Hoard’s Dairyman and the Holstein World have reported that former Executive Secretary of Holstein Association USA Robert H. Rumler has passed away. We are very saddened to hear the loss of such a prominent figure of the dairy world, and will pass along more information as it becomes available.
Robert Rumler, long-time Holstein Executive Secretary and dedicated dairy industry leader passed away on January 10, 2010; he was 93 years old. Rumler served as Executive Secretary of the Holstein Friesian Association (now Holstein USA) from 1952 to 1975. During his tenure with the Association, Rumler guided the Association to prominence as the world’s largest and most prestigious dairy breed organization, becoming an internationally recognized dairy leader in the process.
He has served in many leadership capacities in addition to those with the Association including Chairman of the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council, National Advisory Committee on International Agricultural Trade, US/USSR Joint Commission on Agricultural Cooperation, Joint Commissions on Commercial Development with several Eastern European Countries, Director and Board Chairman of Vermont National Bank, to name a few. In retirement, he serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Campus of Penn State University at Mont Alto.
Born and raised on a Pennsylvania dairy farm, Rumler graduated with honors from Penn State University in 1936. Honored by Penn State as a Distinguished Alumnus, Rumler is also the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the Holstein Association, The American Dairy Science Association, National DHIA, National Agricultural Marketing Offi cials. He is in the Dairy Shrine “Hall of Fame,” and the International Livestock Hall of Fame. Other similar recognitions have been accorded him.
Source: Hoard’s Dairyman and Holstein World