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BOB OBERHEIM

Manager, APD and Hort Farms
Manager of Horticulture Research Farm

Joined the department on September 1979

Hort Research Farm
Rock Springs, PA 16865

Ph: 814-692-5262
Email:rlo1@psu.edu


Type of Service:
Responsible to the dean for the production of the 300+ commercial exhibitor out door agricultural show and 75 acre show site. Responsible for personnel, budget, equipment, facilities and program of the show.
Responsible to coordinate all repairs, renovations and new construction to Horticulture Facilities and Greenhouses
Oversee total operation of the 250-acre horticulture farm and orchard
Background:
 

B.S., Agronomy, Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture, 1979
M.S., Agronomy, Pennsylvania State University, 1983
A.M.A. Managers Seminar, 1997
A.M.A Finance and Accounting Seminar, 1998
Mastering Supervision Course, 2001
Management Institute Course, 2002

Professional Memberships:
  Pennsylvania Plant Food Protective Educational Society
  North Eastern Society of Ag Research Managers-NESARM
  North American Farm Show Council-NAFSC (President 2002-2004)
  Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Publications:
  Crops Science, Vol. 27 July-August 1987
"Orchard Grass Selected for Disease Resistance to Purple Leaf Spot"
 
 

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