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Greensboro, NC: Dr. John M. O'Sullivan received the
R. E. Jones Award on November 17, at the annual State Cooperative Extension
Conference in Raleigh.
O'Sullivan, a farm management and marketing specialist, has been with the
NC A&T Cooperative Extension Program for 14 years.
Co-chairperson of North Carolina Cooperative Extension's "Marketing
and Production of Alternative Agricultural Opportunities and Enterprises"
initiative, O'Sullivan leads Extension efforts across the state in the
marketing of alternative agricultural products.
He is also sustainable agriculture coordinator for NC A&T, and a member
of Partners in Agriculture, a Kellogg Foundation funded project designed
to address sustainable agriculture issues.
Additionally, O'Sullivan works with NC A&T's Voices Reaching Visions
project to develop the economic, organizational, leadership and community
potential of struggling rural communities.
Working closely with Extension agents and paraprofessionals at county Cooperative
Extension centers, he helps the state's small-scale farmers explore marketing
strategies such as identifying a niche market or making use of local and
state farmer's markets.
Prior to joining the NC A&T faculty in 1983, O'Sullivan served as an
associate professor of African history at Tuskegee Institute.
He holds both a Ph.D. in African History and an M. A. in African Studies
from UCLA, an M. S. in Agricultural Economics from Auburn University, and
a B. A. in History from Stanford University.
The R. E. Jones award is presented annually by the North Carolina A&T
State University Cooperative Extension Program to an Extension professional
who devotes more than half of their time to serving a limited-resource
audience.
Robert Earl Jones, a former Cooperative Extension director at NC A&T
State University, passed away in 1991. Mr. Jones was actively involved
in the integration of Extension services during the 1960s, and was the
first African American to be inducted into North Carolina's Agricultural
Hall of Fame.
O'Sullivan and his wife, Rita, a UNCG professor, have three children, and
live in Greensboro.
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For more information, please contact Dr. Daniel Lyons, NC A&T State
University, Cooperative Extension Program, (910) 334-7024.
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