We're at one of his favorite fishing lakes here south of Corvallis, Oregon. Also present today is Andy's daughter, Debora Landforce.
Taking up where we left off a little bit, from all of our talks we've had, today I'd like to get into your life after OSU Extension — your active retirement years and information about family.
You left us, the last interview, with one of the most wonderful, what I can an Andy-ism, at the conclusion of our last interview. You said, "As I get farther down Twilight Lane, I'm going to carry a lot of these things with me to the grave. They don't weigh anything or take up any space, but they've been a value of life. Your story is not going to end. Let's first talk about your retirement. What year did you finally become emeritus for OSU Extension, when you retired?
MD: And did you continue to be involved with Extension even after your retirement? AL: Yes, I had made enough waves where there were people — county Extension agents, particularly the home economists — that wanted to process wild game. And we started out with deer, because there was a prevalent attitude in the minds of a lot people that deer was not good venison, not good eating.
And so, one of the things I had done on the job, when these questions came up, I prepared some slides to illustrate the Boning out the Deer. But when you come to boning out the deer, my home background was to halve the deer, quarter the deer, and make it into roasts.
