Class of 1979- Distinguished Individual/Graduate)

A 1979 graduate of Olympia High School, David Maurer was involved in several activities.  He was a member of Band (Freshman thru Senior), Swim Team (Freshman thru Senior, Captain- Senior year), Track (Freshman and Sophomore), Letterman’s Club (Junior and Senior), Math/Science Club (Freshman thru Senior), Student Bank Board (Senior year), Scholastic Showdown (Senior, Captain-Senior year), and National Honor Society (Senior).  During his time at Olympia, David was not only a member of the Olympia FFA (Sophomore thru Senior) but he was Chapter Greenhand President (Sophomore), Chairman of Corn Test Plot (Junior and Senior), Chapter Vice President (Senior), and Section 9 FFA Sentinel (Senior).  David was also awarded with the Chapter FFA Degree (Junior), Chapter DeKalb Award (Senior), Chapter Crop Production Proficiency Award (Senior), and State FFA Degree (Senior) during his time at Olympia.  After graduation he was elected Section 9 FFA President from 1979-1980 and while attending the University of Illinois and earn a Bachelor’s degree in Ag Sciences.  David continued his success in FFA at the University of Illinois by being elected as Sante Fe FFA Scholarship recipient and Major State Officer (Secretary/Treasurer), and was awarded State FFA JE Hill Scholarship along with the American FFA Degree.  After graduating in 1984, he started his career at Dow AgroSciences / Corteva.  David has over 30 years in business leadership positions in the professional pest management, turf and ornamental, crop production and range & pasture market segments and was awarded the Marketing Excellence Pinnacle in 2015.  In addition, David has been manager and operator at Maurer Farms since 2009.  While David has had many successes in ag business, he has stayed close to the Olympia FFA by being a major donor to the IL FFA Foundation on behalf of our Olympia FFA chapter for more than 30 years.