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ASA Achievement Awards
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ASA
Seeking Nominations
For 2012 Awards |
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The American Soybean Association (ASA) is now
accepting nominations for the 2012 Special Meritorious Award, Lifetime
Achievement Award (Membership Focus), and the Lifetime Achievement Award
(Association Focus). All nominations must be in writing and received no later
than Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. To nominate an ASA member, download a copy of the
Award Nomination Form.
Read more information on eligibility, selection process, and see a list of past
winners.
Send completed nominations to Byron Keelin,
ASA Leadership and Policy Education Manager, at
bkeelin@soy.org or fax to (314) 576-2786. Members of the ASA Membership
and Corporate Relations Committee will make the final selection at the December
ASA Board meeting in St. Louis. The awards will be presented at the ASA Awards
Banquet, scheduled for Friday, March 2, during Commodity Classic in Nashville,
Tenn., March 1-3, 2012.
In 2011, Walter Fehr, professor and soybean
breeding researcher at Iowa State University, received the Special Meritorious
Award. Gary Appel of Enfield, Ill. received the Lifetime Achievement Award
(Membership Focus) and ASA past-President Ron Heck received the Lifetime
Achievement Award (Association Focus).
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Special Meritorious
Award winner Walter Fehr (left) and ASA President
Alan Kemper. (ASA photo by Robert Richards) |
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Lifetime Achievement
Award (Membership Focus) winner Gary Appel (left)
and ASA President Alan Kemper. (ASA photo by Robert
Richards) |
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Lifetime Achievement Award (Association Focus)
winner Ron Heck (left) and ASA President Alan
Kemper. (ASA photo by Robert Richards) |
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History
of Recipients
April, 2011
Special
Meritorious Service Award
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1998
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James
F. Wilder, Raleigh, NC |
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Petersburg,
MI |
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1999
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Dr.
Ken Bader, St. Louis, MO |
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2000 |
James
D. Thrift, Parsippany, NJ |
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Larry Deidrich, Elkton, SD |
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2001 |
Dave
Younkman, Columbus, OH |
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2002 |
Allen
Johnson, Office of the US Trade
Representative |
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2003
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David
Haggard, Steele, MO |
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2004
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Charles
E. Grassley, U.S. Senate, R-IA |
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2005 |
Blanche
Lincoln, U.S. Senate, D-AR |
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2006
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Keith
Smith, Farmington, MO |
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2007 |
Keith
Reinholt, Reese, MI |
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2008
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Dr.
Ann Dorrance, Wooster, OH |
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2009 |
Dr.
Bhima R. Vijayendran, Columbus, OH |
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2010 |
Neil
Strong, Syngenta |
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2011 |
Walter
Fehr, Iowa State University |
Lifetime
Achievement Award – Membership Focus
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Don Korte, Canton, MI |
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Patrick Delanty, Charter Oak, IA |
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| 1999
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Norbert Pilotte, Monticello, IN |
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| 2000
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Mark Berg, Tripp, SD |
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| 2002 |
John Eckert, Jackson, MN |
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| 2003 |
Lorraine Birschbach, Malone, WI |
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| 2004
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Earl Brandt, Sumner, IA |
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| 2005
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Don Louwagie, Marshall, MN |
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| 2006
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Jimmy Vaden Barbour, Friendship, TN |
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| 2007
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Roger Hadley II, Woodburn, IN |
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| 2008 |
Homer C. Ferguson, Oskaloosa, IA |
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2009 |
Gerry Hayden, Calhoun, KY |
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2010 |
Robert
Nelsen, Westbrook, MN |
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2011
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Gary Appel, Enfield, IL |
Lifetime
Achievement Award – Association Focus
| 1998
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Vivian Evans, Montevideo, MN |
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| 1999 |
Dale Darling, Wilmington, DE |
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Gary Riedel, Centralia, MO |
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Robert Utz, New Washington, OH |
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| 2000
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Raymond Heck, Urbandale, IA |
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Grant Putman, Williamston, MI |
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| 2001 |
Richard A. McWard, Bunge Corporation |
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David Erickson, Altona, IL |
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| 2003 |
Harold Phillips, Stevenson, AL |
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| 2004 |
Mike Yost, Murdock, MN |
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| 2005 |
Dwain Ford, Kinmundy, IL |
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| 2006 |
John F. Long, Newberry, SC |
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| 2007 |
Dr. John Henderson, Auburn, AL |
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| 2008 |
John R. McClendon, Marianna, AR |
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| 2009 |
Darryl Brinkmann, Carlyle, IL |
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2010
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Al
Ambrose, CHS Incorporated |
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2011
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Ron Heck,
Perry, IA |
Lifetime
Achievement Award
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Stephen M. Yoder, Altha, FL |
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Karl Sera Hidesuke, Japan |
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| 1997 |
Dr. James Orf, University of Minnesota |
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William Silver, Williamsport, IN |
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Ron Schildroth, Grundy Center, IA |
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