Dr. Victor L. Lechtenberg
Purdue University

Biography:

Victor (Vic) L. Lechtenberg has served as Dean of Agriculture at Purdue University since 1994. He was Executive Associate Dean of Agriculture from July 1989 to July 1993. Dr. Lectenberg has been a professor of agronomy at Purdue since 1971. He taught and conducted research on forage quality, herbage composition, forage production, quality changes in hay during storage, hay drying, and use of forages for herbaceous biomass production on marginal lands.

From 1982 to 1989 Lectenberg served as Associate Director, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, where he was responsible for research program and project review, communications with USDA, developing and reviewing proposals for outside research funding from federal agencies and companies, manuscript approval, travel approval, Purdue Agricultural Centers research programs, sponsored research licensing and agreements. Lectenberg received his bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska, where he was an Agricultural Honors Program Graduate in 1967. He received his Ph.D degree in Agronomy from Purdue University in 1971.