Mr. Leonard Pruett of Lamar has been instrumental in agricultural education since his days wearing a blue corduroy jacket a half-century ago. Pruett started his career teaching agriculture in Flagler, then moving to the Eaton program. After two years in Eaton, he accepted a position with the CSU Cooperative Extension Service from which he just recently retired. Over the years, his personable teaching style has touched literally thousands of FFA and 4-H members' lives, along with those of farmers and ranchers across the state.