Pasto, Jerome K. (Jerome Kalervo), 1915-

Jerome K. Pasto was a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy and Master of Science and doctor of philosophy degrees with majors in agricultural economics. Jerome K. Pasto joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at Penn State University in 1950 as an assistant professor of farm management and became an associate professor in 1954. He served on the Senate Committee on Academic Standards, as a College of Agriculture Club campus leader, and as curator of the Pasto Agricultural Museum. From 1957 to 1959, Pasto served as consultant on the economics of farm production with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at the FAO headquarters in Rome. To celebrate the national bicentennial, Pasto appeared in costume appropriate for 1860 and recreated the 1860 speech that Dr. Evan Pugh, the first president of Farmer's High School and Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, gave to Cumberland County Agricultural Society. Jerome Pasto, an associate dean emeritus for resident education and professor emeritus of agricultural economics retired from Penn State in 1980. He was named an outstanding educator of America in 1971. In 1973, he was elected president of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. He was a recipient of the 2001 Philip Mitchell Alumni Service Award which recognized individuals who have significantly contributed in the area of public service on behalf of the University.