Colleagues honor Kerry Smith

Nearly 100 faculty and staff members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences gathered in September to honor Dr. V. Kerry Smith for his election to the National Academy of Sciences. An environmental economist in the College's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), Smith is the director of N.C. State University's Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy. Pictured from left are Dr. Jon A. Brandt, ARE Department head; Dr. Jim Oblinger, provost and university chancellor-designate; Smith; Dr. Bob Barnhardt, interim university chancellor; and Dr. Johnny Wynne, now College dean.