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Awards and

Honors2008

The American Phytopathological Society

2008 Awards and Honors Ceremony

Tuesday, July 29, 2008Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Awards & Honors Ceremony

Tuesday, July 29, 20086:30–7:30 PM

Welcome and Introductions Ray Martyn, APS President

APS Early Career Recognition Ray Martyn, APS President

• International Travel Award•8th I.E. Melhus Symposium Presenters•Student Travel Awards•APS Public Policy Early Career Internship

Presentation of the APS Awards Jan Leach, APS Past President

•APS Fellows•Distinguished Service Award•Excellence in Extension Award•Excellence in Industry Award•Excellence in Teaching Award• International Service Award•Ruth Allen Award•William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award•Noel T. Keen for Research in Molecular Plant Pathology Award•Syngenta Award / Allison Tally, Syngenta Crop Protection

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APS Centennial Tribute

Honoring APS Awardees: Past to Present See listing starting on page 12.

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Awards and Honors Ceremony

APS Early Career Recognition

International Travel Award

The Foundation, in cooperation with the Office of International Programs, has established this travel fund to support travel costs for early- to mid-career international APS members to participate in an APS annual meeting. This fund is intended to support scientists native to and working in developing countries that otherwise would not be able to attend APS meetings.

8th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Forty-Five Years after Van der Plank, New Visions in the Future of Plant Disease Epidemiology

This prestigious symposium features presentations on graduate thesis research linking the historical significance of Van der Plank’s seminal book, Plant Diseases: Epidemic and Control with the future of plant disease epidemiology. The symposium is named in honor of Irving E. Melhus, a renowned teacher and outstanding researcher and pioneer in the field of plant pathology at what was then Iowa State College. Speakers for this symposium were chosen by an ad-hoc selection committee. The following four students were selected from a pool of applicants to present their research findings during this symposium.

Nancy P. CastillaInternational Rice Research Institute

Student Travel Awards

The APS Foundation is pleased to provide APS Annual Meeting Named Student Travel Awards to the following 47 individuals, selected out of a competitive pool of nearly 100 applicants.

Emmanuel Byamukama

Iowa State University

Felix CervantesUniversity of Idaho

Alexandre Furtado Silveira Mello

Oklahoma State University

Michelle MoyerCornell University

The José and Silvia Amador AwardRoberto Sierra

Universidad de los Andes

The Elsie J. and Robert Aycock Award

Santiago MiderosCornell University

The Kenneth F. Baker Award

Anissa Poleatewich The Pennsylvania State University

The Kenneth and Betty Barker Award

Nathan KleczewskiThe Ohio State

University

The Myron Brakke Award

Valdir Correa The Ohio State

University

The J. Artie and Arra Browning AwardRobert Cating

University of Florida

The J. Artie and Arra Browning Award

Renuka AttanayakeWashington State

University

The C. Lee Campbell AwardLu Liu

Iowa State University

The Caribbean Division Award

Ismael Badillo-Vargas University of Wisconsin

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The Gustaaf A. and Ineke de Zoeten Award

Olufemi AlabiWashington State

University

The Eddie Echandi Award

Luisa Fernanda Castiblanco Mosos Universidad de los

Andes

The Zahir Eyal AwardGautam Shirsekar

The Ohio State University

The Forest Pathology Award

Maria NewcombUniversity of Wisconsin

The John F. Fulkerson Award

Hye-Sook KimUniversity of Wisconsin

The Robert W. Fulton Award

Kathleen MartinUniversity of

Kentucky

APS Early Career Recognition

The Richard L. Gabrielson Award

Marin BrewerCornell University

The Raymond G. Grogan Award

Kari Perez Cornell University

The Dennis H. Hall Award

Murat SeyranUniversity of Georgia

The Janell Stevens Johnk Award

Katelyn WillyerdThe Pennsylvania State

University

The Arthur Kelman Award

Angela NelsonCornell University

The Tsune Kosuge Award

Emily HelliwellThe Pennsylvania State

University

The Stuart D. Lyda Award

Evans NjambereWashington State

University

The Don E. Mathre Award

Barrett GruberUniversity of Wisconsin

The William J. Moller Award

Jonathan OliverCornell University

The Larry Wallace Moore Award

Flavio MedeirosTexas Tech University

The Donald E. Munnecke AwardJeremy Haralson

University of Georgia

The John S. Niederhauser AwardKaveh Ghanbarnia

University of Manitoba

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APS Public Policy Early Career Internship

The goal of the APS Public Policy Early Career Internship is to provide an opportunity for the selected individual to gain hands-on experience in public policy at the national level that relates generally to agricultural science and specifically to matters of interest to APS. By working with the APS PPB, the intern learns how scientific societies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), executive branch agencies (e.g., USDA, NSF, EPA, etc.), and the legislative branch interact in crafting public policy.

The Joseph M. Ogawa Award

Brooke EdmundsNorth Carolina State

University

The Albert Paulus Award

Jeremiah Dung Washington State

University

The Roger C. Pearson Award

Dongping WangUniversity of Illinois

The Malcolm and Catherine Quigley

AwardEugene MummaLouisiana State

University

The Eugene S. Saari Award

Zhenyu LiuUniversity of Wisconsin

The John F. Schafer Award

Jennifer JirakUniversity of Wisconsin

The Luis Sequeira Award

Courtney GallupNorth Carolina State

University

The Malcolm C. Shurtleff Award

Faith Bartz North Carolina State

University

The H. David Thurston Award

Pattavipha Songkumarn

The Ohio State University

The Virology AwardJessica Ciomperlik

Texas A&M University

The Virology AwardEmmanuel

ByamukamaIowa State University

The Harry E. Wheeler Award

Hun KimPurdue University

APS Council AwardKatherine Mills-LujanUniversity of Georgia

APS Council AwardXiulan Xu

The Ohio State University

APS Council AwardMaria Antonia

HenriquezUniversity of

Manitoba

APS Council AwardAmber Lorge

Texas A&M University

APS Council AwardBrian Freeman

Iowa State University

APS Council AwardJoseph Young

Mississippi State University

APS Council AwardChia-Lin ChungCornell University

APS Council AwardCheng-Hua HuangUniversity of Florida Angela Records

Texas A&M University

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APS Awards

APS Fellows

John H. Andrews was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He earned his B.Sc. (Agr.) degree from McGill University, his M.S. degree from the University of Maine, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California-Davis. Following postdoctoral work at Cambridge University and the University of British Columbia, he joined the faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, where

he currently is a professor. Andrews’ groundbreaking work on fungal and microbial ecology of the phyllosphere changed the way we view fungi as organisms and phyllosphere microbiology. He is a pioneer in applying basic ecological theory to understand the dynamic processes that influence microbial population dynamics. His application to microbial biology of such concepts as r- and K-selection, island biogeography, metapopulation biology, and modularity in organism design has stimulated the thinking and research of plant pathologists, especially those interested in biological control. Simultaneously, it has drawn the attention of the larger scientific community to plant pathology. The Andrews laboratory also has been a leader in employing quantitative biology and advanced microscopy and image analysis techniques to visualize fungal colonization of the leaf landscape. His graduate and postdoctoral advisees, and students he taught in the classroom, continue to shape the fields of microbial ecology and biological control. Andrews is a steadfast disciple of plant pathology, having played a major role in teaching nine plant pathology courses, several of which he created, and serving as chair of his department. He has served on numerous editorial boards and has been active in APS, serving on many committees, on council, and as president (2005–2006).

