Background
Douglass, Gus Ruben was born on February 22, 1927 in Leon, West Virginia, United States. Son of Gus Rodney and Fannie Elizabeth (Grimm) Douglass.
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Gus Ruben Douglass
Edit ProfileWest Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Education
Bachelor, West Virginia University, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), West Virginia State College, 1999. Doctor of Laws (honorary), West Virginia University, 2001.
Career
Assistant commissioner agriculture, West Virginia Department Agriculture, 1957;
commissioner agriculture, West Virginia Department Agriculture, 1964-1988, 92-. Board directors Banc One Holdings Company, Bank One Point Pleasant. Trustee Pleasant Valley Hospital.
Trustee, administrator W. Virginia Rural Rehabilitation Loan Fund;chairman southern regional committee Food and Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter. President Southern United States Trade Association. Member of advisory committee foreign animal and poultry diseases United States Secretary.
Member, past chairman West Virginia Rural Development Council. Chairman State Soil Conservation Committee. Past chairman West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission, State Forestry Commission.
Member West Virginia Housing Development Fund. Co-operator 400 acre beef and grain farm.
Achievements
Membership
Gubernatorial candidate West Virginia, 1988. Board directors State Farm Museum, State Fair West Virginia. Member Leon Baptist Church.
Member Future Farmers American (state and national president), National Future Farmers American Alumni Association (past president), National Association State Departments Agriculture (past. president), Southern Association State Departments Agriculture (past president), Farm Bureau (county president), Poultry Association, Livestock Association, Masons, Shriners.
Interests
Connections
Married Anna Lee Roush, October 23, 1947. Children: Steve, Thomas, Mary Lee, Cynthia.
Education
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1985
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1999
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2001
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Service award Gamma Sigma Delta, Man of Year award Progressive Farmer Magazine, Administrator's award for Animal Health USDA-APHIS, 2002. Named to Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame, 1990.Recipient Distinguished Service award Gamma Sigma Delta, Man of Year award Progressive Farmer Magazine, Administrator's award for Animal Health USDA-APHIS, 2002. Named to Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame, 1990.