Russell Mawby first came to MSU as an undergraduate student, completing his BS degree in 1949. After earning a master's degree from Purdue, he returned to MSU and completed his PhD in agricultural economics in 1959. While he was working toward this degree, he also served as a faculty member in the Extension Service in the Department of Agricultural Economics, was master of ceremonies for two TV programs ("Rural Roundup" and "Country Crossroads"), and served as assistant director of Extension, working with the 4-H program. Mawby left MSU in 1964 to join the staff of the W K Kellogg Foundation as director of the Division of Agriculture. In 1970 he was appointed CEO of the Foundation, a position he held until his retirement in 1995. During his tenure he was involved in expansion and improvements to the Kellogg Biological Station. Mawby was a member and chair of the MSU Alumni Association Board of Directors and served for four years on the MSU Board of Trustees, a position he left in 1996. He now serves on the Board of the MSU Foundation. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Alpha Zeta; Autumn Fest; Jack Breslin; Coooperative Extension Service; Eleanor Densmore; John DiBiaggio; John Engler; Joel Ferguson; Gordon Guyer; John & Sarah Hannah; Theodore Hesburgh; Glen Johnson; KBS; Kellogg Center for Continuing Ed; Kellogg Center for Residential Continuing Ed; Kellogg College; Kellogg Foundation; Kellogg International Leadership Program; W K Kellogg; Russell Kleiss; Cecil Mackey; Oxford University; Alpha Zeta Fellowship; M Peter McPherson; Paul Miller; Emory Morris; agricultural leadership program; MSU Alumni Association; Big Ten; Colleges of Ag, Education, Human Med, Law, Nursing, Veterinary Science; cyclotron; effect of WW II; Eli Broad College of Business; Equine Performance building; international involvement; James Madison College; Quonset village; student enrollment in 1945; George Perles; David Portius; Thomas Reed; Cy Russell; David Scott; Harold Shapiro; Robert Shaw; Lou Ann Simon; Glen Taggart; Bob Traxler; Malcolm Trout; Harold Tukey; University of Michigan; K K Vining; Clifton Wharton
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