Honorary Recognition and Awards

PAST RECIPIENTS - HONORARY AWARDS College of Agriculture ANDRE AWARD 1978 - George Strayer 1979 - James Hilton 1980 - Robert Buck 1981 - Bob Joslin 1982 - Robert Skinner 1983 - Owen J. Newlin 1984 - G. Joe Lyon 1985 - Edward Tubbs 1986 - Raymond Baker 1987 - William Larson 1988 - Marvin Walters 1989 - Varel Bailey 1990 - Russ Sanders 1991 - Robert Kalton 1992 - Derryl McLaren 1993 - Donald Latham 1994 - John Greig 1995 - Kenneth Bower 1996 - David Williams 1997 - Alan Tubbs 1998 - James Bradford 1999 - Willard Latham 2000 - Duane Halvaerson 2001 - Jan Schuiteman 2002 - Ron Holden 2003 - James Penney 2004 - Daryll E. Ray 2005 - Lee Kline 2006 - Theodore Crosbie 2007 - Terry Meyer WALLACE AWARD 1978 - Earl Heady 1979 - Lauren K. Soth 1980 - Charles Black 1981 - R. J. Hildreth 1982 - Louis Thompson 1983 - George Beal 1984 - Charles Henderson 1985 - Robert Kalton 1986 - Kenneth Nielsen 1987 - Neil Harl 1988 - Herb Plambeck 1989 - Eugene Meyer 1990 - Kenneth Frey 1991 - Robert Barnes 1992 - Arnel Hallauer 1993 - Roger Mitchell 1994 - Duane Acker 1995 - Luther Tweeten 1996 - Walter Fehr 1997 - Ned Raun 1998 - Francis Byrnes 1999 - Billy Day 2000 - Mark Drabenstott 2001 - Douglas Hard 2002 - Burton Endo 2003 - Wesley Buchele 2004 - D.L. "Hank" Harris 2005 - Ray Townsend 2006 - Carl Whitcomb 2007 - Harlan Ritchie GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 2006 - Harold "Sande" and Margo McNabb COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD (formerly OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD, AMOCO) 1968 - Raymond Beneke 1969 - Robert Dyas 1970 - no Ag recipient 1971 - Rodney Fox 1972 - George Thomson 1973 - Neil Harl 1974 - Lauren Christian 1975 - Emmit Haynes 1976 - Detroy Green 1977 - Dwight Bensend 1978 - Harold Crawford 1979 - Ronald George 1980 - Wayne Scholtes 1981 - Fred Foreman 1982 - John Shelley 1983 - Robert Bauske 1984 - Thomas Hoerner 1985 - James Dinsmore 1986 - no Ag recipient 1987 - Eric Hoiberg 1988 - Douglas Kenealy 1989 - Wayne Rowley Discontinued after 1989 University reinstated 1993 1993 - no ag recipient 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - Joseph Sebranek 1996 - Bonita Glatz 1997 - Gary Atchison 1998 - Russell Mullen 1999 - Curtis Youngs 2000 - John Schafer 2001 - Alan Atherly 2002 - Joe Colletti 2003 - James Kliebenstein 2004 - Gail Nonnecke 2005 - Thomas Loynachan 2006 - Jack Girton 2007 - Fredric Janzen LOUIS THOMPSON AWARD TO OUTSTANDING ADVISERS 1971 - Harold Crawford 1972 - Roger Bruene 1973 - George Thomson 1974 - Ronald George 1974 - Emmit Haynes 1975 - Maynard Hogberg 1976 - Paul Brackelsberg 1977 - Donald Woolley 1978 - Don Hotchkiss 1979 - Frederick Hopkins 1980 - Douglas Kenealy 1981 - Detroy Green 1982 - Fred Foreman 1983 - Eric Hoiberg 1984 - Thomas Loynachan 1985 - Joe Colletti 1986 - Richard Carter 1987 - Brent Pearce 1988 - Keith Whigham 1989 - Nick Christians 1990 - Wade Miller 1991 - Suzanne Klocke 1992 - James Dinsmore 1993 - Brad Skaar 1994 - Ronald Deiter 1995 - Thomas Polito 1996 - Kenneth Larson COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AWARD TO OUTSTANDING ADVISERS 1997 - Donald Beitz 1998 - Marshall Jurgens 1999 - James Kliebenstein 2000 - Howard Tyler 2001 - Arden Campbell 2002 - Curtis Youngs 2003 - Ebby Luvaga 2004 - Lee Burras 2005 - Barb Osborn 2006 - Thomas Brumm 2007 - Steven Lonergan COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE AWARD 1996 - Keith Whigham 1997 - no nominees 1998 - Paul Brackelsberg 1999 - Neil Harl 2000 - M. Douglas Kenealy 2001 - Robert Jolly 2002 - Ramesh Kanwar 2003 - Max Rothschild 2004 - William Edwards 2005 - John Mabry 2006 - Jay-lin Jane 2007 - Cornelia Flora COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE P&S/MERIT AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT 1995 - Karen Bolluyt, Mary Johnson 1996 - Janice Berhow, Rodney Berryman 1997 - Darlene Fleig, Gaylan Scofield 1998 - Randall Petersohn, Barbara Malchow 1999 - Sandra Oberbroeckling, Lyn VanDePol 2000 - Joyce Hornstein, Becky Johnson 2001 - Paula Flynn, Diana McLaughlin 2002 - Laura Marek, Jennifer Rivera 