Past CFAES Alumni Award Winners

 Take a look at the amazing past honorees of CFAES

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2013

Meritorious Service Award
Raymond A. Miller - PhD '76, MS '68, BS '66 Agricultural Education

Distinguished Alumni Award
Rodney J. Bothast - BS '67 Animal Sciences
Nick Christians - PhD '79, MS '77
Jonathan C. Gerken - BS '70 Agronomy
Frederick A. Hegele - BS '65 Food Technology Agriculture
Robert M. McClelland - BS '92 Agricultural Economics
Miguel A. Muñoz - PhD '88, MS '83 Agronomy
Dianne E. Shoemaker - MS '86, BS '82 Dairy Science 

International Alumni Award
Rodrigo A. Chaves - PhD '94 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Emma Buck Dsouza - MS '07 Food Science and Nutrition 
Joseph A. Shultz - BS '03 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 
Daniel L. Toland - BS '05 Agricultural Communications 

2012

Meritorious Service Award
L.H. Newcomb - PhD '73 Agricultural Education 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Blaine A. Crosser - MS '77 Agricultural Economics, BS '76 Dairy Science
Constance E. Cullman - MS '92 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, BS '90 Agricultural Economics
John C. Foltz - MS '81, BS '79 Agricultural Economics 
Kreg A. Leymaster - PhD '77 Animal Sciences
Karen H. Milley - BS '79 Food Science and Nutrition 
Edward W. Osborne - PhD '82 Agricultural Education
Rick D. Rudd - MS '89, BS '85 Agricultural Education 

International Alumni Award
Byung-Tul Choi - PhD '96 Dairy Science
Yung-Chul Kim - PhD '04, MS '01 Human and Community Resource Development 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Heather L. Biehl - MS '03, BS '01 Food Science and Nutrition
Carrie L. Thomas - BS '00 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 
Shantanu Yousuf - MS '07 Food Science and Nutrition 

2011

Meritorious Service Award
Kenneth E. Dountz - BS '64 Agricultural Economics 
William L. Flinn - PhD '66, MS '61 Rural Sociology, BS '60 Agricultural Economics 
John R. Staubus 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Gary L. Bennett - PhD '77, MS '75 Animal Sciences 
Alan R. Brugler - MS '76, BS '76 Agricultural Education
Steven P. DeBruin - BS '77 Dairy Science
David R. Hawkins - MS '65, BS '63 Animal Sciences
Scott E. Higgins - BS '84 Agricultural Economics
Linda M. Pollak - BS '78 Horticulture
Daniel J. Wampler - PhD '83, BS '80 Horticulture
Brian H. Watkins - BS '83 Agricultural Economics 

International Alumni Award
Yoo Yung Kim - PhD '99 Animal Science
Fahri Yavuz - PhD '94, MS '92 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 

Young Professional Achievement Award
David A. Darr - MS '01 Agricultural Economics, BS '99 Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Andrea M. Grube - BS '00 Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Jennifer L. Weaver - BS '97 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 
Melanie M. Wilt - BS '98 Agricultural Communications 

2010

Meritorious Service Award
Harry L. Barr - PhD '60, MS '55, BS '54 Dairy Science
J. Robert Warmbrod

Distinguished Alumni Award
Todd L. Beckwith - BS '83 Agricultural Economics 
Brent W. Eicher - BS '87 Animal Sciences
David T. Kranz - BS '83 Dairy Science 
Jack D. Strader - MS '50, BS '49 Horticulture 
Ruth L. Strader - BS '51 Family Resource Management 
David C. Thorbahn - BS '84 Dairy Science 
Terry M. Wehrkamp - BS '82 Poultry Science 

International Alumni Award
Shih-Torng Ding - PhD '96 Poultry Science
Adipala Ekwamu - PhD '92 Plant Pathology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Aaron M. Arnett - BS '00 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science
Kristopher F. Corbin - BS '99 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science
Puntarika Ratanatriwong - PhD '04, MS '01 Food Science and Nutrition 
Rebecca L. Scarbrough - BS '03 Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, BS '02 Crop Science
Amanda Studebaker - BS '97 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 

2009

Meritorious Service Award
Bernard L. Erven - MS '63 Agricultural Economics, BS '60 Agricultural Education 
Stanley W. Joehlin - MS '60, B '60 Agricultural Engineering

Distinguished Alumni Award
Blannie E. Bowen - PhD '80 Agricultural Education 
Burk J. Dehority - M '86 Hospital and Health Services 
Theodore B. Flickinger - PhD '76 Agricultural Education 
Benson J. Lamp - MS '52, B '49, BS '49 Agricultural Engineering
Charles V. Morr - PhD '59, MS '55, BS '52 Dairy Technology 
Dale F. Runnion - BS '39 Animal Sciences 
Russell E. Simmonds - BS '68 Agricultural Economics 

