- Author: Pam Devine
Published on: August 18, 2010
From an early age, Jim Thompson, UC Davis Cooperative Extension specialist, knew what he wanted to do for his career. During his elementary school years, he frequently got up very early to watch the television program “White Collar Farmer,” fascinated even in those days with agricultural research.
“I first wanted to be an engineer who built bridges, but later in college I learned about agricultural engineering where I could combine both my interests,” Thompson said.
Thompson, who retired on June 28, 2010, spent 35 years pursuing that fascination, applying agricultural engineering to solve problems. Early in his career, he developed energy conservation techniques for prune, walnut and rice drying systems and...
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