Jerry Hamilton Gass

Background

Gass, Jerry Hamilton was born on September 18, 1934 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Baxter and Ruth Hazel (Cole) Gass.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, West Virginia University, 1956.

Career

Teacher, Sand Fork (West Virginia) High School, 1956-1957; field service director, West Virginia Farm Bureau, Morgantown, 1957; reporter, photographer, Morgantown Post, 1957-1959; field editor, Southern States Cooperative, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1959-1964; director corporation communications, Southern States Cooperative, Inc., since 1982; managing editor, Virginia Poultry Federation, Richmond, 1964-1968; director communications, Virginia Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg, 1969-1972; executive vice president, Virginia Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg, 1972-1982; editor, National Turkey News, Vineland, New Jersey, 1969-1972. President Welcome Hill Associations, Inc., Richmond, since 1980, Virginia Poultry Industry Laboratory, Inc., Harrisonburg, 1975-1982.

Achievements

• Jerry Hamilton Gass has been listed as a noteworthy Public relations director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Citizens Agricultural Centennial Committee, Virginia, 1973, Citizens Committee for Veterinary School, 1978-1980, Task Force Agricultural Education in Virginia, 1989. Member public relations county Vocational Education in Virginia, since 1988. Member communications committee American Lung Association, since 1988.

Member American Marketing Association (president Richmond chapter 1987-1988), Virginia Council FarmerCoops. (director, vice president since 1987), Friends of Industry Agriculture (president 1986-1987), Richmond Public Relations Association (director) 1986-1987), Gamma Sigma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, photography.

Connections

Married Barbara Lou Brannon, August 21, 1955. Children: Lou Ann Gass Keiser, David Merrill, Ruth Ellen Gass Dechant.

Father:

William Baxter Gass

Mother:

Ruth Hazel (Cole) Gass

Spouse:

Barbara Lou Brannon

child:

Lou Ann Gass Keiser Gass

child:

David Merrill Gass

child:

Ruth Ellen Gass Dechant Gass