Dr. Lucille B. Bearon has been selected as a 2007-2008 Fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). Bearon is an Extension adult development and aging specialist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and associate professor in the Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family and Consumer Sciences.

AGHE confers Fellow status in recognition of outstanding leadership in gerontology and geriatrics education by established scholars and educators. Bearon is one of seven Fellows selected this year from institutions of higher education across the nation. The group was honored in February during the 34th annual AGHE meeting in Baltimore, Md.