International Alumni Award
Seung I. Na - PhD '93 Agricultural Education 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Jane P. Fife - PhD '03 Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, BS '97 Agricultural Engineering 
Kenya N. Hairston - BS '98 Food Science and Nutrition
Lindsay Hill - BS '02 Agricultural Communications
Jennifer B. Leheska - BS '98 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science

2008

Meritorious Service Award
James H. Given, Jr. - BS '74 Natural Resources
Dave B. Hahn - BS '67 Agricultural Economics
Bobby D. Vanstavern - PhD '60, MS '56 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Catherine W. Ernst - PhD '94, BS '86 Animal Sciences
Forest V. Muir - PhD '67 Poultry Science 
Roger C. Nicol - MS '72, BS '69 Agricultural Education 
Emiel W. Owens - PhD '52 Agricultural Economics 
David M. Pullins - BS '72 Agricultural Education 
Gregory A. Reinhart - PhD '90, MS '85, BS '83 Animal Sciences
James L. Starr - MS '72, BS '71 Plant Pathology  
Paul R. Vaughn - PhD '76 Agricultural Education 

International Alumni Award
Bernard Bashaasha - PhD '98 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Denis T. Kyetere - PhD '95 Agronomy

Young Professional Achievement Award
Jareer M. Abu-Ali - PhD '04, MS '02 Food Science and Nutrition
Hilary M. Amos - BS '01 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science
Tracy J. Kitchel - MS '99, BS '98 Agricultural Education 
Ryan J. Lee - BS '94 Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Jim SHertzer - BS '97 Agricultural Education 

2007

Meritorious Service Award
John K. Judy - PhD '68, MS '58, BS '49 Animal Sciences
Donald W. Thomas - MS '61 Rural Sociology, BS '60 Agricultural Education 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Larry R. Arrington - PhD '81 Agricultural Education
David E. Betts - BS '85 Animal Sciences
Don L. Good - BS '47 Animal Sciences
Richard J. Naskali - PhD '69, MS '61 Biological Sciences, BS '57 Horticulture 
Karl E. Nestor - PhD '64 Poultry Science
Bernard J. Scott - PhD '87 Food Science and Nutrition, MS '77, BS '61 Agricultural Education
John M. Townsley - BS '81 Animal Sciences

International Alumni Award
Fikrettin Sahin - PhD '97, MS '94 Plant Pathology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Elizabeth I. Belleville - MS '01 Agricultural Economics, BS '96 Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Galen J. Hellwarth - MS '94 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, BS '94 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 
Rebecca A. Singer - BS '96 Agribusiness and Applied Economics 

2006

Meritorious Service Award
Jack H. Cline - PhD '56, MS '52, BS '50 Animal Science 
Thomas M. Stockdale - MS '59 Biological Sciences, BS '55 Natural Resources
William J. Tyznik 

Distinguished Alumni Award
David R. Ames - MS '66, BS '64 Animal Sciences
Yang-Oh Choi - PhD '91 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Dennis P. Garrity - BS '74 Agronomy
Peter S. Konjoian - PhD '82, MS '78 Horticulture
James R. Males - PhD '73 Animal Sciences 
Linda C. Martin - BS '82 Animal Sciences
Daniel P. Soehnlen - BS '66 Dairy Technology 
Charles T. Woods - BS '61 Agricultural Economics 

International Alumni Award
Eliseo R. Ponce - PhD '81 Agricultural Education 
Carlos E. Steiger - MS '71 Agricultural Economics 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Ian Blount - MS '96 Agricultural Education, BS '94 Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Rebecca E. Miculinich - PhD '00 Animal Sciences, BS '94 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science

2005

Meritorious Service Award
Fred O. Hartman - PhD '51, MS '41 Horticulture
Glen F. Hoffsis - BS '66 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Kirby Barrick - PhD '80, MS '73, BS '70 Agricultural Education
Robert P. Christen - MS '84 Agricultural Economics
Terry J. Klopfenstein - PhD '65, MS '63, BS '61 Animal Sciences 
Phillip J. Kurlich - BS '46 Horticulture
Emerson D. Nafziger - BS '73 Agronomy
Michael J. Phillips - MS '68, BS '67 Agricultural Economics
Dennis C. Swartz - MS '69, BS '61 Agricultural Education 
Paul E. Van Buren - PhD '85 Agricultural Economics, MS '62, BS '57 Agricultural Education 

International Alumni Award
Shinshin Chen - PhD '94, MS '92 Agricultural Education
Wilson R. Mattos - PhD '76, MS '73 Dairy Science 

