Dr. Lee Sommers, Fort Collins, served Colorado agriculture as a distinguished teacher, scientist and administrator for more than three decades. During his tenure at Colorado State University, he served as Professor/Head of the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, as Agriculture Experiment Station Director and Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture. Dr. Sommers’ research publications have been cited over 20,000 times. He continues to serve as Special Assistant to the CSU Dean of Agricultural Sciences.