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CORVALLIS - Outstanding farmers and ranchers, agricultural research scientists and educators, leaders in organizations and business, and community volunteers will be honored as Diamond Pioneers Thursday, Oct. 17, by the Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences.

The college is adding 43 men and women to the Diamond Pioneer Agricultural Achievement Registry. The registry, in its 19th year, was started when the college marked its 75th anniversary to honor those 75 and older for their contributions to agriculture, natural resources and OSU.

The 2002 class will be guests at a luncheon hosted by Thayne Dutson, dean of agricultural sciences, at OSU's CH2M HILL Alumni Center. The featured speaker will be Gary Stewart of the Leadership Oregon Institute.

Those being honored this year are Marjorie Luce, Ashland; Forest Sneva, Burns; Fred Panusis, Central Point; John Adair, James Baggett, Norman Bishop, Dave Church, Howard Horton, Glenn Klein, Francis Lawrence, W. Orvid Lee, Robert Schoning, William Stephen and Maxine Thompson, Corvallis.

Wren Case, Cove; E. LeRoy Stone, Eugene; Lyell Gardner, Gaston; Walt Schroeder, Gold Beach; Thomas Davidson, Russell Dorran and Charles Norris, Hermiston; Rob Hukari and Robert Nickelsen, Hood River; Bill Howell, Imbler; Henry Krebs, Ione; James Pitney, Junction City; Mary Fitzgerald, Lakeview.

Jay Binder, Madras; Stanley Christensen and W. Wayne Roberts, McMinnville; Hugh Kennington, Ontario; Darrell Maxwell, F. Vance Pumphrey and Charles Rohde, Pendleton; Broughton Bishop and Donald Ostensoe, Portland; Lyle Klampe and Kenneth Meier, Salem; E. E Bonham, The Dalles; Bill McKee, Tigard; Hank Hess and James Wampler, Waldport; and Te May Ching, Fremont, Calif.