Dedicated to the advancement of the mainland sugarcane industry in the United States of America

American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists

Executive Officers of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists

Florida Division   Louisiana Division
Aubrey Trotman – Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, P.O. Box 666 
Belle Glade, FL 33430 33430abtrotman@scgc.org		 President  Charles Schudmak - Cora Texas Company, P.O. Box 280
White Castle, LA 70788
 charlie@coratexas.com

Les Baucum – University of Florida
/IFAS Hendry County Extension          
P.O. BOX 68, LaBelle, FL  33975
lbaucum@ufl.edu

First Vice President Jeff Hoy, Ph.D.  LSU AgCenter, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 302 Life Sciences Building,
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
jhoy@agcenter.lsu.edu  

Leo Gonzalez – Florida Crystals – Osceola, P.O. Box 679
Pahokee, FL 33476
 Leo_Gonzalez@floridacrystals.com

Second Vice President Mike Comb - LaSuca
6092 Resweber Highway
St. Martinsville, LA 70582
mike@lasuca.com
Billy Sanchez – Florida Crystals –   Osceola, P.O. Box 679,
Pahokee, FL 33476
william_sanchez@floridacrystals.com		 Chairman of Agriculture  Windell Jackson - Amerian Sugar Cane League, P.O, Drawer 938
Thibodaux, LA 70301
wjackson@amscl.org

Bruce McManus – United States Sugar Corporation, 111 Ponce DeLeon Avenue
Clewiston, FL 33440
bmcmanus@ussugar.com

 Chairman of Manufacturing Wallace Millet - M. A. Patout & Sons
3512 J. Patout Burns Rd
Enterprise, LA 70544
wmillet@mapatout.com

Chris LaBorde, Ph.D. – Florida Crystals Corporation, 21250 U.S. Highway 27
South Bay, FL 33493
christopher_laborde@floridacrystals.com

 Chairman at Large  Ben Legendre, Ph.D. - LSU AgCenter,   Audubon Sugar Institute, 3845 Hwy. 75,
St. Gabriel, LA 70776
blegendre@agctr.lsu.edu
Ron Rice, Ph.D. - University of Florida
/IFAS, Palm Beach County Extension,
2976 State Road 15.,
Belle Glade, FL 33430
rwr@ufl.edu 		Past  President  John F. Gay - St. Louis Planting Co.
58905 St. Louis Rd
Plaquemine, LA 70764
 johngay95@aol.com

Neil Glynn – USDA/ARS, Sugarcane Field Station, 12990 US Hwy 441 N.
Canal Point, FL 33438
neil.glynn@ars.usda.gov

Secretary Kenneth Gravois, Ph.D.- LSU AgCenter,   Sugar Research Station, 5755 LSU Ag Road, St. Gabriel, LA 70776
kgravois@agcenter.lsu.edu
Barney Eiland – Florida Crystals - Okeelanta, P.O. Box 86     
South Bay, FL  33493
barney_eiland@floridacrystals.com		 Treasurer Kenneth Gravois, Ph.D.- LSU AgCenter,   Sugar Research Station, 5755 LSU Ag Road, St. Gabriel, LA 70776
kgravois@agcenter.lsu.edu -
Freddie Martin, Ph.D. - LSU AgCenter,  Sturgis Hall #128, Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Ph 225-578-6930, Fax 225-578-1403
assct@assct.org		 General Secretary-Treasurer Freddie Martin, Ph.D. - LSU AgCenter,  Sturgis Hall #128, Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Ph 225-578-6930, Fax 225-578-1403
assct@assct.org
Click on the following links for a history of Officers
Officers of the Florida Division Executive Committee since 1971 
Officers of the Louisiana Division Executive Committee since 1953
     
Program Chairman, 2011 Joint Annual Meeting . . . . . . . . . . Gillian Eggleston, PhD
  Web Masters . . . . . . . . . . Freddie Martin, PhD


Journal of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists

Managing Editor 

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Ryan Viator, PhD

Ryan Viator, PhD
 USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit
5883 USDA Road
Houma, LA 70360-5578
     office:   985--873-8608
Fax: 985-873-7894
     email:   Ryan.Viator@ars.usda.gov
Agricultural Editor . . . . . . . . . . Rob Gilbert, PhD
Manufacturing Editor . . . . . . . . . . Vadim Kochergin, PhD

ASSCT Members Holding Positions with the
International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (2005-2007)

ISSCT Councilor Dr. Jeff Hoy - Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, LSU AgCenter Research & Extension, Baton Rouge, LA
ISSCT Executive Committee Past Chair Dr. Freddie Martin - LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA (retired)
ISSCT Executive Committee Member Dr. Raul Reissner - Manufacturera de Implementos, Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico
Agronomy Section Member Mr. James Shine - Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Belle Glade, FL
Agronomy Section Member Dr. Ryan P. Viator - USDA-ARS, SRRC, Sugarcane Research Unit, Houma, LA
Agricultural Engineering Section Member Dr. Charley Richard - C. Richard & Associates, New Orleans, LA
Breeding Section Member Dr. Thomas Tew - USDA-ARS, SRRC, Sugarcane Research Unit, Houma, LA
Entomology Section Member Dr. William (Bill) White - USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit, Houma, LA
Pathology Section Chairman Dr. Jack Comstock - USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, FL
Processing Section Member Dr. Michael Saska - Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter Research & Extension,  St. Gabriel, LA
Co-Products Section Member Dr. Donal F. Day - Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter Research & Extension, St. Gabriel, LA

Honorary Life Members
of the
International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists

Dr. Benjamin Legendre LSU AgCenter Research & Extension, St. Gabriel Research Station, St. Gabriel, LA  
Dr. Denver T. Loupe ASSCT - LSU AgCenter Research & Extension, Baton Rouge, LA 
Dr. Peter Rein Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter Research & Extension, St. Gabriel, LA