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Memorial Service for Wally Tyner

Institute for a Sustainable Future
September 29, 2019
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
PMU East/West Faculty Lounge

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A memorial service for Wally Tyner will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 29 at Purdue Memorial Union's East and West Faculty Lounges. Tyner, the James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, passed away on Aug. 17 after a brief illness. The service will be livestreamed for those unable to attend.

Tyner joined the Purdue faculty in 1977 after earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Texas Christian University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Maryland. For 13 years, from 1989 to 2002, Tyner served as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue. During that time, the department grew in stature nationally and internationally.

The family has designated the Dr. Wallace Tyner Scholarship in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University’s College of Agriculture for memorial contributions. Donations may be made online here or made payable to the Purdue Foundation and mailed to Purdue Foundation, 403 W. Wood St., West Lafayette, IN 47907. Donations also may be made to Lafayette Urban Ministry.

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4600

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