Claude M. Fauquet received his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from University Louis Pasteur in Strasburg, France, in 1974. He was a plant virologist at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement for 26 years, and served in Ivory Coast, West Africa, for 14 years. In 1991, he cofounded the International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology (ILTAB) at The Scripps Research Institute in California

and became its director when ILTAB joined the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO, in 1999. He is a cofounder of the Global Cassava Partnership and adjunct professor at the University of Missouri campuses in Columbia and St. Louis. Fauquet is an international leader in plant virology. Noteworthy accomplishments have dealt with epidemiology of African cassava mosaic disease, molecular taxonomy for geminiviruses and potyviruses, establishment of interspecies recombination as an important event in geminivirus evolution, gene silencing as an antiviral strategy, and cassava and rice transformation. He was secretary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) for 18 years. His publishing career includes authoring

more than 179 research papers and serving as editor of four ICTV Reports and associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Virology, Third and Fourth Editions. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences. In 2007, Fauquet was knighted “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques” by the French Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Deborah R. Fravel was born in Morgantown, WV. She earned a B.A. degree in botany from Duke University in 1972 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in plant pathology from North Carolina State University in 1976 and 1981, respectively. In 1982, she joined the USDA, ARS Soilborne Diseases Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, as a postdoctoral research associate, becoming a research plant pathologist in 1984.

Since 2004, she has been the research leader for the ARS Genetic Improvement of Fruit and Vegetables Laboratory in Beltsville. Fravel is recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of biological control, particularly the ecology and mechanisms of biocontrol fungi, integration of biocontrol and fumigation, and formulation of biocontrol agents. Her early work identified a novel mechanism of biocontrol, the indirect production of hydrogen peroxide by the biocontrol agent Talaromyces flavus. The application of biological control to agricultural production systems is a recurring theme in her research. She holds patents for development of an alginate-based formulation that is used commercially. While employing diverse approaches to study the biological control of different soilborne pathogens, Fravel has identified specific components of each production system that could be manipulated to enhance the success of biological control. Fravel has an outstanding record of professional service. She was a senior editor of Phytopathology from 2000 to 2002 and an associate editor from 1990 to 1992. She has been a member of six committees and served as chair of the Biological Control and the Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases Committees.

Dean W. Gabriel was born in Washington, DC, and holds a B.A. degree in humani-ties, an M.S. degree in biology, and a dual Ph.D. degree in plant pathology and genetics (1981), all from Michigan State University. After postdoctoral work at Oregon State University, Gabriel joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University and subsequently moved to the University of Florida (UF) in 1984. He was promoted to full professor at

UF in 1995. Gabriel’s research for the past 25 years has focused on genetic determinants of host range and gene-for-gene specificity, with a particular emphasis on bacterial pathogens of regulatory signifi-cance. Key discoveries were the nuclear targeting of bacterial effector proteins in the AvrBs3/PthA family and their role in eliciting patho-genic symptoms, particularly in citrus canker disease. At UF, Gabriel is a founding member of the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and has been affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Center for

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Biotechnology Research (ICBR) since its inception. He designed and directs the ICBR Plant Containment Facility, one of the first Biologi-cal Safety Level 3 facilities in the country. He has served on numer-ous APS committees and was an associate editor of Phytopathology. He founded and has run Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc., a gene engi-neering company, since 1998. He served as a consultant for the UN FAO transgenic poplar project in China from 1990 to 1996, was panel manager for the USDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment grant program in 1998, and served on the Functional Genomics Steering Committee for the Xylella fastidiosa sequencing project in Brazil from 1999 to 2003.

David M. Gadoury has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative and productive fruit disease epidemiologists in the world. As a graduate student with William MacHardy, he pioneered the potential ascospore dose (PAD) concept for apple scab, which provid-ed growers worldwide with an action thresh-old of ascospore maturity to initiate fungicide sprays. Gadoury’s participation in subsequent studies of ascospore maturation, discharge,

and dissemination resulted in major revisions of infection period tables used in assessing scab risk. He and Roger Pearson overturned a century of dogma surrounding the role of cleistothecia in grape powdery mildew by showing that cleistothecia were indeed a source of inoculum and overwintered in bark crevices rather than on leaves, thereby improving management programs worldwide and provid-ing a model for the study of cleistothecia of several other powdery mildews. Gadoury and colleagues added greatly to our knowledge of ontogenic resistance in grape berries; insights that resulted in more effectively focused fungicide sprays. Prominent colleagues not only consider Gadoury an authority worldwide on apple scab and grape powdery mildew but state that his papers should be required reading for all graduate students in plant pathology. He has lectured inter-nationally on the topics of writing effectively for diverse competitive grants programs and on the process of preparing articles for refereed journals. He has advocated forcefully and effectively, both at Cornell and through APS committees, for a greater emphasis on undergradu-ate teaching and work experience in order to recruit future plant pathologists, and he now chairs a committee tasked with identifying future challenges to the profession of plant pathology.

Stephen B. Goodwin is a leading authority in the fields of fungal population genetics and evolution. He has contributed signifi-cantly to our understanding of host–patho-gen interactions and to the improvement of disease resistance in cereals. His work on the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans stands in a class by itself. Goodwin developed DNA fingerprint and isozyme identification systems that have been used

worldwide. He showed that the global pandemic was due to migra-tion of a single clone and determined the likely ancestors that gave rise to the potato-infecting population. This research offered new insights into the origins of plant pathogens and illustrated that host jumps may be a common mechanism for their emergence. His work on the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis stimulated re-search into the relevance of sexual reproduction for this fungus. He

used phylogenetic analyses to predict what the teleomorph should look like and guided scientists in other laboratories to clone its mating-type genes. Goodwin codeveloped the first genetic map and discovered the first transposon in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. He showed that a barley pathogen, Septoria passerinii, is closely related to M. graminicola and helped identify its teleomorph. Goodwin showed that toxin-producing members of the asexual ge-nus Cercospora are monophyletic and related to the sexual genus My-cosphaerella. He mapped several genes for resistance to M. graminicola and identified a late peak of resistance responses. This research sig-nificantly increased our understanding of the origins and evolution of plant pathogens and of resistance in wheat.

