Remembering our Past and How it Affected Our Present and Future

Howard Valentine worked for Texas Instruments, Columbian Peanut, ADM, Golden Peanut Company, and from 1997 to 2018 as Director of Science and Technology for the American Peanut Council. He was the Executive Director for the Peanut Foundation from 1997 to 2016 and held several other industry positions including chair of multiple committees: Research Committee for the Southeastern Peanut Shellers Association, the Multi-crop Aflatoxin Working Group, the Research Committee and Peanut Quality Improvement Committees for the National Peanut Council. Howard became an APRES fellow in 2013, received the Coyt T. Wilson and the American Peanut Council Lifetime Achievement award in 2015, and received the Peanut Foundation Peanut Research and Education Award in 2018. Howard is married to his wife, Debra, and has two children, William and Ann. This is his speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of APRES.