Ag and Life Sciences ONLINE

AG ONLINE 2000 AWARDS ISSUE CONTINUED



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ECONOMICS

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Ag Business Club

- Outstanding Chapter Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1999



Phil Baumel

- Outstanding Research Award (Team), 1999 Transportation Research Forum



John Crooker (graduate)

- Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1999



Neil Harl

- Wallaces Farmer Iowa Master Farmer Exceptional Service Award, 2000

- Named to USDA advisory committee on agricultural biotechnology, 2000

- Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, Chicago Farmers Club, 1999



Dermot Hayes

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



David Hennessy

- College of Agriculture Early Achievement in Research Award, 2000



Ronald Hook (extension field specialist)

- ISU Extension New Professional Award, 2000



Phil Hufferd (extension field specialist)

- ISU Extension Distinguished Service Award, 2000

- Visionary Leadership Award, Epsilon Sigma Phi



Phil Hufferd and Gary Vogt (extension field specialists)

- Team Award, Epsilon Sigma Phi



Sonya Huffman (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



Wallace Huffman

- Chair, NC-208 Research Committee



Sean Hurley (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



Becky Johnson

- College of Agriculture Merit Award for Achievement and Service, 2000



Robert Jolly

- Mission Award for Extension, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, 2000



Dannette Kenne

- President, ISU P&S Council, 1999



Jim Kliebenstein (and family)

- Veishea Family of the Year, 2000



Catherine Kling

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Sergio Lence

- ISU Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alumnus, 1999



Ralph Mayer (extension field specialist)

- State Winner, Achievement Award, Farm & Ranch Financial Management, National Association of County Agricultural Agents

- National Finalist, Communication Award for Feature Story, National Association of County Agricultural Agents

- State Winner, Communication Awards for Fact Sheet and Publication, National Association of County Agricultural Agents



John Miranowski

- Honorary Professor, Gyongyos College of Agriculture, Hungary, 2000



Giancarlo Moschini

- Quality of Research Discovery Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1999



Leigh Tesfatsion

- Associate editor, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control



Lise Vesterlund

- Early Achievement in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences



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ENTOMOLOGY

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Tom Baker

- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science



Anthony Boughton (graduate)

- 2nd place, Ph.D. Student Research Presentation Competition, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America



Greg Courtney

- Reappointed research associate, Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Entomology

- Appointed to editorial board, Systematic Entomology



David Coyle (graduate)

- 2nd place, Master’s Student Research Presentation Competition, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America, 1999



Richard Hellmich

- Chair, NC-205 Regional Research Committee



Joyce Hornstein

- College of Agriculture Professional & Scientific Award for Achievement and Service, 2000



Russell Jurenka

- Appointed to editorial board, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology



Matt Murphy (graduate)

- 1st place, Master’s Student Research Presentation Competition, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America, 1999



Tim Nowatski (graduate)

- 1st place, Ph.D. Student Research Presentation Competition, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America



John Obrycki, Marlin Rice and Larry Pedigo

- Entomology Educational Project Award, Board-Certified Entomologists, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America, 2000



Clinton Pilcher (graduate) and Marlin Rice

- Outstanding Extension/Regulatory Display, Entomological Society of America, 1999



Richard Pope

- ISU Extension 10 Years of Service Award



Richard Pope and Sorrel Brown

- Certificate of Excellence, Educational Materials Awards Program, American Society of Agronomy



Marlin Rice

- Entomology Educational Project Award, North Central Branch of Entomological Society of America, 2000



Jon Tollefson

- Certificate of Appreciation, National Areawide Integrated Pest Management Program for Corn Rootworm



Jon Tollefson and Ed Berry

- USDA-ARS Technology Transfer Award, 1999



John VanDyk

- Insect Zoo Cam in Top 25 Webcams, EarthCam, 1999

- Top Web Sites, Smart Computing Magazine, 1999

- Web site featured on Discovery Channel School Site, 1999

- Education/Information Site of the Week, Seven Wonders, 1999

- Academic Excellence Award, StudyWeb, 1999

- Ask Jeeves Silver Platter Award, Ask Jeeves Web Site, 1999

- Selected Site, wNetSchool, 1999



Wendy Wintersteen

- ISU Extension 20 Years of Service Award



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FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN NUTRITION

