Outstanding Alumni Award
The selection will be made from who have completed an Institute of Agricultural Technology program, bachelors, masters or doctorate program in Agriculture and Natural Resources at MSU. The selection will be made from candidates who have distinguished themselves by obtaining the highest level of professional accomplishments, and who possess the highest standards of integrity and character.
Past Recipients
- 2024: Tom Ryan, Ph.D. and William Thatcher, Ph.D.
- 2023: Dennis Krusac and Mark Sheperdigian
- 2022: Richard Kaminski, Ph.D. and Tammy Newcomb, Ph.D.
- 2021: Dean E. Beyer, Jr. and Max Gonzenbach
- 2020: Thomas Bailey and Dirk Drost
- 2019: Tom Cooley and Stan Moore
- 2018: Barbara Jacobs Ivens
- 2017: Chip Foster and Rohini Mulchandani
- 2016: Joseph Byrum and Thomas J. Snyder
- 2015: Suzanne Fischer
- 2014: Michael Richmond
- 2013: G. Jay Gogue
- 2012: George Purvis and John Clark
- 2011: Michael D. Moore
- 2010: Kurt D. Fausch and Patricia Wilde Orlowitz
- 2009: John Chipman
- 2008: James D. Nichols and Larry P. Walker
- 2007: Ghassem Asrar and Rebecca Humphries
- 2006: James Schiller
- 2005: Willard Sparks
- 2004: Bruce Batt
- 2003: Dale Bauman
- 2002: Albert Bolles
- 2001: Dick Posthumus
- 2000: Donna Banks
- 1999: John Hesse
- 1998: Steven Miteff
- 1997: Hugh Lockhardt
- 1996: Perez Malande Olindo
- 1995: Dan Wyant
- 1994: John (Jack) Laurie
- 1993: Gerald C. Olrich
- 1992: Thomas Reed
- 1991: John Engler
- 1990: Henry Robitaille
- 1989: Delton Parks
- 1988: Elwood Speckman
- 1986: Ben Lamp
- 1985: Jack Barnes
- 1984: Elton Smith
- 1983: Erwin Raven
- 1982: Ed Jones
- 1981: Bela Kennedy
- 1980: Gary Seevers
- 1979: Laura Heuser
- 1978: Howard Tanner and Dale Kuenzli
News
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Ryan receives 2024 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award
Published on February 1, 2024
Tom Ryan, Ph.D., will receive the 2024 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 1. -
Thatcher receives 2024 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award
Published on February 1, 2024
William Thatcher, Ph.D., will receive the 2024 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 1. -
Krusac receives 2023 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award
Published on February 20, 2023
Dennis Krusac will receive the 2023 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award during ANR Week. -
Sheperdigian receives 2023 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award
Published on February 20, 2023
Mark Sheperdigian will receive the 2023 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award during ANR Week.