W. GORDON KEARL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SCHOLARSHIP

W. Gordon Kearl retired with the title of professor emeritus in 1990, after serving the University of Wyoming for 30 years. As a professor of agricultural economics, Kearl specialized in the areas of range economics and ranch management. His studies of range livestock systems and the economics of range improvement practices are widely used. Gordon earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Utah State University and his doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley. Gordon established this scholarship for students majoring in agricultural economics. Dr. Kearl passed away in 2007.