Bradley I. Hillman received his B.S. degree from the University of California (UC) Berkeley in 1978 and his Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley in 1986 studying Tomato bushy stunt virus and characterizing the first defec-tive interfering RNAs of a plant virus. As a postdoctoral research associate, he investigat-ed Sonchus yellow net virus and then initiated studies as a postdoctoral fellow on viruses associated with hypovirulence of Cryphonec-

tria parasitica. He was hired at Rutgers in 1989 and promoted to associate professor in 1995 and to professor in 2001. He currently serves as director for research and senior associate director for the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. His research on fungal viruses has emphasized the wide array of viruses and transposons of C. parasitica, including characterization of the first mitochondrial RNA virus and the first fungal reovirus. His applied research on virus diseases of blueberry and cranberry has included development and implementation of virus detection methods, characterization of the carlavirus associated with blueberry scorch disease, construction and manipulation of the first infectious cDNA clone for a carlavi-rus, and examination of the ecology and epidemiology of this carla-virus. His recent studies on the turfgrass pathogens responsible for anthracnose disease led to a redescription of the species, changing the designation from Colletotrichum graminicola to Colletotrichum cereale. His APS service has included associate editor, senior editor, and editor-in-chief of Phytopathology; APS Publications Board chair; APS Council; Northeastern Division (NED) Graduate Student Award Committee chair; NED Site Selection Committee; and Ad Hoc APS Governance Committee.

Charles M. Rush was born in Anthony, KS, and received a B.A. degree in literature from the University of Texas Permian Basin in 1974. He began his plant pathology studies at Texas A&M University and received both the M. Agric. (1976) and Ph.D. (1981) degrees. In 1986, he was appointed associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M and is located at Texas Agricultural

Experiment Station Research Center at Amarillo, TX, where he now holds the rank of professor. Rush is internationally renowned for studies of the epidemiology and ecology of soilborne pathogens of field crops with important contributions for managing diseases of wheat, sugar beet, and sorghum. His studies on the nature and control of fungal and virus diseases of these crops are recognized as

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important models for studying the epidemiology and population genetics of pathogens. His findings from Karnal bunt research were used by USDA APHIS as scientific justification to deregulate fields that previously tested positive for the disease. Rush is one of the nation’s foremost experts on benyviruses and is widely recognized for fundamental discoveries concerning virus evolution and population genetics of soilborne viruses with fungal vectors. He additionally developed remote sensing technologies for detecting and quantifying sugar beet and wheat diseases, including rhizomania and wheat streak mosaic. Rush has authored more than 70 refereed journal articles and 21 book chapters and served as editor for six books, in addition to being awarded two U.S. patents.

Jonathan D. Walton was born in New Haven, CT. He received a B.A. degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1975; an M.S. degree from Cornell University in plant pathology in 1978; and a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1982. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory and the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University.

Walton is an internationally recognized leader in research on plant–fungal interactions. Using as a model, Cochliobolus carbonum, the causal agent of northern corn leaf spot, his pioneering and multidisciplinary research has led to a comprehensive understanding of the biosynthesis, mode of action, and evolutionary origin of an important host-selective toxin, HC-toxin, as well as the biochemical basis of maize plant resistance to this toxin. His research also addresses the role of numerous plant cell-wall-degrading enzymes in fungal pathogenesis. His identification of extraordinary functional redundancy among fungal virulence factors is an emerging concept in many pathogen systems. Walton has published nearly 100 papers and travels widely as an invited seminar and conference speaker. He has served on the editorial boards of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (editor-in-chief, 2007–2010), IS-MPMI Reporter (editor-in-chief, 2000–2003), Eukaryotic Cell, and Annual Review of Phytopathology and on the APS Executive Council and APS Publications Board. He is a past president of IS-MPMI (2003–2005). Walton received the Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Award in 2002 and is currently the associate director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.

Michael J. Wingfield received a B.Sc. degree in botany and plant pathology from the University of Natal, an M.Sc. degree in plant pathology from the University of Stellenbosch, and a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota. He is founding and current director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, holds the Mondi endowed chair at the University of Pretoria, and is director

of the South African National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology. Wingfield is one of the most influential plant pathologists and forest scientists worldwide. With a creative blend of molecular and classical research, he has addressed the most difficult and damaging foliar and stem diseases of pines, eucalypts, and other important trees. His research on

insects that interact with and/or vector some causal agents is seminal. As a prolific, original investigator, he has authored or coauthored 500 refereed publications and five books and presented more than 100 plenary or keynote addresses worldwide. As an educator and mentor, his students lead forestry programs on five continents. Wingfield has received numerous awards, including the Havenga Prize, silver and gold medals of the South African Society for Microbiology, and the Scientific Achievement Award of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, and fellow of the South African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP). He is the third recipient of the SASPP Hendrik Christian Persoon Medal (after van de Plank and W. F. O. Marasas).

Shyi-Dong Yeh was born and raised in Taiwan, Republic of China. He received his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees from the National Chung-Hsing University in 1974 and 1979, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1983. Yeh joined the faculty of the National Chung Hsing University, rose to the distinguished position of chair professor in plant pathology in 2006, and was appointed vice president

of the National Chung Hsing University in 2004. Yeh has made significant contributions to fundamental and practical aspects of plant pathology, while working with important viruses. He developed a mild nitrous acid induced mutant of Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) that helped to control this important virus in Taiwan. Subsequently, he revealed the genetic determinants of symptom attenuation, viral movement, and host range of PRSV and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus, which allowed his lab to develop “customized” mild strains of these viruses for cross-protection in cucurbits. His lab has developed genetically engineered PRSV-resistant papaya, which is being deregulated for commercial use in Taiwan. He serologically and molecularly characterized new tospoviruses that cause crop losses in Taiwan and played a key role in proposing a new classification scheme of tospoviruses. Recently, Yeh collaborated with another laboratory to develop a novel approach for obtaining transgenic resistance by using artificial micro RNAs with sequences to target plant viruses. As vice president, his leadership has earned major government funds to make the National Chung Hsing University a top university in Asia. Remarkably, he still finds time to serve as editor of several scientific journals.

Thomas A. Zitter was born in Saginaw, MI, in 1941. He received his education at Michigan State University, earning a B.S. degree (1963) in botany and a Ph.D. degree (1968) in plant pathology. He has served on the faculties of the University of Florida (1968–1979) and Cornell University (1979–present). He is professor of plant pathology at Cornell University with extension and research responsibilities

for diseases of fresh-market vegetables. Zitter is one of the most respected vegetable crop pathologists in the United States today. His problem-solving research, particularly on the diagnosis and management of diseases in tomato, potato, and cucurbits, and his

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educational programs benefit vegetable producers in the northeast and across the nation. Zitter is a pioneering leader in developing disease reference materials and control recommendations. He served as editor for two disease compendia published by APS PRESS, Compendium of Tomato Diseases and Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases. Zitter’s outreach through Vegetable MD Online, his innovative and comprehensive web site on vegetable disease diagnosis and management, is bringing knowledge of the science and practice of plant pathology to millions of people around the world. In 2006, the web site received more than 1.5 million visits, placing Vegetable MD Online in the top tier of popular science web sites. Zitter has served APS through service on numerous committees and boards. He is the recipient of several prestigious honors, including awards for extension and career achievement from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the APS Excellence in Extension Award.