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Terri Boylston

- Miller Faculty Fellow, 2000-01



Ardith Brunt (graduate), Elisabeth Schafer and Mary Jane Oakland

- Graduate Student Research Award, American Public Health Association, 1999



Ee-Fah Chong (graduate)

- Outstanding Presentation Award, American Oil Chemists Society, 1999



College Bowl Team

- 2nd place, regional competition, Institute of Food Technologists’ Student Association, 2000



Earl Hammond

- Presidential Address, Sigma Xi, 1999

- Recognized as 50-year member of Sigma Xi, 1999

- 2000 Food Chemistry Divisional Lecturer, Institute of Food Technologists

- Outstanding Presentation Award, American Oil Chemists Society, 1999



Addie Heywood (graduate)

- Treasurer, National Student Division, American Association of Cereal Chemists



Jay-lin Jane

- Best Paper Award, Carbohydrate Division, American Cereal Chemists Society

- Outstanding Presentation Award, American Oil Chemists Society, 1999



Sun-Ok Lee (graduate)

- 2nd place, Midwest Food Processors Conference Student Poster Competition



Bill LaGrange

- ISU Extension Award for Longest Service



Yun Lu (graduate)

- 1st place, Midwest Food Processors Conference Student Poster Competition



Andrew McPherson (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



Mary Jane Oakland

- Miller Faculty Fellow, 2000-01



Jennifer Stacy

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Lester Wilson

- Outstanding Presentation Award, American Oil Chemists Society, 1999



Liangping Yu (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



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FORESTRY

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Joe Colletti

- Outstanding Club Adviser, Alpha Zeta



David Countryman

- Frudden Award, Iowa Society of American Foresters



Rick Hall

- Secretary-treasurer, Poplar Council of the United States



Rodney Jones

- Graduate Leadership Award, ISU Minority Student Affairs, 2000



Steve Jungst

- ISU Wakonse Fellow, 1999



Harold (Sande) McNabb, Jr. (plant pathology and forestry)

- NAACP 2000 President’s Award



Student Forestry Team

- 2nd place, Upper Midwest Capstone Report Competition



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HORTICULTURE

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Nick Christians

- University Professor, 2000

- Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award, Crop Science Society of America, 1999



Bill Graves

- Norman Jay Colman Award, American Nursery and Landscape Association



Cynthia Haynes

- Miller Faculty Fellow, 2000-01



Jeff Iles

- Merit Award, Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association



Mohamad Khan (extension field specialist)

- Honor Award, Iowa State Horticultural Society



Anne Larson (undergraduate)

- 1st place, National Student Essay Contest, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, 1999



Gail Nonnecke

- Miller Faculty Fellow, 2000-01

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Barb Osborn

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Arlen Patrick

- ISU Carroll Ringgenberg Award, 2000



Aaron Patton (undergraduate)

- 3rd place, National Student Essay Contest, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, 1999



Turf Bowl Team

- 1st place, Collegiate Turf Bowl Competition, 1999



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MICROBIOLOGY

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Nancy Boury

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Joan Cunnick

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Jim Dickson, Joe Cordray (animal science) and Lisa Mayberry (animal science)

- College of Agriculture Team Award (HACCP Team), 2000



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PLANT PATHOLOGY

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Alka Bhatia (graduate)

- 2nd place, Poster Division, North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society



Luis del Rio (graduate), Charlie Martinson, X.B. Yang and Lois Tiffany

- 2nd place, Oral Paper Presentation, North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society



Paul Esker (graduate) and Forrest Nutter

- 1st place, Oral Paper Presentation, North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society



John Hill

- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science



Charlie Martinson

- Distinguished Service Award, North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society

- President-elect, Iowa Academy of Science



Denis McGee

- Distinguished Service Award, American Seed Trade Association, 1999



Harold (Sande) McNabb, Jr. (plant pathology and forestry)

- NAACP 2000 President’s Award



W. Allen Miller

- Big XII Conference Faculty Exchange Fellowship



Forrest Nutter

- North American Representative, Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee, International Society of Plant Pathology