Young Professional Achievement Award
James C. Flinn - MS '97 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Shari K. Westerfeld - BS '95 Animal, Dairy and Poultry Science 

2004

Meritorious Service Award
James F. Patterson - BS '64 Horticulture
Eugene C. Wittmeyer - BS '46 Horticulture 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Bruce J. Augustin - PhD '79 Agronomy 
William J. Bichsel - BS '82 Food Science and Nutrition
Roni Sue K. De Nise - MS '79, BS '77 Animal Sciences
David M. Galton - PhD '76, MS '73, BS '71 Dairy Science 
Elizabeth A. Harsh - BS '83 Animal Sciences
Frederick P. Miller - PhD '65, MS '61, BS '58 Agronomy

International Alumni Award
Chuyl-Young Jyung - PhD '89 Comprehensive Vocational Education
Serdar Sayan - PhD '92 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Chad A. Forster - BS '93 Agricultural Economics
Craig M. Reiter - BS '94 Animal Science
Kyle A. Sharp - MS '95 Agricultural Education, BS '95 Agricultural Communications 
Andrew C. Troutman - BS '96 Horticulture

2003

Meritorious Service Award
Walter R. Harvey 
William J. Hirzel - BS '64 Horticulture

Distinguished Alumni Award
Michael A. Bumgarner - BS '79 Animal Sciences
Dale A. Seiberling - MS '51, BS '50 Dairy Technology 
L.A. Swiger - BS '54 Animal Sciences 
Lawrence G. Vance - BS '66 Agricultural Education
William J. Vastine - PhD '66, MS '63 Agricultural Economics, BS '60 Agricultural Education 
John W. Watkins - MS '51, BS '50 Agricultural Education
Paul L. Wright - MS '70 Agricultural Economics, BS '60 Agricultural Education 

International Alumni Award
Carlos E. Cuevas - PhD '84 Agricultural Economics
Rosa S. Rolle - PhD '87, MS '83 Food Science and Nutrition 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Ellen G. Bergfeld - BS '90 Animal Sciences 
Sandra C. Bichsel - MS '93 Food Science and Nutrition
Julie D. Estvander - BS '92 Food Science and Nutrition 
Xiongwen Rui - PhD '95 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 

2002

Meritorious Service Award
H. Russ Conrad - PhD '52, MS '49 Dairy Science 
Justin T. Marotta
Thomas E. Price - BS '64 Agricultural Economics

Distinguished Alumni Award
Robert L. Benson - BS '56 Agricultural Education 
Kermit L. Newcomer - BS '52 Animal Sciences 
Ralph A. Porterfield - MS '59 Dairy Science, BS '42 Dairy Technology 
Donald H. Schriver - BS '69 Agricultural Economics 
Norman M. Stanley - PhD '73, MS '71, BS '67 Agricultural Education 

International Alumni Award
Osmar C. Benitz - MS '84 Agricultural Economics
Ain-Ding Liaw - PhD '90 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Brian P. Demos - BS '90 Animal Sciences 
Ted E. Griffith - BS '91 Agricultural Economics
James R. Lindner - PhD '00 Agricultural Education 
Joel W. Pankowski - MS '91, BS '89 Dairy Science

2000

Meritorious Service Award
Grace L. Drake
Shirley Dunlap Bowser - BS '56 Education
Joseph E. Haines - BS '49 Agricultural Economics
John T. Mount - BS '41 Agricultural Education 
Doug White - BS '68 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Arthur I. Bell - BS '67 Animal Sciences
John C. Fisher - MS '69, BS '67 Animal Sciences 
George L. Good - BS '62 Horticulture 
Lowell E. Hedges - PhD '70, MS '59, BS '52 Agricultural Education 
Richard S. Leiss - MS '62 Horticulture, BS '60 Animal Sciences
Robert J. McCoy - MS '57 Agricultural Economics, BS '53 Animal Sciences
John P. Parker - BS '51 Agricultural Economics 
Brett T. Scharringhausen - BS '81 Environmental Education 

International Alumni Award
Dev R. Bhumbla - PhD '62 Agronomy
Aray M. Feldens - PhD '78 Agricultural Economics

Young Professional Achievement Award
Constance E. Cullman - MS '92 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, BS '90 Agricultural Economics
Jennifer S. Hubble - BS '94 Agricultural Communications
Barry W. Mustiful - MS '91 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 

1999

Meritorious Service Award
Gerald W. King - MS '74 Animal Sciences, BS '65 Agricultural Economics
John H. Litchfield
John H. Waldock - BS '50 Animal Sciences 
Micki Zartman - BS Family Relations and Human Development