Distinguished Service Award

James D. MacDonald was born in Portland, OR, in 1948. He received his education at the University of California, Davis, receiving his B.S. (1973), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1977) degrees, all in plant pathology. He is a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, where he also serves as executive associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. MacDonald has

sustained an extraordinarily high level of productivity in university and public service and professional activity throughout his career. His service to APS and plant pathology in the United States is noteworthy. His many contributions include his leadership of the initiatives in moving APS and APS PRESS to implement electronic communications, his coauthorship of a highly regarded CD-Rom on turfgrass diseases published by APS PRESS that received national awards, his receipt of the Teaching Award from APS in 1998, and his tireless service on APS Council and on a number of APS committees. Especially noteworthy was his election as vice president in August 2002 that culminated in his leadership of the society as president in August 2004. MacDonald as executive associate dean also provides leadership for one of the premier colleges of agriculture in the United States. In this capacity, he carries a varied and demanding administrative workload with overall responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the college. His accomplishments and innovative contributions in service and leadership to plant pathology and to APS combine to create a most compelling case for the APS Distinguished Service Award.

Excellence in Extension Award

Mary K. Hausbeck was born in Saginaw, MI. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in horticulture from Michigan State University (MSU) and her Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from Pennsylvania State University in 1990. She returned to MSU as visiting assistant professor of plant pathology and was appointed in the tenure stream in 1992. She was promoted as associate

professor in 1998 and professor in 2002. Throughout her career at MSU, Hausbeck has been responsible for extension and research on diseases of greenhouse ornamentals and a wide array of vegetable crops. Her appointment is currently 60% extension/40% research. Hausbeck has established an extension and research program in the biology, management, and epidemiology of diseases of vegetables and greenhouse ornamentals, a program that is nationally and internationally recognized for its excellence and responsiveness to industry needs. Hausbeck has received numerous awards for her contributions. She has coordinated or contributed to 60 workshops and tours. Many of the workshops provide growers with hands-on experience with the pathogens and diseases that threaten their industries. She has presented well over 260 extension talks and has written more than 350 extension and popular publications. She has published 60 refereed papers and nearly 300 research reports. Hausbeck has led the development of five specialty crop strategic pest management plans. As a result of these plans, she developed several successful USDA grants. Hausbeck has served APS through membership on several committees, as section editor for Fungicide and Nematicide Tests, and as senior editor for Plant Disease.

Excellence in Industry Award

Christopher M. Becker was born in Neptune, NJ. He received his B.S. degree in botany from the University of Vermont in 1979 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in plant pathology from the University of Massachusetts (1983) and Cornell (1990), respectively. After completing his master’s degree, Becker joined Ciba Geigy and ACDS Inc. and conducted applied research. In 1993, Becker joined BASF

(then American Cyanamid) as a field scientist. Throughout his career, Becker has specialized in applied plant pathology and he has been committed to providing solutions to growers across the United States. One of Becker’s most significant contributions was his dedicated field research efforts in the development and launch of Acrobat fungicide in the United States. In 2002, Becker’s career took an interesting turn due to corporate downsizing. His devotion to applied agricultural research resulted in the formation of BAAR Scientific LLC. Becker has expanded BAAR Scientific to include research with fruit, vegetable, field crops, and ornamentals and now conducts contract research for large and small agrichemical companies. Becker has always been highly dedicated to APS throughout his career. He has been a long-standing member of the Industry Committee. Through his efforts, the APS Office of Industry Relations was established, and Becker was its first director. Becker also served as the industry liaison for the “Materials under Trial” database used within Fungicide and Nematicide Tests and was a senior editor for APS PRESS. Becker served as secretary/treasurer, vice president, and president of the Northeastern Division of APS.

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Excellence in Teaching Award

Michael J. Boehm is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University. He has a record of outstanding contributions in the teaching of plant pathology and a career-long dedication to instructional innovations. Student evaluations for his undergraduate courses (primarily general plant pathology, turfgrass pathology, and turfgrass pest management) are stellar, and sometimes all

students give him the maximum possible evaluation score. He is a leader within the college and university in terms of his instructional innovations. He has taken full advantage of the modern information age to establish Internet-based student resource centers for all his courses. He also has incorporated real-world practicums, especially in his pest management course, where students are required to work with golf course superintendents or sports turfgrass managers to determine their specific problems, ask probing questions, and develop comprehensive integrated management programs to meet their needs. These approaches have led to very high levels of student motivation and performance. Boehm has been recognized numerous times for his teaching accomplishments. Of special importance is the receipt in 2000 of the Ohio State Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the only person in plant pathology to be so recognized. He also received the Outstanding Professor Award four times from students in another department and the Pomerene and Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Awards from the college. Boehm is an active member of APS and is currently serving as junior councilor-at-large. Boehm serves as chair of Ohio State University’s Department of Plant Pathology.

International Service Award

Randy C. Ploetz was born in Gastonia, NC, and graduated from Purdue University in 1974 with a B.Sc. degree in forestry and in 1976 with a M.Sc. degree in plant pathology. In 1984, he received a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Florida and, in 1986, joined the faculty at the university’s Tropical Research and Education Center. He was promoted to professor in 1996 and

received the University of Florida Research Foundation Professor Award in 2004. Ploetz has worked in 35 countries, advising students and research projects, investigating new disease outbreaks, participating in and organizing scientific meetings, and consulting for international agencies and producers. He is a world authority on tropical fruit diseases, has written more than 300 publications on their impact and management, and has edited four books on these topics, including the standard reference, Diseases of Tropical Fruit Crops. He is a frequent invited plenary speaker at international conferences and symposia and is interviewed often on tropical disease problems. Ploetz has served APS in diverse capacities. He is immediate past director of the Office of International Programs and served APS PRESS for 8 years, from 2000 to 2002 as editor-in-chief and from 1995 to 2000 as a senior editor. He was an associate editor for Phytopathology, served on the Classics Committee and

the Tropical Plant Pathology Committee, and served as chair of the Soil Microbiology & Root Disease Committee. He is a former president of the Florida Phytopathological Society and a former vice president and managing editor for refereed papers for the Florida State Horticultural Society.

Ruth Allen Award

Peter D. Nagy a native of Hungary, is a professor in the University of Kentucky’s Plant Pathology Department and a man of rare insight and wisdom. His principal scientific achievements may be briefly summarized as follows. (i) Introduction of a systems biology approach, utilizing yeast, to identify host factors influential in the replication of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV). (ii) Identification of the first

host factors suppressing or enhancing TBSV recombination based on genome-wide screens in yeast. (iii) Employment of a highly tractable, yeast-based replication system for TBSV, thus accessing the power of yeast genetics. (iv) Analysis of assembly requirements for the TBSV replicase that revealed two viral and four host proteins as integral parts of the tombusvirus replicase complex. (v) Discovery of novel, cis-acting, silencer and enhancer regulatory RNA elements in the TBSV genome. (vi) Demonstration of recruitment of host factors to the subcellular site of tombusvirus replication. (vii) Formulation of in vitro assays for viral RNA recombination, allowing dissection of the molecular mechanisms involved. Nagy’s studies have made the plant virus TBSV one of the best characterized amongst all viruses with regard RNA replication and recombination, as well as one of the most thoroughly understood with respect to molecular perspectives of host interactions. Nagy’s accomplishments reflect exhaustive studies of high intellectual challenge and have had profound influence across all of virology, opening new vistas on how more-virulent viral strains evolve.

