Robert LeRoy Gee

Background

Gee, Robert LeRoy was born on May 25, 1926 in Oakport Township, Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. Son of Milton William and Hertha Elizabeth (Paschke) Gee.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, North Dakota State University, 1951. Postgraduate, North Dakota State University, 1955. Postgraduate, Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1954.

Career

Farm labor controller, Minnesota Extension Service, Clay County, 1944-1945; county 4-H agent, Minnesota Extension Service, Clay County, 1951-1957; rural mail carrier, United States Postal Service, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1946-1947; breeder registered shorthorn cattle and registered southdown sheep, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1950-1963; owner, operator, Gee Dairy Farm (Oak Grove Farm), Moorhead, Minnesota, since 1957. Assistant professor status University of Minnesota, 1951-1957. Board directors Red River Valley Fair, West Fargo, North Dakota, 1960-1986, Minnesota Dairy Promotion Board, St. Paul, 1968-1969.

Board directors Red River Valley Development Association, Crookston, Minnesota, since 1973, vice president, since 1992. Board directors Red River Milk Producers Pool, Minnesota, North Dakota,1963-1978, treasurer, 1968-1978. Board directors Cass Clay Creamery Inc., Fargo, North Dakota, 1969-1996, Chairman of the Board, 1982-1985, 92-95, vice president, 1990-1991.

Board directors United States Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, 1970. Member National Dairy Promotion Board, Washington, 1984-1988.

Achievements

• Robert LeRoy Gee has been listed as a noteworthy Agriculturist, dairy farmer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer Oakport Township, 1974-1982, supervisor, 1986-2002, vice president, 1987-2002. Member Clay County Planning and Zoning Commission, 1991-2000, vice chairman, 1992-1996, chairman, 1996-2000. Member Clay County Board Adjustment, 1995-2000, chairman, 1996-2000.

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Minnesota Milk Producers Association (board directors 1977-1988, 93-97, secretary 1972-1978, treasurer 1977-1987), Minnesota Association Cooperatives (board directors 1984-1996), State Cooperative Association (dairy council 1975-1996), American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union, Kragnes Farmers Elevator Association, Red River Valley Livestock Association, American Shorthorn Breeders Association, American Southdown Breeders Association, Holstein-Friesian Association American. Club: Agassiz (vice president 1979-1981, president 1981-1982) (Moorhead).

Interests

• Avocations: hunting; fishing.

Connections

Married Mae Valentine Erickson, June 18, 1953.

Father:

Milton William Gee

Mother:

Hertha Elizabeth (Paschke) Gee

Spouse:

Mae Valentine Erickson