Armstrong, Max BeMiller, James N. Doering, Otto, III Harrell, Vince Stinson, William Wadsworth, Henry "Hank" Woehrle, Theodore "Ted"
Select Recipients by Year: -- Select Year -- 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938
Recognizing service to agriculture beyond the call of duty.
* Listing is sorted by year then by alphabetical order.
Select Listing or Forms: -- Select -- Alphabetical Order Certificate of Distinction Nomination Form
The Award
The Certificate of Distinction is the highest award of the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association. It is presented at the Association's annual meeting,
The Certificate of Distinction is intended to recognize those who have contributed significantly to agriculture through professional accomplishments, activity in organizations associated with agriculture, community service work, and other activities that make the nominees a credit to their profession.
Selection Procedure
A committee selected by the President of the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association will screen all nominees and present a list of finalists to the Board of Directors of the Association. The Board will make the final selections.
Selection Scorecard - Professional Accomplishments 45 pts - Professional Service Work 20 pts - Local Community Work 20 pts - State and National Activity 15 pts
Eligibility
Any person who has contributed significantly to agriculture is eligible for the award. Although nominees may be at any stage in their career, continued work over a period of years will better substantiate the contributions of the nominee. The nominee's accomplishments will be judged in totality as a body of work.
Nominees need not be a graduate of Purdue Agriculture nor a resident of Indiana . Nominees can be engaged in any phase of agriculture-farming, business, manufacturing, education, research, agricultural commodity or advocacy organizations, etc.
A nominee's level of accomplishment should extend beyond the local community, although there may be certain cases that merit exception to this guideline.
Excellence, not merely participation and longevity, is the expectation of those honored with this award, both in professional activities and in associated community service.
Nomination Procedure
Nominations may be made by anyone.
As the Association's highest award, it is essential that the selection of recipients be done in a comprehensive and thorough manner. The nomination form was prepared so that a nominee's work and involvement are accurately and thoroughly documented for the selection committee.
Nominators are encouraged to solicit letters of recommendation from people who can attest to the nominee's accomplishments.
Nominations are automatically considered for three years from the year of original submission. After that time, a nomination must be re-submitted or re-activated.
Anderson, Phillip Butcher, Dale Kaiser, Clarence J. Moser, Bruno Neill, Ralph E. Pearson, Joseph R.
Grove, L. Frank McFee, William W. Villwock, Don B. Warner, Rex J.
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Humphrey, Dale B. Nelson, Philip E. Ritchie, Robert M.
Baumgardner, Marion F. Benson, Robert L. Brammer, R. Leroy Curless, Larry D. Diener, Thomas E. Fields, Robert F. Geswein, Gary J. Long, Norman D. Miers, Morgan L. Pearson, Harry L. Pence, Hugh B. Rulon, Lee R. Swern, William E. Unger, Howard M. Woody, Shirley
Bohl, Lawrence P. Pershing, Donald J. Scott, Donald H. Stadelman, William J.
Baumgardt, Bill R. Clark, Russell J. Phillips, Marvin W. York, Vance O.
Brown, Carl E. Clover, Cloyce Long, Jack Myers, John T. Wright, John K.
Barnett, James D. Callahan, Estel Griffith, Donald R. Mohler, Marshall
Foster, James R. Guernsey, Robert E. Guernsey, Nancy Liska, Bernard J. Reinhold, Hubert P.
Beck, Lawrence C. (Sonny) Eiche, Carl Evans, John Milton Eddleman, Robert L. Sicer, Joe W.
Bowman, Charles F. Halderman, Robert R. Marvel, William F. McDonald, Homer C. Outhouse, James B.
Bradfield, Kenneth W. Strietelmeier, Donald H. Stob, Martin Ward, Richard H. Hardin, John D., Jr
Turpin, F. Thomas Jones, Gordon F. Mannering, Jerry V. Peterson, Bob C.
Hardin, Russell W. Mertz, Edwin T. Tyler, Horace S. Williamson, Maurice L.
Bowen, Otis R. Harper, Robert S. Kessler, Sherman O. Paarlberg, Horace Townsend, W. Wayne
Martin, James R. Newman, James Wichmann, Robert Yahner, Joseph
Barber, Stanley A. Nelson, Werner L. Reiff, Russell G. Seltenright, Leo N. Treese, William D.