Distinguished Alumni Award
Daryl L. Knipp - BS '74 Agricultural Economics
Atheal Pierce - PhD '69 Agricultural Education 
Robert W. Porter - BS '61 Dairy Science
Mary A. Rozum - BS '80 Agronomy, ASC '75 Laboratory Science Technology 
W.A. Wentz - BS '69 Natural Resources 
Thomas R. Wilson - BS '68 Agricultural Economics 

International Alumni Award
Gurcharn S. Kalkat - PhD '58 Entomology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Jeffrey D. Hay - BS '90 Animal Sciences
David R. Mellor - BS '87 Horticulture
Charles J. Shininger - BS '85 Agricultural Economics 

1998

Meritorious Service Award
Arthur L. Hecker 
Virginia H. Zipf - BS '45 Home Economics Education 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Werner G. Bergen - PhD '67, MS '66 Animal Sciences, BS '64 Dairy Science
Carroll G. Brunthaver - PhD '60, MS '58 Agricultural Economics, BS '54 Animal Sciences
Brent E. Clinehens - BS '83 Dairy Science
Austin R. Long - MS '83, BS '80 Food Science and Nutrition
Richard H. Munson - BS '71 Horticulture 
Thomas S> Schlenker - MS '76, BS '72 Agricultural Economics 

International Alumni Award
Marietta P. Dlamini - PhD '93, MS '86 Agricultural Education 
Augustine U. Mokwunye - MS '68, BS '66 Agronomy

Young Professional Achievement Award
Warren L. Boerger - BS '91 Agricultural Economics
Elizabeth Guertal - MS '88, BS '84 Agronomy
Robert M. Torres - PhD '93 Agricultural Education 

1997

Meritorious Service Award
Larry E. Kandel - MS '87 Agricultural Education, BS '67 Agricultural Economics
Robert E. Taylor - PhD '61 Agricultural Education

Distinguished Alumni Award
Anthony J. Bornhorst - BS '79 Animal Sciences
Michael J. Hurdzan - BS '66 Agronomy
Charles F. Might - MS '56, BS '48 Agricultural Education 
Mark H. Sanborn - BS '81 Agricultural Economics
Andrew P. Todd - BS '75 Horticulture, BS '74 Forestry 

International Alumni Award
Vidal P. De Faria - MS '68 Animal Sciences 
Yun-Chu Wu - MS '81 Animal Sciences

Young Professional Achievement Award
Sherri B. Kile - BS '92 Horticulture
Rick D. Rudd - MS '89, BS '85 Agricultural Education
David C. Thorbahn - BS '84 Dairy Science 

1996

Meritorious Service Award
John E. Moore - PhD '97, MS '55 Agricultural Economics, BS '41 Agricultural Education 

Distinguished Alumni Award
A.D. Bond - BS '47 Horticulture
Jon A. Brandt - MS '70 BS '70 Agricultural Economics 
Bruce W. Hollis - BS '76 Animal Sciences, MS '76 Dairy Science
Joseph E. Motz - BS '77 Horticulture 
Howard S. Phillips - BS '76 Dairy Science 
Anne C. Voss - PhD '84 Food Science and Nutrition 

International Alumni Award
Felicitas C. Arganosa - MS '62 Poultry Science
James C. Kuo - PhD '82 Animal Sciences

Young Professional Achievement Award
Thomas E. Jackson - MS '92 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, BS '87 Agricultural Economics
Jeannette R. Keywood - MS '89 Agricultural Education
Jeffrey P. Miller - MS '85, BS '83 Agricultural Education 
John A. Settlemyre - BS '85 Agricultural Economics 

1995

Meritorious Service Award
James R. Gildea
Kenneth W. Reisch - PhD '56, MS '53 Horticulture

Distinguished Alumni Award
Harry L. Barr - PhD '60, MS '55, BS '54 Dairy Science
Peggy J. Cook - PhD '82 Rural Sociology
Clarence J. Cunningham - PhD '64, MS '58, BS '53 Agricultural Education
Robert M. Frederick - BS '48 Horticulture
Todd N. Wurschmidt - PhD '92, MS '80 Rural Sociology, BS '75 Zoology

International Alumni Award
Luis N. Alfaro - PhD '96, MS '93 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Judas T. Mendes - PhD '80 Agricultural Economics 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Todd L. Beckwith - BS '83 Agricultural Economics 
Sandra S. Endicott - MS '90, BS '86 Agronomy
Bruce J. Sherrick - PhD '89 Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, BS '85 Agricultural Economics 

