March 22, 1972
Page 9458
MAYNARD C. DOLLOFF, OF MAINE, NEW PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, may I invite the attention of Senators to the announcement that Maynard C. Dolloff, commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, has recently assumed the presidency of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. He is the first Maine agriculture commissioner to become President of NASDA since its founding 56 years ago.
Maynard Dolloff has served a long and distinguished career in agriculture, as chairman and secretary of the executive committee of the National Grange for 12 years, as former president of the Northeastern group of NASDA, and at present as commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture for the seventh year. His elevation to president of NASDA is just recognition for his many years of effective leadership in addressing the problems of the agricultural community and his contributions toward solving them.
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis, Governor of Maine, pointed out the importance of Commissioner Dolloff's new office in the following message:
I am always gratified when national recognition comes to a state official. The recent elevation of Commissioner Dolloff to the presidency of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is a well deserved honor for him and cannot help but bring prestige to the State of Maine.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate him and to assure him of my fullest support in this important position among the leaders of American agriculture.
NASDA's members include the agriculture commissioners from each State and from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and Samoa, whose responsibility is to develop uniform procedures for cooperative agreements with the USDA and other Federal agencies. The association also cooperates with the Council of State Governments, the National Governors Conference, and the National Legislative Conference to coordinate programs within the State's market services and national trade developments.