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Myron
Johnsrud
Myron
Johnsrud is currently Director of Extension and Outreach for the National
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. He began his
extension career as a County Extension Agent in North Dakota in 1965.
In 1969, he was appointed Director of Personnel and Program Development
in the North Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service. He
was later appointed Director of Staff Development, Extension Service,
United States Department of Agriculture, Associate Director of the North
Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service, and Director of
the Extension Service. From 1986 to 1993, he was Administrator of the
Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Following the end
of the cold war era, he was commissioned by the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish the first major adult education program on managing a business
in a market-driven economy in Poland. The President of Poland heralded
it as one of the most successful programs they have had in concert with
any country. This model is still being used in several of the former USSR
republics in joint ventures with the US.
He has received
special awards from the Secretary of Agriculture, the National Distinguished
Service Ruby Award, the highest award from the national Extension professional
organization, and the Meritorious Executive Award from President Bush.
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