William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award

Pierce A. Paul grew up in Guyana, South America, and earned two degrees in Brazil before coming to the United States. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2003 from Iowa State University, under the direction of Gary Munkvold. He was originally hired at Ohio State University as a postdoc and was appointed assistant professor in 2006. In a short 5 years, Paul has made major research advances on two important

diseases of field crops. He successfully developed prediction models for gray leaf spot of maize, using state-of-the-art data-analytical methods and has established himself as a key member of a national team of scientists studying Fusarium head blight of wheat (FHB). One highly significant contribution is his use of meta-analysis to combine results from more than 150 studies to characterize the relationship between FHB and resulting deoxynivalenol (DON) levels in harvested grain. He and collaborators also used meta-analysis to synthesize the effects of triazole fungicides on FHB and DON. With former postdoc S. El-Allaf, he showed conclusively that

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spores of the FHB pathogen are routinely splashed dispersed within wheat canopies during rainfall and that rain splash is sufficient to transport spores to the wheat spikes where infection can occur. He further showed that there is a predictable relationship between spore density on wheat spikes and profiles of ambient conditions. Paul is a very productive scientist, with 15 peer-reviewed journal articles in the last 4 years. He is currently serving as chair of the APS Epidemiology Committee and the USDA Technical Committee NCERA184.

Noel T. Keen Award for Research in Molecular Plant Pathology

Brett M. Tyler was born in 1955 in Vancouver, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in medical biology from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1981. He served on the faculty at the University of California, Davis until 2002 and now is professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. Tyler’s research into the molecular biology and genomics

of oomycetes has made major contributions to our understanding of the molecular basis of recognition between Phytophthora species and their hosts. His team characterized elicitin proteins secreted by many Phytophthora species and cloned the first oomycete avirulence gene, Avr1b. Tyler led the genome-sequencing effort for P. sojae and P. ramorum, resulting in key discoveries, including a large family of effector proteins with the conserved N-terminal motif RXLR-dEER required for entry of the proteins into plant cells. Most recently, Tyler and his collaborators sequenced the genome of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis and have begun to integrate all oomycete genome sequences into a single resource. A hallmark of Tyler’s leadership in the oomycete community has been his determination that this community should have a strong spirit of collaboration, that tools and knowledge should be rapidly shared, and that the careers of junior scientists should be actively fostered. Tyler’s original research and visionary leadership have transformed the field of oomycete molecular genetics from one that was regarded as a “career destroyer” to one that today is vibrant and contributing cutting-edge knowledge to the field of molecular plant-microbe interactions at large.

Syngenta Award

Seogchan Kang was born in Korea and obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry in 1983 and 1985, respectively, from Seoul National University. He completed his Ph.D. degree in physiological chemistry under the supervision of Robert L. Metzenberg in 1991 from the University of Wisconsin. Kang continued as a visiting scientist at DuPont and worked with Barbara Valent until 1994 and had two postdoctoral

stints at Purdue University and the University of New Mexico between 1994 and 1997. In 1997, he joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is currently an associate professor. Kang has established a multifaceted research program, studying mechanisms underpinning plant diseases at multiple levels ranging from genes/genomes to ecosystems, and has offered his knowledge and achievements to many in plant pathology through the development of research tools and collaborations. Specifically, his research focuses on genetic mechanisms underlying race variation in the rice blast system, molecular and cellular mechanisms underpinning Fusarium wilt, and development of informatics platforms supporting pathogen genomics, forensics, and systematics. He has served APS as a member or chair of three APS committees and as a reviewer for APS journals.

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APS Centennial Tribute

Honoring APS Awardees: Past to Present

In November 1961, then APS President S. E. A. McCallan wrote to the membership in his President’s Column published in Phytopathology about the need for the development of society awards in recognition of achievement by the membership. He indicated that although the concept had been discussed on various occasions, a program had not yet been formalized. In his argument for the establishment of such awards he noted, “The rewarding of merit hardly needs justification. Here is an opportunity to honor our peers for valuable and important contributions to the science of plant pathology and in turn the general welfare of mankind.” As a result of this call for action, on February 2, 1962 President W. B. Hewitt appointed a Special Committee on Awards and Honors to study McCallan’s suggestions and make a recommendation. D. E. Ellis chaired this first committee with members G. A. Brandes, M. E. Gallegly, R. G. Grogan, W. B. Hewitt, J. R. Shay and R. H. Wellman. After their review, the committee recommended the establishment of “Fellows of the Society” as a top honor conferred by the Society based on meritorious contributions to the science of phytopathology and on overall service to the society and profession. It would take some time to coordinate the process, but in 1965 the first 35 APS Fellows were elected. APS has continued to grow its awards programs over the years guided by the continuing efforts of the APS Awards and Honors Committee. Below is a brief description of all of the current APS Awards, followed by a comprehensive list of all the individuals who have received an honorary award from APS. Their contributions to the science of plant pathology and leadership within the Society have had a significant influence on APS’s remarkable 100-year legacy. Congratulations to the more than 600 awardees of APS!

Fellow—This honor, the first of its kind for APS, started in 1965 and is granted to honor a current APS member in recognition of distinguished contributions to plant pathology and to The American Phytopathological Society.

Ruth Allen Award—Shortly following the APS Fellow awards, this award given for the first time in 1966, honors individuals who have made an outstanding, innovative research contribution that has changed, or has the potential to change, the direction of research in any field of plant pathology. Recipients of the Ruth Allen Award receive a cash prize derived from a fund established by the heirs of Dr. Allen.

Award of Distinction—This award, first given in 1967, is the highest honor the Society can bestow, it is presented on rare occasions to persons who have made truly exceptional contributions to plant pathology.

Syngenta Award—Started as the Ciba Geigy Award, this honor was first given to an APS member in 1975. Renamed the Novartis Award and now the Syngenta Award, as the name of the company changed, this award is given by Syngenta Crop Protection to an APS member for an outstanding recent contribution to teaching, research, or extension in plant pathology. Recipients receive a cash prize from Syngenta.

Lee M. Hutchins Award—In 1980 this award was first given. It is designated for excellence of an author or authors of published research on basic or applied aspects of diseases of perennial fruit plants. The award consists of a cash prize from the Lee M. Hutchins Fund bequeathed to the society by Dr. Hutchins.

Distinguished Service Award—This award, initiated in 1984, honors APS members who have provided sustained, outstanding leadership to the society, while also furthering the science of plant pathology. This award is only presented upon the recommendation of APS Council.

Excellence in Extension Award—This award, started in 1989, recognizes APS members who have made outstanding contributions by creating, developing, or implementing extension-related programs or materials or who have provided significant leadership in an area of extension plant pathology.

Excellence in Teaching Award—Also established in 1989, this award recognizes an APS member for excellence in teaching plant pathology. Recipients receive a cash prize made possible by the Lucy Hastings de Gutiérrez Fund established in the APS Foundation.

Excellence in Industry Award—In 1998, this award was established to recognize outstanding contributions to plant pathology by APS members whose primary employment involves work outside the university and federal realms either for a profit or nonprofit organization.

