LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Christopher Bastian has been selected as the inaugural Doug and Deniz Stark Ranch
Management and Agricultural Leadership Professor at the University of Wyoming.
"I am honored to be the inaugural faculty member in this professorship, and I am thankful
for the generosity and commitment of Doug and Deniz Stark to supporting the university,
the state and agriculture," Bastian says.
A longtime UW faculty member, Bastian earned his bachelor's degree in farm and ranch
management and master's degree in agricultural economics from UW before completing
his Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics at Colorado State University. He
joined UW in 1993 and curren...