Curtis C. Childers: National FFA President 1993–94
Texas · No. 67 of 100 · National FFA President 1993–94
At a Glance
- Office: National FFA President, 1993–94 (No. 67 of 100)
- Home state: Texas, a member of the Glen Rose FFA chapter
- State office: Texas FFA State President, 1992–93
- Education: Texas A&M University, majoring in agricultural development
- Elected: November 13, 1993, at the 66th National FFA Convention
Curtis Childers moved from Texas state president to national president in consecutive years. He was elected to lead the 1993–94 national officer team at the 66th National FFA Convention, when the organization reported record fundraising and its largest career show to date.
Texas FFA President, 1992–93
Childers graduated from high school in 1992 and served as Texas FFA state president that year, an office that carries real visibility in the nation’s largest FFA state association. In 1993 the Texas House of Representatives adopted a resolution honoring him as the current state president, noting that he planned to attend Texas A&M University and calling him a source of pride to the Glen Rose community and an inspiring example for the state’s more than 54,000 FFA members at the time.
Glen Rose FFA
A November 1993 newspaper report on the new national team lists Childers, then 20, as a member of the Glen Rose FFA chapter, with Gary Rosenbusch as his local advisor. FFA’s own profile of Brooke Rollins, who became U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, also identifies her as a Glen Rose FFA alumna and a Texas FFA state first vice president in 1990–91, so the chapter produced two nationally prominent FFA alumni within a few years of each other.
The National Officer Team, 1993–94
According to National FFA, the 1993–94 national officers were Childers as president, Andrew McCrea of Missouri as secretary, Liam Brody of New York as eastern region vice president, Tyler Grandil of Arizona as western region vice president, Raquel Lacey of Illinois as central region vice president, and Steven Mitchell as southern region vice president. The team visited the White House during the year, and McCrea reflected in 2019 that the bond among them remained strong twenty-five years later.
The 66th Convention in Context
- The convention was broadcast live by satellite so that 417,462 members could follow it from home.
- The National FFA Agricultural Career Show featured 230 exhibits and was described as the largest career show yet.
- The National FFA Foundation announced that $5,075,000 was raised in 1993 for FFA and agricultural education programs, a seven percent increase over 1992.
What This Page Covers
This profile documents Childers’s FFA service from the public record. It does not attempt to describe his later career or private life.
Next: Corey D. Flournoy, 1994–95 →
Sources
- Lancaster Farming, Nov. 27, 1993: 66th National FFA Convention report
- Texas Legislature: H.R. No. 228, 73rd Legislature
- National FFA Organization: Past National Officer Recognizes the Unbreakable FFA Bond
- Texas FFA Association: National Officers from Texas
- National FFA Organization: Brooke Rollins profile