International Service Award—This award recognizes outstanding contributions to plant pathology by APS members for countries other than their own. Initiated in 1998, this award carries with it a cash prize, a portion of which is to be designated to the international program of the recipient’s choice. Funds for this prize are made possible from the JANE Fund (John and Ann Niederhauser Endowment) of the APS Foundation.

William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award—First given in 2002, this award recognizes a scientist within five years of their Ph.D. degree who has made an outstanding, innovative contribution directed toward the control of plant disease. Recipients receive a cash prize derived from funds bequeathed to the society by the Hewitt estate.

Noel T. Keen Award—Initiated in 2003, this award recognizes APS members who have made outstanding contributions and demonstrated sustained excellence and leadership in research that significantly advances the understanding of molecular aspects of host–pathogen interactions, plant pathogens or plant-associated microbes, or molecular biology of disease development or defense mechanisms. Recipients of the Noel T. Keen Award receive a cash prize derived from a fund established through the APS Foundation.

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Award of Distinction

1967 E. C. Stakman1969 J. C. Walker1972 James G. Horsfall1980 Harold H. Flor 1983 Arthur Kelman1983 George Zentmyer1987 Raymond G. Grogan1988 Myron K. Brakke1994 R. James Cook1994 Luis Sequeira1998 Anne K. Vidaver2006 Milton Zaitlin2007 Norman E. Borlaug

Distinguished Service Award

1984 Thor Kommedahl 1991 Raymond J. Tarleton1992 James F. Tammen2002 O. W. Barnett, Jr. 2008 James D. MacDonald

Fellow

1965 H. W. Anderson1965 H. P. Barss1965 A. C. Braun1965 C. Chupp1965 G. H. Coons1965 J. H. Craigie1965 C. W. Edgerton1965 G. W. Fisher1965 Harold H. Flor1965 M. W. Gardner1965 J. G. Harrar1965 Helen Hart1965 William Boright

Hewitt1965 C. S. Holton1965 James G. Horsfall1965 Lee M. Hutchins1965 J. H. Jensen1965 G. W. Keitt1965 George C. Kent1965 J. G. Leach1965 Lysle D. Leach1965 George McNew1965 I. E. Melhus1965 Paul R. Miller1965 J. W. Oswald1965 Glenn S. Pound1965 A. J. Riker1965 H.A. Rodenhiser1965 E. C. Stakman1965 W. M. Stanley1965 G. Thorne1965 W. D. Valleau1965 J. C. Walker1965 G. F. Weber1965 C. E. Yarwood1966 C.W. Bennett1966 Lindsay M. Black1966 V. W. Cochrane

1966 A. E. Dimond1966 C. Drechsler1966 David Gottlieb1966 G. H. Hepting1966 F. O. Holmes1966 T. Johnson1966 R. A. Ludwig1966 S. E. A. McCallan1966 Klaus. O. Muller1966 W. C. Snyder1966 E. E. Wilson1966 Roy A. Young1966 W. J. Zaumeyer1967 R. M. Caldwell1967 F. L. Howard1967 H. H. McKinney1967 John S. Niederhauser1967 Saul Rich1967 Ikuzo Uritani1967 Saul Rich1968 J. S. Boyce1968 A. F. Ross1968 W. N. Takahashi1968 F. A. Wolf1968 G. Z. Zentmyer1969 D. L. Bailey1969 K. F. Baker1969 Raymond G. Grogan1969 J. W. Heuberger1969 Arthur Kelman1969 W. C. Price1970 L. J. Alexander1970 Durward F. Bateman1970 C. M. Christensen1970 E. E. Clayton1970 R. W. Fulton1970 William F. Rochow1970 J. E. Vanderplank1970 Paul E. Waggoner1970 J. M. Wallace1970 H. E. Wheeler1971 A. W. Dimock1971 Mannon E. Gallegly, Jr.1971 W. Q. Loegering1971 Karl Maramorosch1971 R. R. Nelson1971 Luis Sequeira1971 Malcolm C. Shurtleff1972 Myron K. Brakke1972 J. R. Christie1972 James E. DeVay1972 J. Galindo Alonso1972 L. J. Klotz1972 E. S. Luttrell1972 A. G. Plakidas1972 R. L. Steere1972 H. David Thurston1972 Ronald K. S. Wood1973 E. V. Abbott1973 G. M. Armstrong1973 Gordon A. Brandes1973 Theodor O. Diener1973 R. M. Lister1973 Roy L. Millar1973 Mary E. Shaw1973 Robert J. Shepherd1973 Hugh D. Sisler

1973 A. J. Ullstrup1973 C. Westcott1974 George W. Bruehl1974 Stephen Diachun1974 Rorbert N. Goodman1974 Arthur L. Hooker1974 Thomas A. Shalla1974 John T. Slykhuis1974 Frederick L. Wellman1974 Stephen Wilhelm1975 John G. Bald1975 Agesilau A. Bitancourt1975 Joseph M. Daly1975 John F. Fulkerson1975 James W. Gerdemann1975 William F. Mai1975 Pascal P. Pirone1975 Milton. N. Schroth1976 Antonio Ciccarone1976 Robert H. Daines1976 Joseph P. Fulton1976 Donald J. Hagedorn1976 Tsune Kosuge1976 Herbert H. Luke1976 Charles J. Nusbaum1976 Johan G. Ten Houten1977 E. C. Calavan1977 E. B. Cowling1977 Peter R. Day1977 John L. Lockwood1977 George C. Papavizas1977 R. H. Stover1977 Kohei Tomiyama1978 Albert H. Ellingboe1978 Charles J. Gould1978 John E. Mitchell1978 Shu-Huang Ou1978 Albert Siegel1978 Furney A. Todd1978 Seymour D. Van

Gundy1978 Milton Zaitlin1979 Robert Aycock1979 Victor H. Dropkin1979 John B. Rowell1979 Robert P. Scheffer1979 Irving R. Schneider1979 Joseph S. Semancik1979 Wilson L. Smith, Jr.1979 Paul H. Williams1980 Ralph Baker1980 Kenneth R. Barker1980 J. Artie Browning1980 R. James Cook1980 Ralph J. Green, Jr.1980 William J. Hooker1980 Milton F. Kernkamp1980 Thor Kommedahl1980 Thomas P. Pirone1980 Lewis F. Roth1980 Arden F. Sherf1980 Alex L. Shigo1981 John B. Bancroft1981 Joseph Kuc1981 Curt Leben1981 G. Nyland1981 Albert O. Paulus

1981 Clayton O. Person1981 Syama P. Raychaudhuri1981 Robert E. Stall1982 James E. Duffus1982 Michele C. Heath1982 Laurence H. Purdy1982 Richard Stace-Smith1982 Albert Wienhold1983 George N. Agrios1983 George W. Bird1983 Julio Bird-Pinero1983 Johannnes Dekker1983 Charles J. Delp1983 Richard I.B. Francki1983 Yigal Henis1983 Kurt J. Leonard1983 Chester J. Mirocha1983 Donald E. Munnecke1983 Daniel J. Samborski1983 E. L. Gene Sharp1983 Anne K. Vidaver1984 William R. Bushnell1984 P. Paul F. M. deNeergaard1984 Richard Durbin1984 Guillermo E. Galvez-

