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

Beitz Receives 2025 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award

Published on February 10, 2025
Donald Beitz, Ph.D. (’67, Department of Animal Science) will receive the 2025 CANR Outstanding Alumni Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 7.
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.
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.
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.