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November 2025

Agribusiness Award – 2025 – Carl Larson Sr.

The son of a Norwegian immigrant, Carl was born and raised on a farm near Fullerton, North Dakota. After graduation from Fullerton High School, he attended North Dakota State University and graduated with a degree in agricultural economics.

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The son of a Norwegian immigrant, Carl was born and raised on a farm near Fullerton, North Dakota. After graduation from Fullerton High School, he attended North Dakota State University and graduated with a degree in agricultural economics.

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Margaret and her husband, Hugh Veit ’79, established the Eleanor S. Fitzgerald Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship to support NDSU students earning advanced degrees in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences or the Department of Human Development and Family Science.

Core areas of home economics remain part of current NDSU degree programs such as accounting; apparel, retail merchandising, and design; education; family and consumer science; financial planning; human development and family science; interior design; and nutrition science.

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