Enriquez1984 Curtis W. Roane1984 August F. Schmitthenner1984 Marr D. Simons1984 Richard C. Staples1984 James F. Tammen1984 George E. Templeton, II1984 Sue A. Tolin1985 Richard D. Berger1985 Richard J. Campana1985 Robert E. Davis1985 Joseph W. Eckert1985 Donald C. Erwin1985 Richard I. Hamilton1985 Jürgen F. Kranz1985 Harry H. Murakishi1985 Paul E. Nelson1985 Waldemar E. Sackston1985 Francis A. Wood1986 George Bruening1986 Arun K. Chatterjee1986 Elroy A. Curl1986 W. Harley English1986 Anton J. Novacky1986 Joseph M. Ogawa1986 Rosario Provvidenti1986 Alan P. Roelfs1986 Norman C. Schenck1986 Peter H. Tsao1986 Isaak Wahl1987 Horace L. Barnett1987 Michael G. Boosalis1987 Richard A. Frederiksen1987 Stephen M. Garnsey1987 Alva M. Golden1987 Cedric W. Kuhn1987 Frances M. Latterell1987 Roger H. Lawson1987 Gino Malaguti1987 Srecko (John) M.

Mircetich1987 Nathaniel (Dick) T. Powell

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1987 Albert D. Rovira1988 Alois A. Bell1988 Douglas W. Burke1988 Urban L. Diener1988 Eddie Echandi1988 Gian L. Ercolani1988 Chuji Hiruki1988 Sung M. Lim1988 Gad Loebenstein1988 Donald C. Ramsdell1988 John F. Schafer1988 Hong Ji Su1988 Ivan J. Thomason1988 Billy G. Tweedy1989 Carl H. Beckman1989 Eileen Brennan1989 John M. Duniway1989 David W. French1989 C. Wendell Horne1989 John G. Moseman1989 Rodrigo Rodríguez-Kábana1989 Gregory E. Shaner1989 Malcolm R. Siegel1989 Jui-Chang Tu1989 James L. Van Etten1989 Robert K. Webster1989 Homer D. Wells1989 Gayle L. Worf1990 Tseh An Chen1990 William O. Dawson1990 William E. Fry1990 Alan L. Jones1990 Michael J. Jeger1990 Edgar L. Kendrick1990 Wen-Hsiung Ko1990 Yeshwant L. Nene1990 Harry R. Powers, Jr.1990 Kenneth J. Scott1990 Hans D. VanEtten1990 Olen C. Yoder1991 Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia1991 Marvin K. Beute1991 Ilan Chet1991 Richard H. Converse1991 Richard E. Ford1991 Dennis Gonsalves1991 Richard S. Hussey1991 Andrew O. Jackson1991 Jaacov Katan1991 Noel T. Keen1991 Elliot W. Kitajima1991 Douglas P. Maxwell1991 Derald A. Slack1992 Herb S. Aldwinckle1992 José Amador1992 Gustaaf A. De Zoeten1992 John H. Hill1992 Harry A. Hoitink1992 Don E. Mathre1992 Gaylord I. Mink1992 Lowell R. Nault 1992 Dan E. Purcifull1992 Earl G. Ruppel1992 Howard A. Scott1992 Wayne A. Sinclair1992 David R. Smith1993 George S. Abawi

1993 Donald Aylor1993 D. Michael Benson1993 John R. Edwardson1993 Clarence Kado1993 Melvyn L. Lacy1993 Ralph L. Nicholson1993 John G. Shaw1993 James B. Sinclair1993 Ram P. Thakur1993 Roy D. Wilcoxson1994 Ortus W. Barnett, Jr.1994 Joseph M. Bové1994 William G. Dougherty1994 Ernest Hiebert1994 Steven E. Lindow1994 Donald H. Marx1994 Dallice I. Mills1994 Richard W. Smiley1994 Paul S. Teng1994 Charles L. Wilson1994 Jan C. Zadoks1995 Zahir Eyal1995 Donald L. Hopkins1995 John A. Irwin1995 Keisuke Kohmoto1995 T. Jack Morris1995 Randall C. Rowe1995 Dharma D. Shukla1995 Michael E. Stanghellini1995 Walter R. Stevenson1995 Neal K. Van Alfen1996 James R. Aist1996 Armando Bergamin Filho1996 Yigal Cohen1996 Alan Collmer1996 Cleora J. D’Arcy1996 Larry D. Dunkle1996 Allen Kerr1996 Kyung-Soo Kim1996 Robert D. Lumsden1996 Seiji Ouchi1997 Jay Lawrence Apple 1997 Isaac Barash1997 Thomas J. Burr1997 Dennis C. Gross1997 Gary E. Harman1997 Alan C. Hayward1997 Hitoshi Kunoh1997 Giovanni P. Martelli1997 Gary A. Payne 1997 Steven G. Pueppke1998 Edward French1998 Bikram S. Gill1998 Jan E. Leach1998 Mary L. Powelson1998 Steven A. Slack1998 Baruch Sneh1998 Brian Staskawicz 1999 Robert A. Blanchette1999 Genevieve J. Défago1999 Brian J. Deverall1999 Tim R. Gottwald1999 Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz1999 Roland F. Line1999 Laurence V. Madden2000 C. Lee Campbell2000 Margaret E. Daub

2000 Roger Hull2000 Robert A. McIntosh2000 Robert D. Riggs2000 Laveran W. (Pete) Timmer2001 Gary C. Bergstrom2001 Lester W. Burgess2001 Noriyuki Doke2001 Jeffrey B. Jones2001 Joyce E. Loper2001 James W. Moyer2001 Christopher C. Mundt2001 David M. Weller2002 Timothy P. Denny2002 Said A. Ghabrial2002 Craig R. Grau2002 Everett M. Hansen2002 Harvey C. Hoch2002 Scot H. Hulbert2002 Denis C. McGee2002 Tom (Twng-Wah) Mew2002 Charles W. Mims2002 Linda S. Thomashow2003 Clive M. Brasier2003 Jeremy J. Burdon2003 Martin B. Dickman2003 Byung Kook Hwang2003 Hei Leung2003 Jerald K. Pataky2003 Christopher L. Schardl2003 Carol E. Windels2004 Mike A. Ellis2004 Bryce W. Falk2004 Thomas C. Harrington2004 Barry J. Jacobsen2004 Harold Corby Kistler 2004 Ing-Ming Lee2004 Norman W. Schaad2004 Robert C. Seem2004 John L. Sherwood2004 Turner B. Sutton2005 Carol L. Bender2005 Raghavan Charudattan2005 Jacqueline Fletcher2005 Christopher A. Gilligan2005 Walter F. O. Marasas2005 Bruce A. McDonald2005 Robert A. Owens2005 Gail L. Schumann2005 Xiao-Bing Yang2006 Stella Melugin Coakley2006 Ralph A. Dean2006 Anne E. Desjardins2006 Helene R. Dillard2006 Rose C. Gergerich 2006 John R. Hartman2006 Charles R. Howell2006 Ben E. Lockhart2006 Ulrich K. Melcher2006 Ravi P. Singh2006 James L. Starr2007 Charles W. Bacon2007 David G. Gilchrist2007 James H. Graham2007 Raymond Hammerschmidt2007 Rosemarie W. Hammond2007 Nancy Jane P. Keller2007 Steven A. Lommel

