Stan Johnson Vice Provost for Extension Iowa State University Extension 2150 Beardshear Hall Ames, IA 50011-2046 515-294-6192 phone 515-294-4715 fax vpforext@iastate.edu Stanley R. Johnson became vice provost for University Extension at Iowa State University in 1996. In this capacity, he is responsible for nearly a $60 million budget and a full- and part-time faculty and staff of more than 1,250. He was appointed as the vice provost to undertake a major restructuring of Extension at ISU. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Johnson was the director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. He is a Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture; a Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association; Member of the Former Soviet Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Russian Academy of Agricultural Science, and the Ukraine Agricultural Academy of Science; Honorary Professor of the Center for Rural Development Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; and Honorary Professor of the Ukrainian State Agricultural University. Other honors include the Wilton Park International Service Award, and the International Honor Award, Office of International Cooperation and Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Johnson received a B.A. degree from Western Illinois University, an M.S. degree from Texas Technological College in Lubbock, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.

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