Past Award Recipients
1982
J. Howard Hesby, Associate Professor, Animal Science
Murray Milford, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Gerard A. O’Donovan, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
1983
James E. Christiansen, Professor, Agricultural Education
Harold W. Franke, Professor, Animal Science
Kerry K. Litzenberg, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics
1984
Earl H. Knebel, Professor and Head, Agricultural Education
Morris G. Merkle, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Richard D. Slack, Associate Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
1985
Roger Meola, Associate Professor, Entomology
Ethel Tsutsui, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
D. Smith, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
1986
John R. Gold, Associate Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Wayne T. Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, Range Science
Landon Douglas Wythe, Jr., Associate Professor, Animal Science (posthumously)
1987
Darrell A. Knabe, Associate Professor, Animal Science
Claude E. Mounce, Lecturer, Agricultural Engineering
Fred E. Smeins, Professor, Range Science
1988
Harry T. Cralle, Assistant Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Frank M. Hons, Associate Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
James R. Wild, Biochemistry and Biophysics
1989
Joe Townsend, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education
Ronald J. Newton, Associate Professor, Forest Science
James O. Sanders, Associate Professor, Animal Science
1990
Louis Hodges, Assistant Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Joanne R. Lupton, Associate Professor, Animal Science
David William Reed, Professor, Horticultural Sciences
1991
Willie F. Krueger, Professor, Poultry Science
Joseph Novak, Senior Lecturer, Horticultural Sciences
Christine Townsend, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education
1992
David W. Forrest, Associate Professor, Animal Science
Karen S. Kubena, Associate Professor, Animal Science
Benton Storey, Professor, Horticultural Sciences
1993
James R. Dixon, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
William L. Mies, Associate Professor, Animal Science
W. Turner, Professor, Animal Science
1994
John P. Walter, Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Milton W. Weller, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
David Alan Zuberer, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
1995
Kirk Brown, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Raymond Martyn, Professor, Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Chris Skaggs, Assistant Professor, Animal Science
1996
Darrell Bay, Professor, Entomology
Martyn Gunn, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Douglas Slack, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
1997
Roberta H. Smith, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Fred T. Davies, Jr., Professor, Horticultural Sciences
Kerry K. Litzenberg, Professor, Agricultural Economics
1998
Jayne Zajicek, Professor, Horticultural Sciences
Shawn Ramsey, Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Donald L. Reddell, Professor, Agricultural Engineering
1999
Charles Thomas Hallmark, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
David O. Peterson, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
John W. Siebert, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics
2000
Charles Hall, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics
Peter Murano, Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Martha Vogelsang, Visiting Assistant Professor, Animal Science
2001
Glenn Holub, Senior Lecturer, Animal Science
Edward Rister, Professor, Agricultural Economics
Scott Senseman, Associate Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
2002
Danny Klinefelter, Professor and Extension Specialist, Agricultural Economics
Dudley Smith, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences
Pete Teel, Professor and Associate Department Head, Entomology
2003
Barry Boyd, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Education
Roger E. Gold, Professor, Entomology
Oral Capps, Jr. , Professor, Agricultural Economics
2004
Bob Knight, Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Management
Joe Novak, Senior Lecturer, Horticultural Sciences
Robert Ditton, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
2005
Deb Dunsford, Senior Lecturer, Agricultural Education
Ann Lee Kenimer, Associate Professor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Creighton Miller, Jr., Professor, Horticultural Sciences
2006
Dan Lineberger, Professor, Horticultural Sciences
Tracy Rutherford, Assistant Professor, Ag Leadership, Education and Communications
Jodi Sterle, Associate Professor, Animal Science
2007
Michael A. Arnold, Professor, Horticultural Sciences
Frederick O. Boadu, Professor, Agricultural Economics
William H. Neill, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
2008
Jeff Savell, Regents Professor, Animal Science
Douglas Starr, Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
Ben Wu, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
2009
John B. Penson, Jr., Regents Professor, Agricultural Economics
David O. Peterson, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Jim Petrick, Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
2010
Jim Johnson, Distinguished Lecturer, Horticultural Sciences
John L. Park, Professor, Agricultural Economic
Scott Shafer, Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
2011
James W. Mjelde, Professor, Agricultural Economics
Patricia K. Smith, Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Tryon Wickersham, Assistant Professor, Animal Science
2012
Max (Dusty) Menzies, Assistant Lecturer, Agricultural Economics
David Scott, Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Richard T. Woodward, Professor, Agricultural Economics
2013
Urs Kreuter, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Nova Silvy, Regents Professor, Senior Faculty Fellow and Associate Dept. Head, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Jennifer Williams, Assistant Professor, Ag. Leadership, Education and Communications
2014
Clinton D. Allred, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
Sandun D. Fernando, Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kerri B. Harris, Associate Professor, Animal Science
2015
Josie Coverdale, Associate Professor, Animal Science
Raghupathy Karthikeyan, Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
John Rayfield, Associate Professor, Ag. Leadership, Education and Communications
2016
William Grant, Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Victoria Salin, Professor, Agricultural Economics
Heather Wilkinson, Professor, Plant Pathology and Microbiology