2007 Matteo Lorito2007 William E. MacHardy2007 W. Allen Miller2007 Barbara S. Valent2008 John H. Andrews2008 Claude M. Fauquet2008 Deborah Fravel2008 Dean W. Gabriel2008 David M. Gadoury2008 Stephen B. Goodwin2008 Bradley I. Hillman2008 Charles M. Rush2008 Jonathan D. Walton2008 Michael J. Wingfield2008 Shyi-Dong Yeh2008 Thomas A. Zitter

Excellence in Extension Award

1989 Walter R. Stevenson1990 José Amador1991 Malcolm C. Shurtleff1992 Helene R. Dillard 1993 Thomas A. Kucharek1994 Patrick M. Phipps 1995 Howard F. Schwartz1996 John E. Watkins1997 Mark L. Gleason1998 Walter D. Gubler1999 Gregory L. Tylka2000 Mike A. Ellis2001 Patrick E. Lipps2002 Thomas A. Zitter2003 Edward A. Brown, II2004 James W. Travis2005 Melodie Putnam2006 Marcia P. McMullen2007 Donald E. Hershman2008 Mary K. Hausbeck

Excellence in Industry Award

1998 H. Vincent Morton2001 Molly N. Cline2002 Allison H. Tally2003 Chester L. Sutula2006 Gregory L. Lamka2007 James A. Frank2008 Christopher M. Becker

Excellence in Teaching Award

1989 Harold S. McNabb, Jr.1990 Lafayette Frederick1992 George W. Hudler1992 William Merrill, Jr.1993 Gail L. Schumann1994 Antonius B. Baudoin1995 Edward J. Braun1996 Donald G. White1997 Charles W. Mims1998 James D. MacDonald

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2000 Glen R. Stanosz2001 Francis W. Zettler2002 Larry F. Grand2004 Karen-Beth G. Scholthof2005 Caitilyn Allen2006 Cleora J. D’Arcy2007 Paul Vincelli2008 Michael J. Boehm

International Service Award

1998 Ben E. Lockhart2000 Christopher C. Mundt2001 Robert S. Zeigler2002 Sally A. Miller2003 Kitty F. Cardwell2004 Henryk Czosnek2005 James R. Steadman2006 H. David Thurston2007 Naidu A. Rayapati2008 Randy Ploetz

Ruth Allen Award

1966 Harold H. Flor1967 F. O. Holmes1968 Myron K. Brakke1969 W. C. Snyder1970 John B. Bancroft1971 H. Asuyama1971 Yoji Doi1971 T. Ishiie1971 M. Teranaka1971 K. Yora1972 R. L. Steere1973 Frances M. Latterell1973 Herbert H. Luke1974 Austin C. Goheen1974 William Boright Hewitt1974 Dewey J. Raski1975 Ian A. M. Cruickshank1976 Theodor O. Diener1977 James W. Gerdemann1977 Donald H. Marx1978 Lindsay Black

1979 J. E. Vanderplank1980 Harry Murakishi1981 Robert J. Shepherd1982 Allen Kerr1983 Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia1983 Charles Bracker1983 Jose Ruiz-Herrera1984 Wen-Hsiung Ko1985 William F. Rochow1986 Richard M. Lister1987 Deane Arny1987 Steven E. Lindow1987 Christen D. Upper1988 Paul G. Ahlquist1989 Thomas P. Pirone1990 Roger N. Beachy1991 George E. Templeton, II1992 Richard G. Christie1992 John R. Edwardson1992 Ernest Hiebert1992 Dan E. Purcifull1993 A. C. Triantaphyllou1993 Hedwig H. Triantaphyllou1994 Harvey C. Hoch1994 Richard C. Staples1995 Noel T. Keen1995 Brian Staskawicz1996 Bruce C. Kirkpatrick1997 R. James Cook1997 Linda S. Thomashow1997 David M. Weller1998 Harry A. Hoitink1999 Bruce A. McDonald2000 James C. Carrington2000 William G. Dougherty2001 Robert E. Davis2002 David C. Baulcombe2003 Laurence V. Madden2004 Howard S. Judelson2005 Andrew O. Jackson2005 T. Jack Morris2006 Thomas J. Baum2006 Eric L. Davis2006 Richard S. Hussey2007 Herman B. Scholthof2008 Peter D. Nagy

William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award

2002 Shuijin Hu2006 Koon-Hui Wang2007 Natalia Peres2008 Pierce A. Paul

Lee M. Hutchins Award

1980 Donald C. Ramsdell1981 Moshe Bar-Joseph1981 Michael Clark1981 Stephen M. Garnsey1981 Dennis Gonsalves1981 Dan E. Purcifull1982 John W. Randles, Ph.D.1983 Srecko (John) M.

Mircetich1988 Gaylord I. Mink1990 Thomas J. Burr1991 David M. Gadoury1991 Roger C. Pearson1992 Jerry K. Uyemoto1993 Alan R. Biggs1994 Tim R. Gottwald1994 James H. Graham1995 Themis Michailides1996 L. W. Timmer1997 Wayne F. Wilcox1998 Kenneth B. Johnson1998 John N. Pinkerton1998 Jeffrey K. Stone1999 Adib Rowhani2000 Gareth Hughes2001 Mark Mazzola2002 Wolfram Köller2003 Harald Scherm2004 Mark L. Gleason2006 Chang-Lin Xiao

Noel T. Keen Award

2003 Alan Collmer2004 Brian Staskawicz2005 Thomas J. Wolpert2007 Pierre J. G. M. de Wit2008 Brett M. Tyler

Syngenta Award

1975 Donald Hagedorn1975 Alex L. Shigo1976 Woodrow Hare1977 George S. Abawi1978 Alan L. Jones1979 Alan MacNab1980 William Moller1981 Srecko (John) M.

Mircetich1982 John M. Duniway1983 Gene R. Safir1984 Randall C. Rowe1985 Steven E. Lindow1986 Thomas J. Burr1987 Mike A. Ellis1988 Christine Stephens1989 Laurence V. Madden1990 James J. Marois1991 Margaret E. Daub1992 Wayne F. Wilcox1993 Ariena H. van Bruggen1994 Forrest W. Nutter, Jr.1995 Joyce E. Loper1996 Kenneth B. Johnson1997 Christopher C. Mundt1998 Robert L. Gilbertson1999 Albert K. Culbreath2000 Gary P. Munkvold2001 Eric L. Davis2002 T. Erik Mirkov2003 Sophien Kamoun2004 Krishna V. Subbarao2005 James R. Alfano2006 Guo-Liang Wang2007 Niklaus Grunwald2008 Seogchan Kang