By Con Marshall A retired Chadron State College professor who was a world leader in range management, Dr. Jim O’Rourke, died early Tuesday, March 5 at the Chadron Community Hospital of a heart attack. He was 81. A celebration of life will be in June at the family’s ranch south of Chadron.
O’Rourke taught range management at Chadron State 14 years before retiring in 2002, but was deeply involved in …