- Counselor, North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society



Matt Priebe (undergraduate)

- 4-H State Horticultural Award, 1999



Greg Tylka

- Novartis Crop Protection Award, Society of Nematologists, 1999

- Excellence in Extension Award, American Phytopathological Society



X.B. Yang

- Appointed senior editor of editorial board, Phytopathology

- Chair, Agricultural Sciences Section, Iowa Academy of Science



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SOCIOLOGY

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Stephen Aigner

- Ron Federico Memorial Lecturer, Conference of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, 1999



Beverlyn Lundy Allen

- Early Career Award, Rural Sociological Society, 1999



Cynthia Anderson

- ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, 2000



Jill Bystydzienski

- President, Association for Humanist Sociology



Rand Conger

- Named to Director’s Council of Scientific and Health Advisors, Iowa Department of Public Health

- Victor I. Howery Award, National Association of Rural Mental Health, 1999



Betty Dobratz

- Co-winner, Distinguished Scholarship Award, Marxist Section of American Sociological Association

- Co-winner, Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association, 1999



Cornelia Flora

- Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture Systems, School of Agriculture, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Minnesota, 1999-2000

- Named to USDA Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources committee to review impact of public research on structure of agriculture



Leslie Gordon (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



Patricia Hipple (graduate)

- George Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Behavioral Sciences, Sigma Xi, 1999



Dan Hoyt

- President, Midwest Council for Social Research on Aging, 1999



Pete Korsching

- Vice President, Rural Sociological Society, 1999-2000



Aimee Lee (undergraduate)

- Award for Leadership Excellence, ISU Ag Student Council, 1999



Jacquelyn Litt

- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Early Excellence in Teaching, 1999



Lois Wright Morton

- Tools for Teaching Award, Epsilon Sigma Phi

- Telly Award, 1999



Angie Pithan (undergraduate)

- Ag Woman of the Year, College of Agriculture Student Council, 2000



Kimberly Tyler (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



Carrie Wilcox (graduate)

- Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Development Award, 1999



Kevin Yoder (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



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STATISTICS

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Kari Azevedo (graduate)

- ISU Wakonse Fellow, 1999



Alicia Carriquiry

- Named ISU associate provost

- ISU International Service Award, 2000

- Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1999



Norma Elwick

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



Brooke Fridley (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



William Meeker

- W.J. Youden Prize for Best Expository Paper in Technometrics



Kari Rabe (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



Derrick Rollins (chemical engineering and statistics)

- ISU Presidential Service Award, 2000



Mack Shelley

- Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2000



Craig Solid (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



W. Robert Stephenson

- University Professor, 2000

- Technical Education Program Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award, General Motors



John Stufken

- Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics



Yuhong Yang

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



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ZOOLOGY AND GENETICS

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Curtis Eckerman (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



Chunfa Jie (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



Ye Jin (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Research Excellence Award, 1999



Nalena Lesiuk (graduate)

- ISU Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, 1999



Sheldon Shen

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



William Smith

- Named by students as a faculty or staff member who has been of significant help to them, ISU Student Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony, 2000



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OTHER AWARDS

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Joe Cortes, Seed Science Center

- Distinguished Service Award, American Seed Trade Association, 1999



Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

- Selected as model of innovative environmental program, Renew America’s Environmental Success Index

- Agroecology Issue Team’s Bear Creek Watershed Project selected as National Restoration Demonstration Watershed, 1999



Brian Meyer, Agriculture Communications

- Award of Excellence in Writing, Agricultural Educators in Education, 2000



Rich Pirog, Leopold Center

- Appointed to Local Foods Task Force, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

- Member, Iowa Watersheds Task Force



Practical Farmers of Iowa and Iowa State University

- National Award for Environmental Sustainability in Lands, Renew America, 2000



Kathy Rohrig, Neely-Kinyon Research Farm

- Pride of Extension Award, ISU Extension, 2000



Susan Thompson, Agriculture Communications

- Pioneer Award, Agricultural Educators in Education, 2000



Kevin VanDee, Southeast Research Farm

- Achievement Award (Team), ISU Extension, 2000



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