Ethel Austin Martin Society
Ethel Austin Martin Society
Ethel Austin Martin, a 1916 graduate of South Dakota State and long-experienced in the nutrition field, joined her husband in endowing a faculty chair in human nutrition. Dr. Martin was director of Nutrition Services for the National Dairy Council for 22 years. She authored several textbooks on nutrition and achieved national recognition as a human nutrition professor, scientist and author.
The purpose of the Ethel Austin Martin Endowed Program in Human Nutrition is to promote multidisciplinary and collaborative education and research projects in the area of human nutrition. Dr. Bonny Specker is director of the Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition at SDSU and is conducting research involving bone parameters in children ages three and four and bone mass among the Hutterite population.
In honor of the Martin Chair in Human Nutrition, the Ethel Austin Martin Society recognizes donors with lifetime gifts and commitments through the SDSU Foundation of $500,000 to $999,999.
Members of the Ethel Austin Martin Society:
- Ronald C. and Susan A. Alverson
- Lyle J. and Patricia J. Anderson
- Rusty and Sherry Antonen
- ARAMARK
- Bayer CropScience LP
- Bel Brands USA
- Gayland J. and Carolyn Bender
- Jack R. and Betty M. Bennett
- Shirley and Jerry Bergum
- Keith J. and S. Kathern Sundet Biever
- Joye Ann Billow
- Ortwin K. Buss
- CBS Bio Platforms Inc.
- Tom and Karen Chester
- CoBank
- Zora Colburn
- Lonita Corothers
- S.K. Dash
- Mary G. Decker
- Dorothy, Shirley, and Virgil Deethardt
- Adela D. Dolney
- William M. Douglas and Ann M. Foster-Douglas
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Mary and Jack East
- East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
- Cory L. and Leanne R. Eich
- Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
- Steve and Michelle Erpenbach
- F.O. Butler Foundation
- Robert and Betty Holbeck Floersheim
- Rod and Glenna Fouberg
- Ron and Anita Frankenstein
- Dan and Rae Jean Gee
- General Mills, Inc.
- Alex S. Halbach
- John M. Hanson
- Wayne R. Hanson
- Haver Foundation
- Heartland Energy
- Ronald and Margaret Hegge
- Helen Roberti Charitable Trust
- James A. and Sandra L. Hembd
- Cheryl J. Hendricks
- Libby Henry
- Howard (H2) and Kay (Stubkjaer) Hesby
- James R. and Julia A. Higgins
- Greg Hoch
- Richard A. and Kathryn A. Howard
- Tom and Kathleen Hruby
- Gordon Huber
- David and Selina Hume
- Eric J. and Michelle K. Jennings
- Selma J. Kendrick
- William and Marjorie Kessler
- Donald and Francisca Kluckman
- David W. and Trish Kruger
- K. Lorette Lackey
- Land O’ Lakes Foundation
- Venance H. and Deborah A. Lengkeek
- Jeannette C. Lusk
- Vera Way Marghab
- James O. and Arlene H. Martin
- Edward F. McLean
- Patricia C. Mickelson and Joseph J. Drach
- Peggy and Bob Miller
- Minnesota Pork Board
- Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
- Monument Health
- Kevin and Cynthia Moriarty
- Debra K. Muller
- Jo Ann Murray
- James G. and Susan K. Nachtigal
- Bill and Angie Nibbelink
- Neil O. Ohman
- Ella Ollenburg
- Marcella C. Olson
- Tim W. Ostermeier
- Randall C. and Sharon K. Ostraat
- Scott and Valerie (Lind) Parsley
- Howard and Lou Ann Paulson
- Marvin and Carolyn Petersen
- Carol J. Peterson and Charles R. Peterson
- Brett D. Pettigrew
- Pioneer/Corteva
- Michael V. Relf
- Kevin C. and Debra D. Roberts
- Les and Wanda Roberts
- Michael L. and Nancy A. Roberts
- Sybil and Ervin Schafer
- Dorothy M. Schaphorst
- Ronald D. Schmidt
- Rebecca "Becky" S. Schmieding
- Lynn and Joan Seppala
- Joanne Sisco
- Ella Skorr
- Lowell D. and Karen E. Somsen
- South Dakota Board of Technical Professions
- South Dakota Pork Producers Council
- Jeanne Steinharter
- Stockwell Engineers, Inc./Jon and Wendy Brown
- Daryl F. Swanhorst
- Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture / 777 Bison Ranch / Durham Ranches, Inc.
- Tetra Pak Processing Equipment, Inc.
- The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
- Larry Tidemann and Gail Dobbs Tidemann
- Alyce B. Travers
- Wesley G. and Lois J. Tschetter
- TSP, Inc.
- Clayton Van Den Berg
- Wayne J. and Donna R. Viitanen
- Joseph P. Vogel
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Garry A. Waba
- Chuck and Judy Waggoner
- Mark T. and Kathryn A. Walker
- Allen and Rebecca "Becky" Walth
- Wayne and Ruth Waltz
- Pamela R. and Merritt G. Warren
- Wells Fargo Bank South Dakota, N.A.
- Myrna Hennrich Williamson
- Robert and Eveleen Wilson
