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- Why (and how) ACES alum Bill Tarter Jr. invests in the next generation of studentsScholarships helped bridge the financial gap when Bill Tarter Jr. (ACES ’74, ’96) was a student, and he never forgot it. That’s why, years later, he has been quietly funding scholarships — first in honor of a friend and a pioneer of modern soil testing, Dr. Ted Peck, and now through the Tarter Family Scholarship.
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