FAMU College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) Dean
Robert W. Taylor has been Tom
Vilsack to the National Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and
Economic (NAREEE) Advisory Board.reappointed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
As a member of the advisory board, Taylor will represent the
National Crop, Soil, Agronomy, Horticulture or Weed Science Society.
“We are very excited to have you on board in order to
continue our work for the USDA and the [NAREEE] mission. The participation and
engagement of folks like you make our work that much more impactful,” said
Michele Esch, NAREEE executive director, in a letter announcing Taylor’s
reappointment.
Taylor will serve as one of 25 members of the national
board. His term is effective March 2014 through September 2016.
Taylor was named dean of the FAMU College of Agriculture and
Food Sciences in 2012. Prior to coming to FAMU, Taylor served as a professor of
soil and environmental chemistry and former dean of the School of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences at Alabama A&M University.
Taylor previously served as the director of the National
Science Foundation CREST Center for Forest Ecosystems Assessment, director of
the Alabama A&M Center for Environmental Research and Training and acting
deputy division director of the National Science Foundation Division of
Biological Infrastructure.
He received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Tuskegee
Institute (Tuskegee University), and his master’s degree in soil microbiology
and Ph.D. in soil chemistry from Michigan State University.