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Three individuals are being inducted into this year's Farm Science Review Hall of Fame for their long-time dedication and contributions that have helped keep the show going strong for 45 years.
Fred Fisher, Don Myers and Lew Zimmerman will join nearly 50 other inductees. They will be honored during the Vice President's Luncheon on Sept. 18.
Fred Fisher, husband of the late Molly Brown Caren Fisher who donated the land that is now home to the Review, has continued to be a prominent part of Farm Science Review since his wife's death.
"Fred's a great guy and a phenomenal FSR supporter in dollars, time and spreading of the good word," said Craig Fendrick, former FSR manager. "He has a deep appreciation for Ohio State University and continues to interact with faculty in many of the departments of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences."
Fisher has been credited for providing the second largest monetary gift to the college and Farm Science Review, second only to his wife's donation of her family's 1812 Madison County farm (estimated at over $1.7 million).
Fendrick describes Don Myers as one of Farm Science Review's "original three musketeers." Myers has been instrumental in leading research and educational programs of demonstration plots -- an integral part of the show each year.
"At the old FSR site at the Don Scott airport, Myers basically assisted in the operation of 90 percent of the plot area and conducted the demonstration work," said Fendrick. "Not only did he support the research, but he also used the area as an outreach program. He brought a lot of people to the Review during a time when it was extremely important to keep the show going."
While Myers brought his research and educational expertise to Farm Science Review, Lew Zimmerman shared his business sense.
Zimmerman, who now owns Oakhaven golf club in Delaware, was one of the original Farm Science Review exhibitors. Zimmerman, a former regional branch manager of Allied Farm Equipment, contributed to the policies, rules and regulations of the business end of the Review.
"Zimmerman was a key exhibitor in the early days of the Review. He was considered an unofficial exhibitor representative," said Fendrick. "He really went well beyond what he needed to do to help build the exhibitor base of the show. Lew was the guy that made things happen."
Fisher, Myers and Zimmerman will join past FSR Hall of Farm recipients, including: Elizabeth Melick, Doris Utzinger, Herb Ruff, Jack Bardall, James H. Given Jr., Craig Fendrick, William Hanusik, Sam Huber, Sam Bone, Larry Shepherd, Don Pritchard, Carl Lemon, Ray Miller, Larry Vance, Jim and Norma Trotter, Kathleen Smith, Bill Gill, Bill Schnug, Judy and Kelso Wessel, Ed Johnson, Harold Bauman, Jim Caldwell, Maurine McCormick, Francille Firebaugh, Robert Miller, Jim Utzinger, David R. Miskell, Robert L. Eby, C.L. “Lep” Lephart, Dorothy R. Friday, Paul C. Leidheiser, Thomas M. Stockdale, Ted L. Jones, William L. George, Earl W. McMunn, Roland L. Leeper, James W. Yingling, William B. Zipf, Wilbur A. Gould, Shirley A. Brooks-Jones, Marion E. Grimes, Molly Caren Fisher, Novice G. Fawcett, Dale T. Friday, Roy M. Kottman and Thomas F. Wonderling.
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