Thanks to the financial support of the North Dakota and Minnesota potato industry, North Dakota State University potato breeder Susie Thompson has been named the inaugural Johansen-Thompson Endowed Professor in Potato Breeding at NDSU. Named faculty endowments are one of the highest honors given in academia. The endowment is named for Thompson and another long-time NDSU potato breeder Robert Johansen. Johansen was in the role from 1948-to-1992 and Thompson has been the NDSU potato breeder since 2001.
