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Alumni of the Year TERRY GOERGER
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erry Goerger is a native of Mantador, N.D., who graduated from Hankinson High School in 1973. He lived with his mother, father and eight brothers and sisters on the family farm where he grew up assisting with the farming and seed operations. Terry graduated from NDSSS in 1974 with a degree in Agricultural Mechanics. While in college, he was active in the drama program and was a member of the drama fraternity. Since graduation, Terry has worked in the family farming and seed business, which he co-owns with his brother Neil. He is the president and general manager of Goerger Seed Supply Company, an organization that has been in operation for 57 years. The company deals with seed conditioning, both retail and wholesale sales, and has experience in exporting grains to Europe and Japan. Terry is actively involved with the N.D. EmPower Commission, N.D. Renewable Energy Council, Chair of the N.D. Biodiesel Task Force, Big Iron Farm
N.D. Agriculture Association (President) and NDSU Team Makers (President). Terry has been honored by several organizations for his accomplishments and services. He is a recipient of the 4H Key Club National Award, N.D. Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Award, I Dare You Award and the NDSU Outstanding Agriculturist Award.
Terry Goerger with Wildcat Willie during the Dreams Auction
Show Committee, NDSU Harvest Bowl Committee, N.D. Winter Crop Show and the NDSCS Alumni/Foundation board, where he serves on the executive committee. He has also served on the N.D. Soybean Council (Chair), N.D. Seed Commission, Northern Crops Institute (Chair), N.D. Crop Improvement Association (Chair), Agronomy Seed Farm Council, N.D. 4H Foundation Board, Richland County Farm Bureau (President),
At the local level, Terry has served for 35 years as a volunteer fire fighter for the Mantador Rural Fire Department, a N.D. Patriot Guard member, 4H Ambassador and Leader, Cures for Cancer Board Member, NDSCS Foundation 300 Club, Catbacker Club, church cemetery board member, Richland County Spirit of ‘90s Economic Development Committee (Past Chairperson), is a member of the St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church and a K of C 4th degree Knight. Terry and his wife, Carolyn, continue to reside on the family farm in the Mantador area.
NDSCS Tradition Award MAX REINKE
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he NDSCS Tradition Award is given to an individual or group of individuals who have helped to create student and or alumni passion for NDSCS through their year-to-year efforts with a club, event or group. The effort Max Reinke has put forth over the past 37 years with the NDSCS Athletic Camps is exactly the type of activity the award is meant to honor. The camps were started in 1973, shortly after Wayne Johnson and Chuck Hanson convinced President Clair T. Blikre that they would be a great idea. They began with a girls’ basketball camp as a way to give female high school basketball players the fundamentals they needed. In 1976, Max came onto the scene and for the next
37 years would develop the camps into what they have become today. There are now five separate camps: Girls Basketball for grades 6-10, Boys Basketball for grades 6-10, Girls Volleyball for grades 7-12 and two Kiddy ‘Cat camps—Girls Volleyball grades 3-6 and Boys Basketball age four through 5th grade. The primary purpose of continuing the NDSCS Athletic Camps throughout the years has been to educate athletes and to raise money for scholarships. The result? Over $350,000 has been raised for athletic scholarships and donated to the NDSCS Athletic department. Over the years, the NDSCS Athletic Camps have produced over 9,000 young athletes and many stories of a mom or dad
Max Reinke
bringing their child back to participate in the same camp that they themselves had attended years before. This is one of the most gratifying aspects of the many years Max has put into the camps and something he truly has enjoyed. It is with great pleasure that the NDSCS Alumni Foundation honors Max Reinke with the 2013 NDSCS Tradition Award.
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