OSU Agriculture Honors

Brashears is an animal and food sciences professor at Texas Tech University, and in 2019, Brashears was inducted as the fifth Senate-confirmed undersecretary of food safety, which is the highest food safety job in the U.S. government.

Campbell has spent a career in Extension serving multiple roles, including Oklahoma Gardening television host and assistant director of agriculture and rural development programs and associate director for OSU Extension.

Galyean currently is the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Texas Tech University, where he holds the position of Paul Whitfield Horn Professor in Texas Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences.

The Ramsey brothers are co-owners of Blue and Gold Sausage Co. in Jones, Oklahoma, a family-owned and operated company, and household name in the state of Oklahoma. Both Brett and Greg returned to the company after graduating from OSU.

Robson's career has centered around ranching, banking and real estate, and he is the current owner of Robson Ranch, a successful cattle operation that has been in his family since he was a young boy growing up in the Depression.

Burger had a long career at Chesapeake Energy, where she retired as the senior vice president of human and corporate resources in 2013. In June 2018, Burger became the first female president of Oklahoma City University in its 114 years.

Richardson currently serves as a senior research career scientist at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, as well as an adjunct professor for OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.

Sidwell owns and operates Sidwell Insurance Agency in Goltry, Oklahoma, where she assists producers throughout Oklahoma and Kansas with crop insurance and is an advocate for agriculture.

Sisters Taylor and the late Pass both are graduates of OSU. The sisters went their separate ways after completing their bachelor’s degrees. Pass continued her education at OSU, and Taylor participated in the ROTC program and earned her master’s degree at Kansas State University, while stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas.

White, a native of Czechoslovakia, received degrees from her home country and Indiana University. She left Czechoslovakia after Russian troops invaded her country in efforts to halt political reform and was granted political asylum and a green card. White and her husband, Dennis, found their way to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where they have philanthropic interests.