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|title=Pitchfork Ranch|publisher=Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company|accessdate=November 19, 2019}}</ref>
|title=Pitchfork Ranch|publisher=Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company|accessdate=November 19, 2019}}</ref>
Humphreys served on the board of directors of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the National Cattleman's Association. He was similarly active in the [[Amarillo]]-based American Quarter Horse Association, having served on the association's public information and education committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aqha.com/news/06142007_humphreys.html|title=AQHA Mourns Loss Of Jim Humphreys|publisher=American Quarter Horse Association|date=June 14, 2007|accessdate=June 20, 2007; no longer on-line.}}</ref><ref name=find/> From 1977 to 1980, Humphreys was the board chairman of the Ranching Heritage Center, which operates a highly acclaimed outdoor museum of western and ranch structures on the Texas Tech campus, open free to the public. In 2005, Humphreys, along with Giles Connell McCrary, Jr. (1919-2011) of Post in Garza County, was among five individuals presented with the Ranching Heritage Association "Founders Award."<ref name=books/>
Humphreys served on the board of directors of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the National Cattleman's Association. He was similarly active in the [[Amarillo]]-based American Quarter Horse Association, having served on the association's public information and education committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aqha.com/news/06142007_humphreys.html|title=AQHA Mourns Loss Of Jim Humphreys|publisher=American Quarter Horse Association|date=June 14, 2007|accessdate=June 20, 2007; no longer on-line.}}</ref><ref name=find/> From 1977 to 1980, Humphreys was the board chairman of the Ranching Heritage Center, which operates a highly acclaimed outdoor museum of western and ranch structures on the Texas Tech campus, open free to the public. In 2005, Humphreys, along with [[Giles McCrary|Giles Connell McCrary, Sr.]], of Post in Garza County, was among five individuals presented with the Ranching Heritage Association "Founders Award."<ref name=books/>
In 1970, Humphreys received the Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturist Award. He was further honored by the American and Texas Hereford associations and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in [[Fort Worth]]. In 1990, the National Hereford Show was named in his honor.<ref name=find/> The Southwestern Exposition named Humphreys an honorary vice president in 2006-2007.<ref name= books/>
In 1970, Humphreys received the Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturist Award. He was further honored by the American and Texas Hereford associations and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in [[Fort Worth]]. In 1990, the National Hereford Show was named in his honor.<ref name=find/> The Southwestern Exposition named Humphreys an honorary vice president in 2006-2007.<ref name= books/>
[[Image:Jim Humphreys plaque in Lubbock,Texas.jpg|550px|right|thumb|Humphreys plaque in Lubbock, Texas, commemorating Jim Humphreys]]
[[Image:Jim Humphreys plaque in Lubbock,Texas.jpg|550px|right|thumb|Humphreys plaque in Lubbock, Texas, commemorating Jim Humphreys]]
==Family and death==
==Family and death==