Dermot Hayes, professor, Pioneer Chair in Agribusiness, and Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences, was honored by Iowa State's 25 Year Club for his 35 years with the university. Resuming its annual in-person banquet to honor members reaching notable anniversaries, the 25 Year Club gathered on Feb. 28 at the Scheman Building to celebrate 110 Iowa State faculty and staff -- a group that represents a combined 3,260 years of university service.

Hayes gave as his notable achievement, acomplishment or milestone as “Teaching Econ 101 to the Ag Business students for more than 30 years," and his favorite memory as "The day I found out I was going to be tenured.”