Bill Stuckey (1912-1981) spent a lifetime in developing and conducting educational programs to benefit Ohio rural people. He taught vocational agriculture and served as a teacher-trainer from 1933 to 1944 in Seneca and Licking counties. In 1945, he was named Ohio's first farm safety specialist for the Cooperative Extension Service, a position originalty funded by the Ohio Division of Safety and Hygiene. Bill Stuckey was a pioneer in the farm safety movement. His 1945 appointment in Ohio was the second such position in the United States. He became the vanguard of what is now a recognized part of every Extension program nationwide. In addition to a wide variety of innovative safety program, Bill was instrumental in the development, acceptance and use of the slow moving vehicle emblem nationally. He was responsible for the development of research, education programs and demonstrations designed to reduce tractor fatalities. Bill Stuckey was a charter member and past president of the National Institute for Farm safety and federation of Ohio Safety Organizations; member and past president of the Ohio Farm and Home Safety Comminee, American Society of Agricultural Engineers - Ohio Chapter; member of The Ohio State University Extension Professors Association, Alpha Gamma Rho, Gamma Sigma Delta and Epsilon Sigma Phi. He retired in 1976.