2003 - Nancy Holcomb, Marylou Weigel 2004 - Rich Pirog, Jan Ostermann 2005 - Regina Hendrickson, Carol Elliott 2006 - Allen Christian, Renea Miller 2007 - Chad Hart, Desiree Gunning, Donna Otto COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN RESEARCH AWARD 1998 - A. E. Freeman 1999 - Jay-lin Jane 2000 - Arnel Hallauer 2001 - Lloyd Anderson 2002 - Don Beitz 2003 - Basil Nikolau 2004 - Jack Dekkers 2005 - Dan Voytas 2006 - Pat Murphy 2007 - Walter Fehr COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT IN TEACHING 1999 - Lee Burras 2000 - Donald Lay 2001 - Steve Lonergan 2002 - Cary Trexler 2003 - Nancy Grudens-Schuck 2004 - no nominations 2005 - no nominations 2006 - Amy Kaleita-Forbes 2007 - Lisa Schulte COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT IN RESEARCH 1999 - William Batchelor 2000 - David Hennessy 2001 - Elizabeth Huff-Lonergan 2002 - Lois Wright Morton 2003 - James Reecy 2004 - Tong Wang 2005 - Xun Gu 2006 - Carolyn Komar 2007 - Chad Stahl COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE TEAM AWARD 1998 - Walt Fehr and Earl Hammond 1999 -Thomas Bass, Palmer Holden, Wendy Powers, Dwaine Bundy, Jay Harman, John Lawrence and James McKean 2000 - Joe Cordray, James Dickson and Lisa Mayberry 2001 - Chris Azevedo, Joseph Herrriges, Bruce Babcock, Brent Hueth, C. Philllip Baumel, Catherine Kling, John Beghin, Sergio Lence Michael Duffy, John Miranowski, Mark Edelman, Norm Riggs, Arne Hallam, Susan Thompson, Neil Harl, Jeff Zacharakis-Jutz, Dermot Hayes, Jinhua Zhao, Jill Euken and Charles Pieper 2002 - Hoop Group 2003 - Agroecology Issue Team 2004 - Nutritional Physiology Group and the Periparturient Diseases of Cattle Research Unit of the USDA National Animal Disease Center (Donald Beitz, Jesse Goff, Ronald Horst, Brian Nonnecke and Timothy Reinhardt) 2005 - Acetyl-CoA Team (Basil Nikolau, Eve Wurtele, Patrick Schnable and David Oliver) 2006 - Agriculture Diversity Committee (Mary de Baca, Nina Grant, Lita Rule, Sande McNabb, Harold Crawford) 2007 - Masters of Science in Agronomy OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EXTENSION AWARD 2003 - Dan Loy 2004 - Mike Duffy 2005 - James Pease 2006 - Paul Wray 2007 - Roger Ginder FACULTY AWARD FOR DIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT 2003 - Deland Myers 2004 - William Graves 2005 - Diane Birt 2006 - Max Rothschild 2007 - Richard Hall EARLY ACHIEVEMENT IN EXTENSION AWARD 2003 - Julie Todd 2004 - Beverlyn Allen 2005 - Chris Feeley 2006 - Palle Pedersen 2007 - Matthew Helmers DEAN'S CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS 2004 - James Baker, Brian Meyer 2005 - Greg Tylka, Joyce Shiers 2006 - Wallace Huffman, Rich Bundy LOUIS THOMPSON AWARD FOR SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT IN TEACHING 1984 - Detroy Green 1985 - Thomas Loyonachan 1987 - Joe Sebranek 1989 - R. Brent Pearce 1991 - James Kliebenstein 1993 - Elwood Hart 1997 - J. Ronald George Discontinued EXCELLENCE IN APPLIED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 1981 - W. H. Russell and A. R. Hallauer, Phillip Baumel, James Frier 1982 - Harvey Thompson & Garren Benson, Richard Fawcett, Robert Wisner 1983 - Kay Connelly, Regis Voss 1984 - Robert Rust, Douglas Henderson, Robert Ramsey, David Foster 1985 - William Showers, Vernon Ryan 1986 - Paul Lasley, Jon Tollefson, Philip Spike 1987 - Willis Goudy, Gerald Miller 1988 - James McKean & Emmett Stevermer, Hideo Tachibana 1989 - Joel R. Coats, Robert Jolly, Steven Padgitt 1990 - W. D. Guthrie, Kenneth E. Stone 1991 - Alfred M. Blackmer, Michael D. Duffy, Richard Cruse 1992 - Manjit Misra 1993 - Mike Owen, Marlin Rice 1994 - Randy Killorn, Doyle Wilson 1995 - Discontinued WALNUT GROVE EXCELLENCE AWARD 1980 - Donald Beitz, Ronald Irvin 1981 - Philip Spike, Joseph Sebranek 1982 - Douglas Kenealy, Gene Rouse 1983 - Palmer Holden, Richard Robson 1984 - Stephen Ford, Daryl Strohbehn 1985 - Max Rothchild, Darrell Busby 1986 - Ronald Deiter, Lee Kilmer 1987 - Daniel Loy, Dennis Olson 1988 - Stephen Barnhart, Ken Holscher 1989 - Susan Lamont, James Kliebenstein 1990 - Brad Skaar, Dermot Hayes 1991 - Arne Hallam, Allen Seim 1992 - Stewart Melvin, Kenneth Prusa 1993 - Mark Honeyman, Stephen Nissen 1994 - Dwaine Bundy, Leo Timms (Discontinued) FIRST MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AWARD 1977 - Kenneth Frey 1978 - John Bremner 1979 - A. E. Freeman 1980 - Robert Shaw 1981 - Allen Trenkle (Discontinued) UNIVERSITY AWARDS BURLINGTON NORTHERN AWARDS FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT Career Achievement in Teaching 1986 - Lauren Christian 1987 - Detroy Green 1988 - John Bremner 1989 - no recipient 1990 - no recipient 1991 - no recipient 1992- Larry Pedigo 1993 - Frederick Parrish 1994 - Unfunded Career Achievement in Research/Scholarship 1990 - Kenneth Frey 1991 - Arnel Hallauer 1992 - Peter Peterson 1993 - discontinued Career Achievement in Extension/Professional Practice 1990 - Regis Voss 1991 - no recipient 1992 - Joseph Morris 1993 - discontinued IOWA LEGISLATIVE AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 1989 - Richard Carter, Nick Christians, Ronald George, Tom Hoerner, Eric Hoiberg, Douglas Kenealy, Carl Bern (rec'd in engr.) 1990- Donald C. Beitz, Thomas Loynachan, Wade Miller, Joseph Sebranek, Lester Wilson, Vern Pierce (TA) 1991 - Bonita Glatz, Duane Mangold, Russell Mullen, Gail Nonnecke, Brad Skaar, Tom Klubertanz (TA) (Funding ceased after 1991) CHARLES F. CURTISS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR 1956 - Earl Heady 1957 - Jay Lush 1958 - Don Kirkham 1963 - Norman Jacobson 1965 - R. Scott Allen 1966 - Lanoy Hazel 1967 - Charles Black 1968 - Dexter French 1969 - Paul Dahm 1970 - Kenneth Frey 1971 - Wise Burroughs 1972 - John Timmons 1973 - George Beal 1974 - Kenneth Carlander 1975 - John Bremner 1976 - Neil Harl 1977 - Wayne Scholtes 1978 - Albert Freeman 1979 - Richard Willham 1980 - Robert Shaw 1981 - John Pesek 1982 - C. Phillip Baumel 1983 - Allen Trenkle 1984 - Wilbert Russell 1985 - George Ladd 1986 - Jerry Sell 1987 - no recipient 1988 - no recipient 1989 - Donald Beitz 1990 - Stanley Johnson 1991 - Arnel Hallauer 1992 - Lloyd L. Anderson 1993 - Donald J. Graves 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - Lauren Christian 1996 - Walter Fehr 1997 - no ag recipient 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - Max Rothschild 2000 - Herbert Fromm 2001 - Cornelia Flora 2002 - Wallace Huffman 2004 - Susan Lamont 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - Robert Horton Jr. J. H. ELLIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AT THE UNDERGRADUATE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL 1988 - Robert Schafer 1989 - Richard Carlson 1990 - no ag recipient 1991 - no ag recipient 1992 - no ag recipient 1993- no ag recipient 1994 - John Schafer Jr. 1995 - no ag recipient 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - Deland Myers 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - no ag recipient 2000 - Russell Mullen 2001 - no recipient 2002 - no recipient 2003 - no recipient 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - Dermot Hayes 2006 - no ag recipient UNIVERSITY/ISU FOUNDATION AWARDS FOR MID-CAREER ACHIEVEMENT (In 1993 changed to Career Achievement) Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award 1997 - Richard Schultz 1998 - Gail Nonnecke 2003 - Jonathan Sandor ISU Foundation Award for Excellence in Academic Advising 1999 - no recipient 2000 - Douglas Kenealy 2002 - Curtis Youngs 2003 - James Kliebenstein 2004 - Nick Christians 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - C. Lee Burras, Howard Tyler ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching 1990 - no ag recipient 1991 - Thomas Loynachan 1992 - no ag recipient 1993 - no ag recipient 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - John Schafer 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - Ronald George 1998 - Gary Atchison, Joe Colletti 1999 - no ag recipient 2000 - no recipient 2001 - James Dinsmore, Jack Girton 2002 - Steve Jungst 2003 - James Kliebenstein 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - Carl Bern 2006 - no ag recipient ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research/Scholarship 1990 - no ag recipient 1991 - Robert Horton 1992 - Joel Coats 1993 - no ag nominee 1994 - James Roth 1995 - Walter Fehr 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - Herbert Fromm 1998 - Richard Robson 1999 - Susan Lamont 2000 - no recipient 2001 - no recipient 2002 - Ronald Simons 2003 - Max Rothschild 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - GianCarlo Moschini 2006 - M. Ali Tabatabai ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension/Professional Practice Award 1990 - Gerald Miller 1991 - Roger Ginder 1992 - William Edwards 1993 - Kenneth Stone 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - no ag recipient 1996 - Garren Benson 1997 - no ag recipient 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - no recipient 2000 - Marlin Rice 2001 - Mark Gleason 2002 - David Swenson 2003 - William Bogue 2004 - John Lawrence 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - Joseph Cordray ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching 1990 - Brad Skaar 1991 - no ag nominee 1992 - no ag recipient 1993 - no ag recipient 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - no ag recipient 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - no ag recipient 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - no ag recipient 2000 - Cynthia Anderson 2001 - Deborah Muenchrath 2002 - no ag recipient 2003 - Nancy Grudens-Schuck 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - Amy Kalieta-Forbes ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Research/Scholarship 1990 - no recipient 1991 - Michael Lee 1992 - Jason Shogren 1993 - no ag nominee 1994 - no ag recipient 1995 - no ag recipient 1996 - Christopher Tuggle 1997 - no ag recipient 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - no ag recipient 2000 - no recipient 2001 - no recipient 2002 - no ag recipient 2003 - no ag recipient 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - no ag recipient ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Extension/Professional Practice 1990 - no recipient 1991 - no nominee 1992 - Joseph Morris 1993 - Wendy Wintersteen 1994 - Mark Honeyman 1995 - John Lawrence 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - Jeffrey Iles 1998 - no ag recipient 1999 - Dale Farnham 2000 - no recipient 2001 - no recipient 2002 - no ag recipient 2003 - Wendy Powers 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - Christopher Feeley (P&S) 2006 - no ag recipient UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR 1993 - Lauren Christian, David Cox, Willis Goudy 1994 - Joan Stadler 1995 - Harold (Sande) McNabb, Frederick Parrish 1996 - Douglas Kenealy 1997 - Earl Hammond, Joseph Sebranek, Robert Wisner 1998 - Bonita Glatz 1999 - Larry Pedigo, Gary Atchison, James Baker 2000 - Nick Christians 2001 - Patricia Murphy, Pamela White, David Williams 2002 - Carl Bern and Frederick Lorenz 2003 - no ag recipient 2004 - no ag recipient 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - Lester Wilson REGENT FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 1992 - Donald Beitz, John Bremner 1993 - Bonnie Glatz, Neil Harl, Richard Willham 1994 - Joseph Sebranek 1995 - Tom Loynachan, Kenneth Stone 1996 - Elaine Hall, Robert Summerfelt, Stephen Ford 1997 - Patricia Murphy, Vernon Ryan 1998 - no ag nominees 2003 - Louis Best, Lawrence Johnson, Alan Myers, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton 2004 - Richard Schultz, Jay-Lin Jane 2005 - Jack Girton, Gail Nonnecke 2006 - Mark Gleason, D.L. "Hank" Harris, Basil Nikolau UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS 1995 - Karen Bolluyt 1996 - no ag recipient 1997 - Mark Imerman, Ronald Skrdla 1998 - no ag nominees 2002 - J. Charles Morris 2004 - Darren Jarboe 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - H. Mark Hanna INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD 1999 - Denis McGee 2000 - no recipient 2001 - Ricardo Salvador 2003 - Robert Jolly 2004 - Rameshwar Kanwar 2005 - no ag recipient 2006 - Jay-lin Jane P&S OUTSTANDING NEW PROFESSIONAL AWARD 2001 - Evangeline Grant

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