ORGANIZATION

Agriculture education advocacy group, founded 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri. Granted a federal charter in 1950, and admitted girls in 1969. Renamed to FFA to remove itself from the (stigma?) of farming.

Official Website:
http://www.ffa.org/

Founding Date:
1928

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dan Bartlett	Government	1-Jun-1971		White House communications director
Rick Berg	Politician	16-Aug-1959		Congressman, North Dakota
John R. Block	Government	13-Feb-1935		US Secretary of Agriculture, 1981-86
Robert H. Brooks	Business	6-Feb-1937	16-Jul-2006	Hooters chairman
Sam Brownback	Politician	12-Sep-1956		Governor of Kansas
Jimmy Carter	Head of State	1-Oct-1924		39th US President, 1977-81
Larry Craig	Politician	20-Jul-1945		US Senator from Idaho, 1990-2009
Sheryl Crow	Singer	11-Feb-1962		All I Wanna Do
Jim Davis	Cartoonist	28-Jul-1945		Garfield
Morris Dees	Activist	16-Dec-1936		Bankrupted the Klan
Steve Doocy	Journalist	19-Oct-1956		Fox & Friends
John Engler	Politician	12-Oct-1948		Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Don Henley	Musician	22-Jul-1947		The Eagles
Tim Huelskamp	Politician	11-Nov-1968		Congressman, Kansas 1st
Nicholas D. Kristof	Journalist	27-Apr-1959		New York Times Op-Ed columnist
Jerry Litton	Politician	12-May-1937	3-Aug-1976	Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76
Lyle Lovett	Country Musician	1-Nov-1957		The Road to Ensenada
Bill Sarpalius	Politician	10-Jan-1948		Congressman from Texas, 1989-95
Charlie Stenholm	Politician	26-Oct-1938		Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005

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