1994

Meritorious Service Award
George R. Gist
Karl A. Hirzel - BS '58 Horticulture

Distinguished Alumni Award
Mark R. List - BS '62 Agronomy 
Charles D. McGrew - BS '28 Agriculture
Larry A. Muir - PhD '70, MS '66, BS '64 Dairy Science
Timothy A. Reinhardt - PhD '79, MS '76 Dairy Science, BS '74 Animal Sciences 
Don O. Richardson - PhD '61, MS '57, BS '56 Dairy Science
Darrell L. Wilkes - PhD '83 Animal Sciences 

International Alumni Award
Joaquim J. Engler - PhD '71, MS '70 Agricultural Economics 
Ming-Ming Wu - PhD '86 Agricultural Economics 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Lynn E. Angell - BS '81 Agricultural Economics
Susan K. Davis - BS '81 Agricultural Communication
Scott E. Higgins - BS '84 Agricultural Economics
Linda C. Martin - BS '82 Animal Sciences

1993

Meritorious Service Award
Vern R. Cahill - PhD '55, MS '42, BS '41 Animal Science
George R. Wilson - PhD '63, MS '56 Dairy Science, BS '48 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
William J. Agle - BS '76 Animal Sciences
Michael L. Bayes - BS '74 Animal Sciences
James F. Berg - PhD '70, MS '67, BS '65 Agricultural Economics
Eugene Branstool - BS '58 Agricultural Education
Emerson L. Potter - MS '67 Animal Sciences 
Carroll P. Vance - PhD '71 Plant Pathology

International Alumni Award
Amrit Lal - PhD '68, MS '66 Animal Sciences
Chyau Tuan - PhD '73, MS '70 Agricultural Economics 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Nancy D. Moore - MS '85 Agricultural Economics, BS '83 Dairy Science 
Suzanne H. Steel - BS '79 Agricultural Economics 
Brian H. Watkins - BS '83 Agricultural Economics 

1992

Meritorious Service Award
Jack L. Heavenridge - BS '64 Animal Sciences
Lawrence A. Johnson - BS '62 Animal Sciences

Distinguished Alumni Award
James H. Hodges - MS '71 Animal Sciences
Donald L. Noah - BS '58 Agricultural Education 
Donald G. Wagner - BS '59 Dairy Science 

International Alumni Award
Ming-Tsao Chen - PhD '77 Animal Science
Francisco Leon-Crespo - MS '80 Animal Sciences 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Kimberly S. Dauch-Behr - BS '84 Agricultural Economics
Barnabas M. Dlamini - PhD '86 Agricultural Education 
Wesley K. Untied - BS '82 Agricultural Economics 
Brian R. Ward - BS '83 Animal Science 

1991

Meritorious Service Award
Joe Cornely
Edward E. Darrow - PhD '65, MS '63 Agricultural Economics 

Distinguished Alumni Award


International Alumni Award
Husnu Y. Gokalp - PhD '77, MS '74 Animal Sciences 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Daniel T. Anderson - BS '79 Agricultural Economics
Sharon S. Minot - BS '80 Agricultural Economics 
William D. Waidelich - MS '86, BS '82 Agricultural Education 
Daniel J. Wampler - PhD '83, BS '80 Horticulture 

1990

Meritorious Service Award
William N. Scarff - BS '50 Agronomy
Mervin G. Smith 

Distinguished Alumni Award


International Alumni Award
Kedar N. Nag - PhD '67, MS '58 Agricultural Engineering 

Young Professional Achievement Award
Alice M. Black - BS '81 Animal Science 
Curtis L. Knipe - BS '78 Animal Science
Joseph H. Koch - BS '78 Agricultural Economics
Karen M. McCary - BS '83 Agricultural Economics

1989

Meritorious Service Award


Distinguished Alumni Award


International Alumni Award
D. G. Devine - PhD '76 Agricultural Economics

Young Professional Achievement Award
George W. Broughton - MS '81, BS '80 Agricultural Economics
Peter J. Heffernan - PhD '84, MS '81 Agricultural Economics 
Douglas D. Loudenslager - BS '78 Agricultural Education 
Jane A. Scott - MS '79 BS '75 Agricultural Economics 

1988

Meritorious Service Award
Frederick W. Hower - BS '61 Horticulture

Distinguished Alumni Award


International Alumni Award
John S. Mugerwa - PhD '69 Dairy Science

Young Professional Achievement Award
Christopher J. Anderson - MS '78 BS '78 Agricultural Economics
Debra H. Grammer - BS '78 Agricultural Economics
Beverly W. Roe - BS '75 Animal Science
John A. Sarkett - MS '73, BS '73 Animal Sciences 

1987

Meritorious Service Award
Shirley A. Brooks-Jones
Wilbur A. Gould - PhD '49, MS '47 Horticulture

