FORMER UF VP FOR AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS KENNETH TEFERTILLER DIES

Agricultural economist Kenneth Ray Tefertiller, head of the University of Florida’s agriculture program from 1973 to 1988 and a retired professor of food and resource economics, died Nov. 13. He was 77. Tefertiller created the centers for Natural Resources Programs, Environmental Toxicology, Aquatic Plant Research, Biomass Energy Systems and Cooperative Agriculture Programs. He also put great emphasis on expanding IFAS. During his 15 years as vice president for agricultural affairs, it became one of the country’s largest and best land grant agriculture programs

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