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“The OK State BAE department changed my life. It’s an amazing community of kind faculty, caring staff, and driven students! All that starts at the top with great leadership. Dr. Elliott led with grace, always willing to help students….even after they graduated and he retired!” - Laura Merriman
Ron and Judith's commitment to the people of BAE did not end after his retirement in 2010. They both remain actively involved within our department
Dr. Elliottt worked tirelessly in the 1980s to plan and implement the OK Mesonet. He has never stopped leading the collaborative institution over the last 30 years! "He understands that the Mesonet is made up of people and he has always taken good care of the people" - Gary McManus, State Climatologist
Collectively the folks of the OK Mesonet say Thank You!
Drs. Ray Huhnke and Ron Elliott, BAE Emeriti Professors, have known each other for almost 50 years! Dr. Elliott was a strong advocate for students and represented faculty very well at the department, in the colleges (Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology) and University, and also at our technical society, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). BAE has been fortunate to have him as a faculty member and starting in 2001 as a department head.
Dr. Elliott played a major role in where our departmental scholarships are today. He was very effective during his time as department head, doubling the number of named endowed scholarships. He recognized the department’s greatest resource has always been its people—excellent students, faculty, and staff who have really made a difference. With this, and the support of BAE Emeriti and faculty, he made a concerted effort to generate gifts in support of undergraduate scholarships, student enrichment, and other special opportunities. The number of student scholarship recipients increased from 15 undergraduates in 2001 to 52 undergraduates by the spring of 2011.
Dr. Elliott joined the Agricultural Engineering department at Oklahoma State University in 1981 as an Assistant Professor
Dr. Elliott has served on the Steering Committee for the Oklahoma Mesonetwork of Automated Weather Stations since 1990, 33 years strong!
Ron and Judith will be celebrating 40 years of marriage this coming May!
Dr. Elliott secured 60 different federal, state, private and university sponsored grants and contracts to support scholarly activities that attracted graduate students, post-docs, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Over 167 books, referred journal articles, proceedings, presentations, invited talks, and technical reports were produced and shared with the scientific community sharing novel findings from the work of Dr. Elliott and his collaborative teams.
Dr. Elliott's expertise and mentoring has had a positive influence on the careers of many students in engineering, ag education, ag economics, meteorology, geography, horticulture, and agronomy. At least 51 PhD, MS, and M.Eng. students chaired, post-doctoral scholars trained, and graduate student committees served were impressed over the years across nearly 10 different program areas.
Not only has Dr. Elliott been instrumental in building relationships with donors, alumni, and friends for the advancement of BAE, his family has been a consistent contributor year after year to the programs and funds in BAE, OSU, and Stillwater Community. Join BAE's other donors we have recognized as Loyal and True!
Dr. Elliott was inducted as an ASABE Fellow in 2002 and recognized as a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with unusual professional distinction, and outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in soil and water engineering. He was awarded this highest honor of ASABE as well as the ASABE John Deere Gold Medal Award for his achievements in new concepts and science that have advanced development of agriculture (2011).