By Kay Ledbetter
Bruce Carpenter, Ph.D., has spent the past four decades serving the Texas ranching industry in his position as a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock specialist and physiology of reproduction professor in the Texas A&M Department of Animal Science. He will retire on Oct. 30.
Stationed in Fort Stockton, Carpenter has dedicated almost 39 years of distinguished service to AgriLife Extension, providing science-based solutions and practical problem-solving education to clientele in his region, across the state and internationally.
Andy Herring, Ph.D., associate department head and AgriLife Extension leader for the Department of Animal Science, commended Carpenter on his career-long commitment to educating livestock producers and improving the Texas ranching industries.
“Bruce will be missed by both colleagues and producers,” Herring said. “When a faculty member such as Bruce retires, we lose a lot of institutional knowledge and experience that are not easy to replace. We thank him for his service and congratulate him on his retirement.”
Carpenter said he and his family have been blessed with this job.
“I could not have imagined a more rewarding career,” he said.
A lifetime of education
Carpenter joined AgriLife Extension in 1985 as a beef cattle assistant. His influence extends beyond the West Texas region through his willingness to share his expertise not only with the ranchers in his region, but with students and AgriLife Extension agents and specialists statewide.
He has been a driving force behind the Southwest Beef Symposium, the U.S. Beef Academy and Beef Quality Assurance education. Carpenter has also been a longtime organizer and presenter at the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course.
Source : tamu.edu