Neb. delegates elect retired professor as new State President

By Amanda Leigh Brozana, Communications Director | Email

During their State Session from Sept. 14 to 16 in Grand Island, Nebraska delegates elected Ted Doane as the new President of the State Grange.

Doane, who joined as a first-generation Grange member in 1968, is a retired professor at the University of Nebraska in the animal sciences field.

He, and his wife, Alice, live just outside Lincoln in Waverly.

The couple has two daughters. Bonnie is a farmer and Grange member from Walton, Neb., while Amy lives in Omaha and works for the University of Nebraska in the Graduate School.

Doane previously served on the State Grange Executive Committee and is a member of Waverly Grange No. 369.

Doane said he is excited to attend National Convention in Boise, and will have Joe Fryman, immediate past State President and current National Grange Executive Committee Member, as his second delegate.

In Nebraska, Doane said he intends to focus on membership and maintain a focus on agriculture advocacy.

“This is a great family organization, community development organization, that does legislative work for the betterment of agriculture,” Doane said. “We can’t lose that focus here.”