Ethel Austin Martin Society
Ethel Austin Martin Society
Ethel Austin Martin, a 1916 graduate of South Dakota State and long-experienced in the nutrition field, joined her husband in endowing a faculty chair in human nutrition. Dr. Martin was director of Nutrition Services for the National Dairy Council for 22 years. She authored several textbooks on nutrition and achieved national recognition as a human nutrition professor, scientist and author.
The purpose of the Ethel Austin Martin Endowed Program in Human Nutrition is to promote multidisciplinary and collaborative education and research projects in the area of human nutrition. Dr. Bonny Specker is director of the Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition at SDSU and is conducting research involving bone parameters in children ages three and four and bone mass among the Hutterite population.
In honor of the Martin Chair in Human Nutrition, the Ethel Austin Martin Society recognizes donors with lifetime gifts and commitments through the SDSU Foundation of $500,000 to $999,999.
Members of the Ethel Austin Martin Society:
- Agtegra Cooperative
- Rusty and Sherry Antonen
- ARAMARK
- Brent L. Bargmann
- Bayer CropScience LP
- Bel Brands USA
- Jack R. and Betty M. Bennett
- Shirley and Jerry Bergum
- Keith J. and S. Kathern Sundet Biever
- Joye Ann Billow
- Stockwell Engineers, Inc./Jon and Wendy Brown
- Ortwin K. Buss
- Tom and Karen Chester
- Zora Colburn
- Lonita Corothers
- S.K. Dash
- Mary G. Decker
- Dorothy, Shirley, and Virgil Deethardt
- Adela D. Dolney
- William M. Douglas and Ann M. Foster-Douglas
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Mary and Jack East
- East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
- Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
- F.O. Butler Foundation
- Rod and Glenna Fouberg
- Ron and Anita Frankenstein
- Alex S. Halbach
- John M. Hanson
- Haver Foundation
- Heartland Energy
- Ronald and Margaret Hegge
- Helen Roberti Charitable Trust
- Cheryl J. Hendricks
- Libby Henry
- Howard (H2) and Kay (Stubkjaer) Hesby
- Greg Hoch
- Richard A. and Kathryn A. Howard
- Tom and Kathleen Hruby
- Gordon Huber
- David and Selina Hume
- Eric J. and Michelle K. Jennings
- Selma J. Kendrick
- William and Marjorie Kessler
- Donald and Francisca Kluckman
- David W. and Trish Kruger
- K. Lorette Lackey
- Land O’ Lakes Foundation
- Gary D. and Theresa H. Lemme
- Venance H. and Deborah A. Lengkeek
- Jeannette C. Lusk
- James O. and Arlene H. Martin
- Edward F. McLean
- Patricia C. Mickelson and Joseph J. Drach
- Peggy and Bob Miller
- Mills Construction, Inc. (Randy and Stacey Hanson)
- Minnesota Pork Board
- Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
- Jo Ann Murray
- James G. and Susan K. Nachtigal
- Bill and Angie Nibbelink
- Neil O. Ohman
- Ella Ollenburg
- Marcella C. Olson
- Scott and Valerie (Lind) Parsley
- Howard and Lou Ann Paulson
- Marvin and Carolyn Petersen
- Carol J. Peterson and Charles R. Peterson
- Brett D. Pettigrew
- Pioneer/Corteva
- Michael V. Relf
- Fred J. and Ardyne M. Rittershaus
- Kevin C. and Debra D. Roberts
- Les and Wanda Roberts
- Michael L. and Nancy A. Roberts
- Sybil and Ervin Schafer
- Dorothy M. Schaphorst
- Ronald D. Schmidt
- Greg and Janet Schmieding
- Rebecca “Becky” S. Schmieding
- Lynn and Joan Seppala
- Joanne Sisco
- Ella Skorr
- Lowell D. and Karen E. Somsen
- South Dakota Board of Technical Professions
- South Dakota Pork Producers Council
- Jeanne Steinharter
- Tetra Pak Processing Equipment, Inc.
- Larry Tidemann and Gail Dobbs Tidemann
- Alyce B. Travers
- Wesley G. and Lois J. Tschetter
- TSP, Inc.
- Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture / 777 Bison Ranch / Durham Ranches, Inc.
- Kimberly Tyler
- Clayton Van Den Berg
- Gary C. and Sharon R. Van Riper
- Vera Way Marghab
- Wayne J. and Donna R. Viitanen
- Joseph P. Vogel
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Garry A. Waba
- Chuck and Judy Waggoner
- Mark T. and Kathryn A. Walker
- Wayne and Ruth Waltz
- Myrna Hennrich Williamson
- Robert and Eveleen Wilson
