FRED
A. CHOLICK
Dean of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension
Fred
A. Cholick is dean of the College of Agriculture and director
of K-State Research and Extension. Previously, he served as the
dean of the College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences at
South Dakota State University. Cholick, a specialist in plant
breeding and genetics, was at South Dakota State University for
23 years.
Among his positions there were associate dean and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and head of the department of plant science. At South Dakota State, Cholick developed and implemented the Cooperative Extension Service Vision for the 21st Century.
His work has been published in journals, professional abstracts, national and international proceedings and extension bulletins. He was an editor for Wheat Technology, published by the National Wheat Growers Association.
Cholick is a member of the American Society of Agronomy as well as the Crop Science Society of America and has served on the boards of directors of both. He was on the International Arid Lands Consortium board of directors and has served on the National Wheat Improvement Committee. He chairs the Policy Board of Directors for the Board of Agriculture Assembly. He also serves on the Kansas Water Authority, Kansas State Fair Board of Directors, the Livestock Meat Industry Council and the Agriculture Future of America Board of Directors.
Cholick received a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Oregon State University, a master's in agronomy from Colorado State University and a doctorate in agronomy, breeding and genetics from Colorado State University.
Cholick can be reached at 785-532-7137 or by e-mail at fcholick@k-state.edu. Cholick is pronounced CHAH-lick.