David ’80 and Tracy Elliott Endowed Scholarship

The David ’80 and Tracy Elliott Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in the Agribusiness program or related agriculture program at SUNY Canton. Recipients of this scholarship may continue to be awarded this scholarship for up to four academic years, provided they maintain a 2.5 GPA. Preference will be given to students from St. Lawrence, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, and Clinton counties.
David Elliott was born and raised on a dairy farm outside of Canton. He attended Canton High School, graduating in 1978. He attended Canton College, graduating in 1980 with a degree in Dairy and Food Science. He went to work for Allied Dairy Coop in 1980 as a dairy farm inspector. During his 26 years at Allied, he worked his way up to Director of Quality Control and Membership position. In 2006 he went to work for Agri-Mark Cabot Cheese as Regional Membership Manager, a position he currently holds.
He and his wife Tracy live on a 105 acre farm near Canton. Dave raises crops, loves to watch his handy work grow, and jokes that he is a wild deer farmer.
Tracy also grew up in Canton. Both of her parents were educators at Canton Central School. Tracy spent much of her childhood at Gramma Ritchie’s dairy farm helping with chores and loving the farm life. Later as a married mother of three, she continued her many trips to the farm. Tracy’s love of the farm made her realize that agriculture would always be a part of her life and that farming and agriculture was the backbone of the country. Tracy is a pediatric school-based physical therapist who has worked for St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES for the past 23 years.
The Elliotts are strong believers in higher education and supporting our youth. They believe that an education in agriculture-related fields at SUNY Canton will lead to many career opportunities. The Elliott family wishes to encourage the tradition of a high quality education in agriculture at SUNY Canton through this scholarship.