Douglas E. Hogue, professor emeritus of animal science, died July 25 after a brief illness at age 80.

Hogue's career focused on animal breeding and animal nutrition throughout the state, country and internationally. Specifically, he worked on formulating diets for sheep, goats and cattle with minimum concentrations of fermentable fiber. He also co-developed the accelerated lambing system, known as the STAR System, which changed lamb production around the world. His classic 1968 paper, "A Sheep Production Model for Maximum Nutritional Efficiency," documents the effects of mature size on body composition, feed efficiency and ewe efficiency.

Born in Holdrege, Neb., Aug. 8, 1931, Hogue was raised on cattle ranches in the Sand Hills of Nebraska where he attended a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade.

He earned his undergraduate degree at University of California-Davis and Ph.D. in animal husbandry at Cornell in 1957, when he became an assistant professor of animal science at Cornell. Hogue was later promoted to professor and professor emeritus.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Deborah Vicars Hogue, M.S. '54, two children and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel on campus. A reception will follow in the Founder's Room adjacent to the chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Hogue's memory to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 4511, Ithaca, NY 14852.