Distinguished Alumni Award


International Alumni Award
Hsing-Tiu Chen - PhD '67, MS '58 Agricultural Economics

Young Professional Achievement Award
Harold H. Kneen - MS '81 Agricultural Economics
Cheryl K. Ricketts - MS '77, BS '77 Agricultural Economics 
Jay L. Weiker - BS '82 Dairy Science 
Deborah L. Young-Bowden - MS '86, BS '78 Agricultural Education 

1986

Meritorious Service Award
Paul Ecke Jr. - BS '49 Horticulture
Ralph E. Schramm - BS '39 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
Kenneth L. Barker - PhD '64, MS '62 Dairy Science, BS '60 Agricultural Education
Wilbur Harold Bruner - BS '27 Animal Sciences
Paulo F. Cidade de Araujo - MS '67 Agricultural Economics
Bill F. Dennis - MS '71 Animal Sciences
Ed Johnson
Andrew L. Stevens - MS '64, BS '58 Agricultural Education

Young Professional Achievement Award
B.S. Buckalew - MS '77 Agricultural Economics
Michael F. Burnett - PhD '80 Agricultural Education 
Carolyn D. Eselgroth - BS '80 Dairy Science
Jodie L. Stearns - BS '80 Agricultural Economics 

1985

Meritorious Service Award
Edward H. Jennings 
C.W. Swank - PhD '62, MS '56 Agricultural Economics, BS '53 Animal Sciences 

Distinguished Alumni Award
William Elmer Black - BS '38 Agricultural Education
Ming-Tsao Chen - PhD '77 Animal Sciences
Lawrence E. Kunkle - MS '33 Animal Sciences, BS '32 Agriculture
Francis B. McCormick - PhD '53, MS '47 Agricultural Economics, BS '39 Agronomy
Paul P. Mechiling
Gene A. Newsom - BS '60 Poultry Science

Young Professional Achievement Award
David C. Barrett - BS '78 Agricultural Economics
Judith R. Lindsey - BS '85 Horticulture
David R. Notter - BS '72 Animal Sciences 
Bryan W. Schurle - PhD '77 Agricultural Economics 
Earl C. Wiget - BS '72 Agricultural Education 

1984

Meritorious Service Award
James N. Hahn - BS '50 Animal Sciences 
Alma Markins

Distinguished Alumni Award
Norman D. Alger - BS '52 Animal Sciences
Kenneth E. Davis - BS '63 Animal Sciences
Lynn Edward Elfner - MS '71 Plant Biology
Robert R. Hammett - BS '40 Agricultural Education
Carl F. Obenauf - BS '43 Dairy Technology

Young Professional Achievement Award
Timothy A. Barnes - BS '72 Animal Sciences
Gloria J. Harris - PhD '81 Food Science and Nutrition
Christine T. Waddill - PhD '78, MS '76 Plant Pathology 

1983

Meritorious Service Award
Molly Caren
Robert L. Evans - BS '72 Agronomy
Mabel V.K. Stocker 
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Lee K. Baker - BS '49 Dairy Technology
Bijoy Chakraborty - PhD '71, MS '63 Dairy Technology
Lou Ann Harrold - BS '56 Home Economics Education
Robert C. Hillestad - PhD '74 Textiles and Clothing
J. Gordon Riehl - MS '55 Agricultural Economics, BS '52 Dairy Science
Robert D. Scherer - BS '50 Dairy Science
Vincent Schultz - BS '46 Natural Resources

Young Professional Achievement Award
Gale B. Betterly - BS '69 Dairy Science
Alan R. Bugler - BS '73 Natural Resources
Treva E. Medbery - PhD '80 Family Relations and Human Development
Nancy B. Prafke - MS '73 Textiles and Clothing
Mark D. Sandridge - BS '76 Horticulture
Brenda L. Yost 

1982

Meritorious Service Award
Roy M. Kottman
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Wallace Barr - PhD '61 Agricultural Economics, BS '43 Agricultural Education
Francisco L. Crespo
Dale T. Friday - MS '42, BS '32 Agricultural Education
Eldon S. Greer - MS '49, BS '48 Animal Sciences 
Peggy Hodge Haney
Robert J. McBride - MA '64, BS '61 Agricultural Education
William Sloan Plumer - BS '36 Horticulture
Earl B. Poling - MS '39, BS '37 Agricultural Economics

Young Professional Achievement Award
Dennis C. Sargent - MS '78, BS '74 Agricultural Education
Donna S. Selnick - MS '71 Family Resource Management 
Michael J. Simpson - BS '68 Animal Sciences 
Mark Stauffer - BS '71 Natural Resources 

