History of the Stumpf International Wheat Center
A generous gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation spurred the development of the Stumpf International Wheat Center in Grant, Nebraska. Marvin H. Stumpf III made the gift to foundation to establish the Stumpf Family Research and Development Fund to support agricultural research and university extension services.
A Nebraska native, Marvin Stumpf, worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Denver and received a degree from Metropolitan State University. He returned to Nebraska to help his parents, Henry J. and Darlene Stumpf, with the family farm. Through many years of hard work and determination, the family built the farm into a successful enterprise in Perkins County, Nebraska, where Stumpf continues to live and work. The family's use of dryland cropping techniques, combined with organic farming experience, are the tangible results of their willingness to experiment with new practices while using the land to its full potential.
With his gift to the university, Marvin Stumpf wishes to honor the legacy of his family, including his late wife, Pearl Stumpf, his grandparents, Henry J. and Margaret Stumpf, his parents Henry J. and Darlene Stumpf, and his wife's late husband, Sam Peterson.
