary Clinic in Elkton, MD. The state of the art veterinary clinic and boarding facility opened in October 2008.
Peter Machado ('06 & '08 Biological Resources Engineering & Nutrition and Food Science) is a research scientist at the Hershey Tech Center in Hershey, PA. He is primarily working with new technologies and emerging product ideas. He indeed makes "lots of chocolate " but mostly in lab scale batches. His largest batch was a 250 lb. batch of chocolate. His experiences during graduate school with Dr. Martin Lo running the tobacco processing plant at College Park were instrumental in him landing the job at Hershey with his new M.S. degree last spring. He and his family are regulars at the Ag Day breakfast and yes, he does bring chocolate to campus when he visits.

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Last updated: 08/25/2009