1981

Meritorious Service Award
Richard Anderson - BS '85 Agricultural Engineering
James A. Rhodes - BS '76 Agricultural Education 
Elaine K. Starley 
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Richard N. Adams - PhD '72, MA '64, BS '60 Agricultural Education
Fred R. Betzel - BS '50 Dairy Technology
William M. Davidson - BS '49 Agricultural Engineering
Henry Ponder - PhD '63 Agricultural Economics
Henry H. Schriver - BS '37 Horticulture
Robert W. Teater - PhD '57, MS '55 Agronomy
Esther Winterfeldt - PhD '70 Human Nutrition and Food Management

Young Professional Achievement Award
Ronald L. Brooks - MS '75 Agricultural Economics, BS '74 Horticulture
Joetta W. Cooper - MS '78 Home Economics Education
P.J. Faust - MS '70, BS '70 Agricultural Education
Phillip R. Mueller - BS '72 Dairy Technology
Richard L. Porterfield - BS '68 Forestry
Calvin L. Taylor - PhD '77 Agricultural Education, BS '69 Natural Resources 

1980

Meritorious Service Award
William Alfred Bills
Norman King 
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Ralph E. Bender - PhD '47, MA '41 Agricultural Education, BS '33 Agriculture
Rowland Bishop
Agatha Huepenbecker
Donald D. Kaufman - PhD '62 Plant Pathology
William J. Richards - BS '53 Agricultural Economics
Joseph F. Schwer - BS '57 Agronomy
Stanley B. Stowe - BS '08 Agriculture
Doris F. K. Williams

Young Professional Achievement Award
Connie S. Cahill - BS '70 Family Source Management
Thomas E. Roth - BS '69 Dairy Technology
Lawrence G. Vance - BS '66 Agricultural Education
Linda Vance - BS '71 Animal Sciences 
Roy A. Wallace - BS '67 Animal Science

1979

Meritorious Service Award
Elizabeth J. Carruthers
Eugene V. Endres
Warren G. Weiler - MA '41 Agricultural Education, BS '23 Agriculture
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Kenneth L. Bader - PhD '60, MS '57 Agronomy, BS '56 Agricultural Education 
Roger W. Getz - BS '37 Agriculture
Ronald R. Johnson - PhD '54 Agricultural Biochemistry
Dale K. Manbeck - BS '65 Horticulture
Joseph A. Soehnlen - BS '59 Dairy Technology
Virginia Y. Trotter - PhD '60 Family Resource Management 
John K. Wells - BS '38 Agricultural Education 


Young Professional Achievement Award
Tony P. Debevc - BS '69 Horticulture
Ben G. Maiden - MS '73, BS '72 Natural Resources 
Carol B. Roskey - PhD '72 Family Resource Management, MS '69, BS '68 Human Ecology
Donald H. Schriver - BS '69 Agricultural Economics 
Nathaniel A. Sheppard - PhD '71 Agricultural Education 
Thomas L. Stoll - BS '68 Dairy Science 

1978

Meritorious Service Award
William H. Zipf - BS '35 Agriculture
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Donald D. Brannan - BS '53 Animal Sciences 
Beatrice J. Cleveland - BS '42 Home Economics Education
Dennis R. Heldman - MS '62, BS '60 Dairy Technology
A.W. Jasper - MS '51 Poultry Science
Earl F. Kantner - PhD '65, MS '56, BS '50 Agricultural Education 

1977

Meritorious Service Award
Harold L. Enarson 
John F. Moxley 
Oliver R. Ocasek
Byrl R. Shoemaker
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Ruth E. Deacon - BS '44 Home Economics Education 
Ronald D. Eberhard - BS '58 Dairy Science
​​​​​​​William D. Fulton - BS '54 Horticulture 
David K. Hallett - BS '54 Animal Sciences
Jack K. Hill - MS '65 Agricultural Education, BS '50 Animal Sciences
Robert E. Stall - PhD '57, MS '54 Plant Pathology, BS '53 Horticulture 
Joseph P. Taber - BS '33 Agricultural Economics 
Dorothy S. Teater - MS '54 Family Resources Management 

1976

Meritorious Service Award
George G. Greenleaf
Dean W. Simeral 
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Ruth H. Cahill - BS '43 Home Economics Education
​​​​​​​Roy M. Durr - BS '26 Poultry Science 
Thomas B. Kyle - BS '54 Horticulture
Jessie C. Obert - PhD '51 Human Nutrition and Food Management 
Howard E. Robinson - BS '39 Mathematics
John A. Slipher - BS '14 Agriculture 
Joel R. Soobitsky - PhD '71 Agricultural Education 
Edgar Young - PhD '58, MS '56, BS '54 Animal Sciences 

