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  Wilber, George M.
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NameGeorge M. Wilber
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Colebrook, Connecticut , United States
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Born August 02, 1945
Died Still Living (79 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
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Apr 20, 2007 08:21pm
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InfoVITAL STATISTICS:

Date of Birth:
August 2, 1945

Marital Status:
Married

Family:
Wife, Gloria; two sons, Theodore and Duncan; one daughter, Katherine


EDUCATION:

University of Connecticut (UCONN)
College of Agriculture, Storrs, Ct. 1964-67 A.S. Animal Husbandry

EDUCATIONAL AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE:

Individual 4-H projects and awards
Inter-state exchanges to Harve, Montana (1962) 4-H
Attended National 4-H Dairy Conference, Chicago, Illinois (1964) President, UCONN 4-H Club (1965)

Travel as International Farm youth Exchanges to the United Kingdom
(England, Scotland, Wales & North Ireland) (1967) spending eight months with twenty host families.

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1971-73
Community Vice-Chairman ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation-Service) elective position. President, Connecticut Brown Swiss Breeders Association

1972-75
Colebrook Associates Scholarship Committee

1973-75
First Selectman, Town of Colebrook

1975-77
Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Connecticut (appointed by former Governor Ella Grasso)

1975-77
Trustee of UCONN

1976-77
President of NEASDA (North East Association of State Department of Agricultural) Member of National Association of State Department of Agriculture, Board of Directors

1977-81
Connecticut State Director of ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service) (appointment under Carter administration)

1976
Member of Carter/Mondale Food and Agriculture Committee

1981-85
Second Selectman, Town of Colebrook

1985-P
First Selectman, Town of Colebrook

1986-P
Member of Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials

1990-P
Member of Board of Directors of Connecticut Council of Small Towns

1992
Worked with Kevin Smith on Clinton-Gore Campaign to help with farm vote in Connecticut

1994-P
Co-Chairman of the Coalition of Super Fund Justice


AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE:


Raised on a family farm, which I purchased from my father in 1979. The farm has continued working as a family operation and is today the only working dairy farm in Colebrook.

1979
Distinguished Service Award from USDA for work on the Commodity Credit Corporation Grain storage.


Worked with Congressman Chris Dodd, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland, and the New England Feed Grain Council to secure COC (Commodity Credit Corporation) Grain Storage in New England.


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