Street retires as director of design and construction for Division of Agriculture

By John Lovett
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — After more than 32 years with the University of Arkansas System, Dan Street is hanging up his hard hat as director of design and construction for the Division of Agriculture. 

CELEBRATING SUCCESS — Dan Street, far right, is retiring as the director of design and construction for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. He stands in this July 2018 photo recognizing Nabholz Construction's Award of Excellence for its work on the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences. Also pictured are Chris Kotter and Mark Dilday of Nabholz Construction, left; Mark Cochran, then-vice president for agriculture; and David Sargent of WER Architects. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

A drop-in retirement reception for Street will be held 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in Waldrip Hall at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1371 W. Altheimer Drive.

Street’s career with the University of Arkansas System began in August 1991 as construction coordinator for facilities management for the University of Arkansas flagship campus in Fayetteville. In 2014 he joined the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the Division of Agriculture, as project/program manager.

He has overseen many construction projects including the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, completed in 2017, and the initial stages of construction of the new Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center outside of Harrisburg in northeast Arkansas.

Please join us in celebrating Street’s 32 years of contributions to the University of Arkansas System with the reception, located two miles north of the University of Arkansas campus off Garland Avenue.

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