Artist: Richard Stewart Halstead (born 1947)
Roger E. Hunsley
HUNSLEY, ROGER E. (born 1938), inducted 2005
Roger E. Hunsley was raised on a general livestock ranch near Pierre, South Dakota. He received his B.S. degree from South Dakota State, his M.S. degree from North Dakota State, and he completed his Ph.D. while a professor at Iowa State University from 1964 to 1967. After a stint as fieldman with the American Hereford Association, he joined the Purdue University teaching staff and coached the livestock judging team from 1967 to 1983. His teams were first or second in 67 contests and won the national contest three times (in 1971, 1973, and 1978). Dr. Hunsley received several teaching awards, including the American Society of Animal Science’s Outstanding Teaching Award for the Midwest region (1972).
The American Shorthorn Association enjoyed dramatic growth during his twenty-year tenure as executive secretary, which began in 1983. Dr. Hunsley has been called on to judge and conduct stockmen schools in England, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, and other countries. He continues to promote modern beef cattle evaluation practices and to assist breeders in herd genetic improvement.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 115