1975

Meritorious Service Award
Blair M. Drake - BS '33 Dairy Science
Edwin L. Kirby - BS '41 Agricultural Education
Gerald G. Williams
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Paul A. Getz - BS '35 Animal Sciences
George E. Henderson - BS '29 Agricultural Engineering
Ruth L. Hovermale - PhD '62 Human Ecology, MS '54 Textiles and Clothing 
Daniel L. Leedy - PhD '40 Biological Sciences, MS '38 Zoology
Malcolm H. McVickar - PhD '39 Agronomy
John H. Sitterley - PhD '44, MS '32 Agricultural Economics, BS '28 Agriculture 
Ralph J. Woodin - PhD '51 Agricultural Education, MA '44 Agricultural Education, BS '31 Agriculture 
Carl W. Young - BS '51 Dairy Science 

1974

Meritorious Service Award
Arthur C. Dannecker
Max M. Scarff - BS '14 Horticulture 
Florence O. Wilson 
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Doris H. Calloway - BS '43 Human Nutrition and Food Management
Paul Ecke, Jr. - BS '49 Horticulture
Merrill B. Evans - PhD '51, MS '48, BS '47 Agricultural Economics
Clarence L. Haines - BS '33 Poultry Science
Thomas S. Sutton - PhD '34 Biochemistry, MS '29 Animal Sciences BS '28 Dairy Science 
Edith E. Taittonen - BS '49 Family Resource Management 
Elmer L. Thomas - BS '41 Food Science and Nutrition 
Willard H. Wolf - PhD '53, MS '42 Agricultural Education, BS '25 Agriculture 

1973

Meritorious Service Award
Estel Dempsey
John H. Dunlap, Jr. 
Elizabeth H. Forbes
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Clara M. Bancroft - MS '31, BS '15 Human Ecology
George L. Ebright - BS '50 Agricultural Education 
J.H. Florea - BS '28 Poultry Science
Delmar E. Handley - BS '50 Natural Resources
Frank Irons - BS '24 Agricultural Engineering
Filomena R. Manor - MS '60 Human Nutrition and Food Management 
John L. McKitrick - BS '33 Dairy Science 
Max D. Reeder - BS '42 Horticulture
Alvin L. Rippen - MS '41 Dairy Technology
Betty H. Schroeder - MS '58 Family Relations and Human Development 
John K. Shuman - BS '66 Animal Sciences 
Asa C. Sims - PhD '56, MS '54 Plant Pathology
Phillip B. Smith - BS '27 Agronomy 
Anna J. Treece - MS '53 Human Ecology
Carole A. Vickers - PhD '69 Family Resource Management 

1972

Meritorious Service Award
Novice G. Fawcett
O.L. Barnebey
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Lester L. Arnold - BS '38 Agricultural Education 
James E. Dougan - MS '54 Agricultural Education, BS '41 Agriculture
F.I. Elliott - BS '38 Dairy Science
Robert L. Erwin - B '41, BS '40 Agricultural Engineering 
Christine K. Good - BS '36 Home Economics Education
Dale W. Jenkins - PhD '47, MA '39 Entomology, BS '38 Entomology-Agriculture
Marjory L. Joseph - MS '52 Textiles and Clothing, BS '39 Human Ecology
Omer J. Kelley - PhD '42 Agronomy
Damaris Pease - MS '46, BS '44 Family Relations and Human Development 
Gustav H. Poesch - MS '32 Horticulture
Dan C. Roahen - BS '38 Food Science and Nutrition 
​​​​​​​David W. Rosberg - PhD '49, MS '47 Plant Pathology 
Everett G. Royer - BS '32 Animal Sciences 
Agnes S. Smith - BS '25 Human Nutrition and Food Management 
Virginia L. Stacy - BS '42 Family Resource Management 
​​​​​​​Paul B. Zumbro - BS '26 Poultry Science 

1971

Meritorious Service Award
John D. Millet
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Distinguished Alumni Award
H.M. Everhart - BS '38 Agriculture
Arlington L. Everitt - BS '23 Poultry Science
​​​​​​​William J. Eyssen - BS '50 Horticulture 
Lester W. Garver - BS '29 Agricultural Engineering
Dorothy R. Gehlbach - BS '31 Home Economics Education
Frederick J. Greiner - BS '47 Dairy Technology
Elden R. Groves - BS '34 Agriculture
Harold L. Porter 
Nancy J. Scholl - BS '70 Natural Resources 
Warren C. Shaw - PhD '49 Agronomy
Donald E. Zehr - PhD '68, MS '59 Agricultural Economics