ROCKPORT A man of many talents, a legendary can-do spirit, and a life well lived, Richard (Dick) F. Eichacker passed away peacefully on November 29, 2023 from complications of Parkinsons. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 22, 1931,.
ASA conducts virtual annual meeting, elects board members
BOZEMAN, Mont. Simmental and SimGenetic enthusiasts attended ASA’s 53rd Annual Meeting and Reception virtually. The ASA Board of Trustees met Jan. 28-29, to highlight each committee’s work from the previous year, most notably, the increase in whole birth group phenotypes and genotypes into the IGS Genetic Evaluation from the Calf Crop Genomics research project, members’ unfailing support of the 2020 National Classic in Brookings, S.D., the membership relief package, and a myriad of other committee projects.
During the annual Chairman’s Reception on Jan. 29, Randy Moody, New Market, Ala., was formally seated as chairman of the soard, succeeding Tim Curran, Ione, Calif. Also seated were Vice Chairman Barry Wesner, Chalmers, Ind., and Treasurer Steve Eichacker, Salem, S.D. Rounding out ASA’s five-member executive committee are JW Brune, Overbrook, Kan., and Tom Nelson, Wibaux, Mont.