Lawrence E. Mack has retired from the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, where he spent 33 years teaching thousands of students in the introductory courses of economics. He provided instruction in basic economic principles, farm/agribusiness management and finance, and natural resource management. 

Mack retired to the family farm near Watertown, S.D., to enjoy fishing, relaxing and being closer to family.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.