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BEEF Top 50 Industry Leaders includes Murphey, Smith, and Cross

BEEF Magazine, in commemoration of its 50th anniversary, compiled a list of the 50 Top Industry Leaders. We are pleased that three of the members of this list are part of the rich history of the Meat Science Section in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University: Charles E. Murphey, Gary, C. Smith, and H. Russell Cross. Here are the posts capturing the highlights and contributions of these three leaders. We are blessed that these three men devoted so many years of their careers in the… Read More →

BEEF Honors 50 Top Industry Leaders | H.R. Cross

To commemorate its 50 year anniversary, BEEF Magazine has recognized 50 top beef industry leaders. H. Russell Cross has spent much of his career at Texas A&M University, and we celebrate his inclusion in this prestigious list.  JWS The contributions of H. Russell Cross to the beef industry include some of the most significant food-safety measures adopted in the latter half of the 20th century. Currently serving as a professor and head of the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Department of Animal Science, Cross boasts 40 years of experience in the… Read More →

BEEF Honors 50 Top Industry Leaders | G.C. Smith

To commemorate its 50 year anniversary, BEEF Magazine has recognized 50 top beef industry leaders. Gary C. Smith spent much of his career at Texas A&M University, and we celebrate his inclusion in this prestigious list.  JWS Gary Smith is a distinguished professor emeritus of the Department of Animal Science at Colorado State University (CSU), where he occupied the Monfort Endowed Chair in Meat Science from 1990 until his retirement in 2010. Smith is an accomplished researcher, a gifted teacher and legendary mentor to students, professors and technical specialists throughout… Read More →

BEEF Honors 50 Top Industry Leaders | C.E. Murphey

To commemorate its 50 year anniversary, BEEF Magazine has recognized 50 top beef industry leaders. Charles E. Murphey spent part of his career at Texas A&M University, and we celebrate his inclusion in this prestigious list.  JWS Charles E. Murphey was considered for more than two decades to be the nation’s authority on livestock and meat standards and specifications. Murphey, who died in 1988, served for 35 years as a livestock and meat marketing specialist for USDA. He observed in the 1940s that livestock, carcasses and meat were… Read More →