Congratulations CFANS 2022-2023 alumni award recipients

June 1, 2023

Please join CFANS in celebrating our outstanding alumni! 

Congratulations written in cursive.

CFANS departments bestow a variety of awards to alumni each academic year. Please join us in congratulating these 2022-2023 alumni award recipients!

Agricultural Education, Communication and Marketing

Spirit AwardLee Thompson, BS '79 agricultural education


Agronomy and Plant Genetics

Distinguished Alumni Award — Donn Cummings, PhD '77 plant breeding and genetics


Animal Science

Golden Graduate Alumni Award, Achievement in AcademiaTerry Etherton, PhD '78 animal science

Golden Graduate Alumni Award, Achievement in IndustryBarry Visser, BS '94 animal science, MS '03 dairy cattle nutrition 


Applied Economics

Outstanding Alumni AwardGretta Hanson, BS '04 applied economics

Outstanding Alumni Award — Taro Nagashima, MS '03 applied economics

Outstanding Alumni Award — Michael Swanson, MS '91 and PhD '98, agricultural and applied economics


Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Distinguished Alumni Award — Leo Holm, BS '70, agricultural engineering

Early Career Alumni Award — Sarah Whiteside, BS '21 sustainable systems management 


Entomology

Hodson Graduate Alumni Award — Robert Suranyi, '97 MS and '00 PhD entomology


Horticultural Science

Distinguished Alumni Award — Phil Forsline, BS, '70 horticulture