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- 1950-1989 (Creation)
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0.42 linear feet (1 document case)
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Born May 5, 1927, in Westville, Illinois, to John and Elsie (DeBarba) Plumart, Phillip Edmond “Phil” Plumart was the son of a family with Belgian coal mining roots. He served South Dakota State University for 28 years as a faculty member and Extension specialist. During his career, he received multiple Teacher of the Year recognitions and the SDSU Outstanding Service Award in 1986 for service to students.
Plumart served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1947. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Illinois in 1950 and a Master of Science in Poultry Science from Kansas State College in 1952. He completed additional post graduate coursework at Purdue University and the University of Minnesota.
On August 4, 1956, he married Darlene Rieck of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. They had three children: Perry (Mary) Plumart, Larry (Donna) Plumart, and Rene (Phil Salisbury) Plumart.
Plumart joined South Dakota State University in 1961 as an Assistant Professor and served in that role until 1974. From 1975 to 1989, he was an Associate Professor and Extension Poultry Specialist, retiring in 1989 as Professor Emeritus. His work included teaching poultry management, advising animal science students, and providing Extension services in poultry production and agricultural computing. He played a key role in poultry judging programs and developed automated systems for South Dakota Future Farmers of America rules and regulations. He also created the computer program used to record and track thousands of 4-H entries at the South Dakota State Fair.
In addition to SDSU honors, Plumart received the Distinguished Service Award from the South Dakota Future Farmers of America in 1983, the Poultryman of the Year award, and the Gip Nolan Award for Outstanding Community Service.
His community service included 13 years on the Brookings City Planning Commission and later service as a Brookings City Commissioner, where he oversaw finances related to the Swiftel Center and the expansion of the Brookings Public Library.
Phillip Edmond Plumart died on November 27, 2014, in Brookings, South Dakota.
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The collection consists primarily of instructional and academic materials documenting Phillip E. Plumart’s education and teaching in poultry science from 1950 to 1989. Materials include binders of course handouts, lecture notes, quizzes, problem sets, and extensive typed responses prepared for poultry management courses at Kansas State College during the early 1950s. The collection also contains Plumart’s 1952 master’s thesis in poultry science, focused on the effects of sex linked feathering on chick growth and development. Additional materials document later instructional activity, including course materials from Poultry Management AS 366 at South Dakota State University in 1988, Extension related documentation such as a County 4 H Member Record System user guide, publications of the National 4 H Poultry Development Committee, and assorted poultry publications. The materials reflect both Plumart’s graduate level training and his later role as a faculty member and Extension specialist.
This collection documents mid twentieth century poultry science education and agricultural instruction through the academic work of Phillip E. Plumart. It provides detailed evidence of poultry management curricula, instructional methods, and applied research at Kansas State College during the early 1950s, as well as the continuation of poultry education and Extension work at South Dakota State University into the late twentieth century. The inclusion of Plumart’s master’s thesis and course development materials offers insight into the evolution of poultry science, agricultural pedagogy, and Extension programming, particularly in relation to poultry production, student training, and youth agricultural organizations such as 4 H.
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