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ISU COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE PRESENTS AWARDS TO FACULTY, STAFF

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture presented annual awards to faculty and staff at its spring-semester convocation on Jan. 13. Award winners were:

• Howard Tyler, associate professor of animal science, received the Outstanding Adviser Award. A faculty member since 1991, Tyler advises an average of 45 students each semester. He is an adviser for the Dairy Science Club and has been a mentor for many undergraduate and high school students working on research projects.
• John Schafer, professor of agronomy, received the Outstanding Teacher Award. Since joining the faculty in 1968, Schafer has taught soil science to more than 12,000 students. His courses, which use the latest instructional technologies, emphasize independent learning, problem-solving and hands-on experiments.
• Donald Lay, assistant professor of animal science, received the Early Achievement in Teaching Award. Lay, who joined ISU in 1995, has expanded and updated courses on animal behavior and well-being. In one course, students observe livestock behavior first-hand, conduct research and present results on how management practices affect production.
• Arnel Hallauer, distinguished professor of agronomy, received the Outstanding Achievement in Research Award. Hallauer has led corn-breeding research at ISU since 1958. His work has had a worldwide impact on plant-breeding programs. Hallauer is one of seven scientists in the history of ISU to be named a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• David Hennessy, associate professor of economics, received the Early Achievement in Research Award. Hennessy conducts research on many current issues in agriculture. In the last five years he has published more than 30 papers on topics that include mergers, production quotas, taxes and estate planning, food safety, and pesticides and the environment.
• M. Douglas Kenealy, professor of animal science, received the Excellence in International Agriculture Award. Kenealy has led animal science programs in Russia, Ukraine, China, Costa Rica and other countries. He incorporates many of his international experiences into his teaching, research and extension activities.
• Joyce Hornstein, extension program specialist in entomology, received the Professional & Scientific Award for Achievement and Service. She develops educational materials that are used to train more than 28,000 Iowans each year on the safe use and application of pesticides. She also coordinates, and teaches sessions in, the Integrated Pest Management Crop Scout Schools.
• Becky Johnson, secretary in economics, received the Merit Award for Achievement and Service. An ISU employee since 1973, she has been an integral part of the economic department's outreach efforts in farm management and public policy. She helps coordinate ISU's Agricultural Credit Schools and Public Policy Education Project.
• The HACCP Team, a group that developed new training programs for Iowa's meat industry, received the Team Award. The team -- Joseph Cordray, extension meat specialist, James Dickson, microbiologist, and Lisa Mayberry, secretary -- was created after the federal government issued requirements for meat plants to implement a new food safety system called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). The team has trained workers from more than 150 Iowa meat plants.
• Patrick Schnable, professor of agronomy and zoology/genetics, received the Raymond and Mary Baker Agronomic Award. Schnable is an internationally recognized authority in corn molecular genetics. He directs two research centers in ISU's Plant Sciences Institute and leads the Iowa Genomics Frontiers Cluster, which provides technologies for plant biotechnologists.

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