28TH ANNUAL HALL OF FAME

Dennis was born and raised on a relatively large dairy farm in NW Arkansas. After graduating high school and attend computer operating school, he spent four years in the USMC. Twenty-seven months were spent in Vietnam - flying as a crewmember on EC-121 Constellation and P-3 Orion AWAC aircraft. Dennis will retire with over 30 year’s service from his duties as Associate Department Head – Extension Engineer of the Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture – Cooperative Extension Service in January 2009.

Dennis has been working with the agricultural aviation industry since the mid 70s. His Ph.D. dissertation studied the design parameters of fertilizer spreaders - “Computer Simulation of Dry Material Distribution Patterns from Agricultural Aircraft”. Dennis was a partner with WRK, Incorporated and now owns and operates WRK of Arkansas. WRK has been a leader in the development of agricultural aircraft analysis equipment, software, and techniques. Dennis has traveled all over the world working with applicators and providing chemical application training to a variety of groups. WRK has trained more than 95% of all S.A.F.E. analysts, with the next session being planned for September 2009. WRK’s expertise has been utilized in oil spill, mosquito, biological, boll weevil, fire fighting, forest re-seeding, illegal crop control, and other applications. Dennis conducts 20 to 30 fly-ins and numerous pesticide application workshops annually. Dennis has also been very active on several NAAA committees, including S.A.F.E. and the PAASS content committee, and has helped develop several of the recent PAASS training modules.

Adolphus H (Pat) Bledsoe, Jr.

Adolphus H (Pat) Bledsoe, Jr.

Zemery Malvern (Jack) Stell

Zemery Malvern (Jack) Stell