Birth: April 4, 1935, Algona. Parents: George and Mildred (Chapman) Gaskill. Education: Graduated Corwith Community H.S.; attended Iowa State University. Military Service: U.S. Army 1954-1956. Spouse: Geraldine Adkins, 1958. Children: 1 daughter, Elizabeth; 2 sons, Mark and David. Profession and Activities: Farm owner; Past Pres. of National and IA Corn Growers; Past Pres. lowa Corn Promotion Board; Chair, U.S. Feed Grain Council; Past Commissioner of lowa Dev. Comm.; Ag Promotion Board (1974-85); lowa DNR (1989-92); selected to lowa State University Ag Hall of Fame (1975); USDA Transition Team (1988); appointed to Fed Ag Energy Adv Committee (1973) and USDA Users Adv Board (1989) by USDA Sec of Ag; Director, First Fed Savings Bank of the Midwest; USDA Honors Award Selection Committee; Rotary Group Study Exchange Team to Australia (1969); addressed Food Conferences in Lima, Peru and Tokyo, Japan on American Ag (1974); Iowa Peace Institute (charter member of the Board of Directors); Advisory Committee to College of Ag (ISU); Vice Chair, Ag Council of America; Past Pres. Iowa Farm Business Assoc; member, U.S. Feed Grains Council Trade Team to China (1981); Chair, Farmers for Nixon and Ford Ag campaigns; Co-Chair, lowa Farmers for Reagan/Bush and lowa Farmers for Bush/Quayle; National Deputy Dir. of Bush Ag Campaign (1992); Member, Methodist Church and past Sunday School Superintendent; Shriner. Member: lowa Farm Bureau, American Legion, Rotary, County Board. of Ed. Term: First.
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