. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. "Dick" Beattie Raised To A Top Position For past 15 years has been Cranberry Specialist at Mass. Cranberry Station. Dr. Arless A. Spielman, Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts in Am- herst, annoimced this week that the Board of Tru-stees of the University had approved the appointment of Prof. J. Richard Beattie as the new Associate Director of the Mass- achusetts Extension Service. Prof. Beattie will be directly responsible to Dean Spielman for the adminis- tration of County and State ext
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. "Dick" Beattie Raised To A Top Position For past 15 years has been Cranberry Specialist at Mass. Cranberry Station. Dr. Arless A. Spielman, Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts in Am- herst, annoimced this week that the Board of Tru-stees of the University had approved the appointment of Prof. J. Richard Beattie as the new Associate Director of the Mass- achusetts Extension Service. Prof. Beattie will be directly responsible to Dean Spielman for the adminis- tration of County and State extension programs and a staff of approxi- mately 150 professional people. The appointment becmes effective Octo- ber 1, 1962. During the interim, Prof. Beattie will be completing his work as Extension Cranberry Specialist at the Cranberry Experiment Station in East Wareham. He plans to move with his family to Amherst as soon as housing facilities can be arranged. Mr. Beattie Has been connected with the CranbeiT-y Experiment Sta- tion at East Wareham and a resi- dent here for 15 years. He was bom July 26, 1914 at Lynn, Mass., but moved at age 5 with his parents to a dairy farm at Guildhall, Vermont. His father, Neal W. and mother, Mildred M., were both born and brought up on farms in northern Vermont. His father was active in farm organizations and served as president of the County Farm Bureau and director of a dairy cooperative. He also served in both the House and Senate at the Vermont legisla- ture. He was also a former trustee of the University of Vermont and active in agricultural conservation programs. "Dick" Beattie was graduated from Lancaster Academy, Lancaster, N. H. in 1932; Mount Hermon Preparatory School, 1935; and the University of New Hampshire where he obtained his degree in 1939 and his degree in 1940. He was president of Alpha Tau Omega, a national fratsmity, a member of Alpha Zeta, National Honorary Agricultural Scholastic Fraternity and a me
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