CATA HALL OF FAME - CLASS OF 2002
Ed Fisher
Cal Poly SLO, Templeton HS, Excelsior, Livingston HS, Hilmar HS
Teacher of Excellence
| Ed was an outstanding teacher who spent much time helping individual students gain success in the FFA. His program was very community centered with many of his students still active in farming in the Hilmar area. Ed had over 200 State Farmers, 19 state proficiency award winners, and several National Lincoln Arc Welding winners. His chapters’ dairy group won the state dairy sweepstakes 10 years in a row. Few agriculture teachers in California had more impact on their local community than Ed Fisher. |
Dave Graf
UC Davis 1942, Turlock HS 1942-1943, Williams HS 1943-1957, Central Region Supervisor 1957-1960, Asst. Bureau Chief 1960-1970, Chief-Program Design 1970- 1974
| Dave was an inspirational and enthusiastic teacher. Students flocked to his classes because of the active and practical nature of his program. His FFA program earned master chapter award every year he taught. Dave served as Central Region supervisor, 1960-1970, and chief of program design for the State Department of Education, 1970-1974. Dave held all sectional and regional CATA offices. |
Ted Gregg
UC Davis 1960, Vacaville HS 1961-1964, Armijo HS 1963-1967, Sierra College 1967-1970, Superior Region Supervisor 1970-1998
Teacher of Excellence
| Mr. Gregg was an outstanding teacher and was an excellent supervisor. His region grew in numbers of chapters and in numbers of students. He was a hard working individual who constantly worked for the benefit of his teachers and schools. He worked well with people and had the ability to get top quality work from students. He developed an excellent student leadership program and maintained a strong regional FFA component to the total vocational agriculture program in the Superior Region. Mr. Gregg was a team player, maintained a statewide interest in agriculture education, and contributed much to the success of the bureau staff. |
J. Cordner Gibson
UCLA and UC Berkeley 1937, UC Davis 1938, Downey HS 1938-1940, Whittier HS 1940-1943, Regional Supervisor 1946-1949, Cal Poly-Voorhies 1949-1957, Cal Poly SLO 1957-1976
| Cordner will always be remembered as a truly outstanding administrator who had a unique gift of always remembering names and faces. Once introduced, he would remember you, even 20 years later. He was an excellent teacher and regional supervisor, but he was even more outstanding as the dean of agriculture at Cal Poly SLO. J. Cordner Gibson had a real presence about him that truly evoked the word leadership. |
Arthur Godfrey
Utah State University 1932, Jordan HS Utah 1933-1937, Colusa HS 1937-1943, SLO HS 1943-1953
CATA President 1946-1947
Teacher of Excellence
| Art was strictly student-centered in his approach to teaching. Arts’ program was always complete, with agriscience, FFA and SOE as equals. Under the old system of the bureau rating of programs, his program was always at the top. Art was a truly professional person. He was a teacher of teachers. Many teachers in California owe their cadet experience to him. n the state. |