5. Preservation Profiles

the bibliography, the scholarly review process; selection of materials for preservation, and submission of
reports on the grant project. The project team will include professional, technical, and student support
staff.

The project team will be ably assisted by a scholarly panel of historians and scientists with extensive
experience in the study of Minnesota agriculture and rural life.

Minnesota Scholarly Review Panel

Dr. Donald G. Baker, Professor Emeritus, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, completed his B.S. in
Agriculture at the University of Minnesota in 1949. He has a M.S. (1951) and a Ph.D. in Soil Science
(1958) from the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Minnesota until his retirement
in 1995. His research, evidenced in numerous publications, has focused on Minnesota soils, water, and
climate. Professor Baker has been an active member of the American Society of Agronomy, American
Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological
Society, and the Soil Science Society of America.

Dr. Albert W. Frenkel, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Biology, has a B.A. in Botany (1939) and
a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology (1942) from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the University
of Minnesota faculty in 1947, served as department head 1971-1975, and retired in 1989. His areas of
research include photobiological reactions, bacterial photo-phosphorylation, and the history of
photosynthesis. His publications are extensive and he has received many awards and honors, including
being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Well known in the
University Libraries as a frequent library user, Dr. Frenkel was honored in 1996 by having the Biological
Sciences Center Library and Reading Room named in his honor.

Dr. Philip M. Raup, Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, earned his
A.B. in economics from the University of Kansas (1939) and his M.S. (1941) and Ph.D. (1949) in
agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at the University of Wisconsin,
he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1953, retiring in 1984. His research focuses on
land prices, valuation, credit, taxation; inheritance, transfer, farm incorporation; water rights and
management; structural change in agriculture, land planning, land tenure reform; and international
agricultural development and world food problems. Dr. Raup is a Fellow of the American Agricultural
Economics Association and member of the Agricultural History Society, International Association of
Agricultural Economists, and Royal Economics Society (England). An internationally recognized
authority, Dr. Raup has an extensive list of publications and conference presentations; since his retirement
alone, he has attended and presented papers at fourteen international conferences.

University of Minnesota Plan of Work and Project Budget

Over the course of the project, the University of Minnesota Libraries, in cooperation with other libraries
in the state, will develop a comprehensive bibliography of published materials important to the study of
agriculture and rural life in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The project will employ a three-person
scholarly review panel to rank titles according to their priority as research resources for humanities
studies, and target the most important 25% of a universe of approximately 12,000 volumes to be
preserved in a subsequent project.