Professional Positions

• U.S. Army, Infantry Branch
  1965-68, 2LT - CPT, Helicopter Pilot, Meterology Instructor

  Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University

  1968-71, Graduate Research Assistant

  Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

  1971-76, Assistant Professor and Extension Turf Specialist

  1976-79, Associate Professor of Turfgrass Science

  Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, Dallas, TX

  1980-83, Professor and Resident Director of Research

  Tru Green Corporation, East Lansing, MI

  1983-86, Vice President for Research and Technical Services

  College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA

  1986 - present, Professor of Turfgrass Management

  1986 - 1994, Head of the Department of Agronomy

  1994 - 1999, Director of Distance Education in Agricultural Sciences

  2001-2002, Interim Head, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences