1/29/98

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Brian Meyer, Agriculture Information, (515) 294-0706

ISU FACULTY AND STAFF RECEIVE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS

AMES -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture presented annual faculty and staff awards at its spring-semester convocation. Award winners were:

• Marshall Jurgens, professor of animal science, received the College of Agriculture Outstanding Adviser Award. In his 29 years as an adviser, Jurgens has worked with more than 1,200 students. He has served several terms as adviser to the Block and Bridle Club, one of the largest and most active student clubs on campus.
  
• Russell Mullen, professor of agronomy, received the College of Agriculture Outstanding Teacher Award. Since 1978, Mullen has used computers, videos, greenhouses, problem-solving elements and other innovative methods to teach the agronomy introductory course to hundreds of students. He also teaches four other courses.
  
• A.E. (Gene) Freeman, distinguished professor of animal science, received the College of Agriculture Outstanding Achievement in Research Award. Freeman has been a faculty member for more than 40 years. His research in dairy cattle genetics has helped the dairy industry improve breeding methods, resulting in more productive, healthier cows.
  
• Walter Fehr, distinguished professor of agronomy, and Earl Hammond, professor of food science and human nutrition, received the College of Agriculture Team Award. Ten years ago the two scientists began to develop soybeans with reduced saturated fatty acids. In 1997, the project culminated in the marketing of a new low-saturated-fat soybean oil to consumers.
  
• Paul Brackelsberg, professor of animal science, received the Excellence in International Agriculture Award. A faculty member since 1966, Brackelsberg has been involved in programs in 25 countries. He has been instrumental in establishing educational connections with several countries. In 1997, he led the first delegation of ISU student interns to Thailand.
  
• Randall Petersohn, manager of the Meat Lab in the Department of Animal Science, received the College of Agriculture Professional & Scientific Award for Achievement and Service. Petersohn, a staff member since 1976, manages an operation that conducts many teaching, research and outreach activities with ISU faculty and private companies.
  
• Barbara Malchow, secretary in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, received the College of Agriculture Merit Award for Achievement and Service. Malchow, a staff member since 1990, manages the department's graduate admissions program, and has developed World Wide Web resources to help recruit new graduate students.
  
• Doug Buhler, professor of agronomy and USDA collaborator, received the Raymond and Mary Baker Agronomic Excellence Award. Buhler, a research agronomist at the USDA's National Soil Tilth Laboratory, is a leader in weed biology research. He is president-elect of the North Central Weed Science Society.

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