Armstrong, Harry Corya, George McKenzie, Bruce McKinney, Lawrence Weaver, Russell
Stewart, Gilman Stewart, John Deeb, Simon M. Anderson, O. K. Erwin, William W.
Hilst, A. R. Osmun, John V. Hardin, John D. Johnson, Laverne A. Stackhouse, Marion H. Thurston, Paul G.
Mawby, Russell Robbins, Paul Redenbacher, Orville Hogue, Robert McKee, Lewis
Cole, Russell L. Higgins, Thomas W. Jones, Hobart W. Schall, Elwynn D.
Diesslin, Howard G. Joseph, Max Kohls, Richard McCutchan, Harold A. Washburn, Samuel H.
Rothgeb, Wayne Arndt, Russell Chaille, John Harris, Kenneth
Hardin, Lowell Isaacs, Gerald Jamison, Travis Heinold, Harold
Andrews, Fred Kennedy, Ralph Leutkemeier, O. W. Watkins, Ralph
Blank, O. T. Foltz, Donald E. Liming, A. N. Madigan, Wm. L. Smith, Mary Frances
Anderson, W. T. Beeson, W. M. Walker, Edna Troth Wilcox, Ralph
Frantz, Donald E. Graham, Thomas E. Patterson, Fred L. Wright, Oran A.
Kramer, Herbert H. Madill, Cecil A. McKee, John F. Welsh, Matthew E.
Hicks, John W. Spuller, Clarence L. Woodward, Maurice
Compton, Leroy E. Jordan, Harold P. Lueken, Frances Probst, Albert H.
Hardin, Clifford M. Holm, Eric A. Lehker, Glen E. McMillen, Harold W.
Beckes, Isaac K. Mayo, Henry Morton, Paul Morton, Wendell Rothenberger, Erland
Bone, John Carroll, Joe Peterson, J. B. Pfendler, D. C.
Amick, W. Robert Gould, Jay McCormick, Clarence J. O'Bannon, Robert P. Parvis, Wilbur J.
Bishea, Albert M. Dooley, Reuben Martin, J. Holmes Stewart, Albert P. Troyer, C. E.
Hadley, Noah Hunt, Herschel Kohlmeyer, J. B. Schenck, Charles
Bottum, J. Carroll Caldwell, Ralph M. DeLaCroix, Frank E. McCormick, John Prentice, Rockefeller
Irion, C. G. Johnson, Paul Maddox, Charles Swain, C. E.
Allen, J. C. Doup, George Hackleman, Chester Johnston, Thomas R.
Calland, Ward Edwards, Richard E. Fraser, Roscoe Royce, Hal
Beeson, K. E. Handley, Harold H. Stewart, L. L. Stewart, R. B. Robertson, L. S.
Curry, John Hesler, Alfred Hutchings, L. M. Paarlberg, Don
Arnott, Arthur E. Freeman, Verne C. Kempton, F. E. VanNatta, Sr., John W.
Findling, Rome Pence, M. O. Volk, N. J.
Hoffman, L. E. Hovde, Frederick Rafferty, William A. Stewart, A. C.
Biddle, Chester B. Briggs, Marvin J. Butz, Earl L. Rothenberger, William
Gaylord, Fay C. Gramelspaher, Claude Huston, Henry A.
Adams, James D. Doyle, Leo P. Kaiser, Clarence E. Wilson, Paul O.
Breeden, Cliff B. Fenn, Roy N. Sample, Glenn W. Wilson, Guy H.
Baumgartner, E. W. Edmondson, J. Ben Emerson, J. Ralph McCarty, J. A.
Scarseth, George D. Stewart, Allison E. White, Phares L. Wilson, Thomas E. Wood, Robert E.
Caldwell, Harry F. Smith, W. W. Smith, Z. M. Thomas, Anson S.
Schwab, John Young, E. C.
Hull, Harvey Newton, Roy Reed, Harry J. Snyder, Charles Thompson, Dave
Aitkenhead, W. A. Harvey, E. Ralph Meiks, Scott Moffett, Paul Simpson, R. A.
Andrew, Jess C. Garrott, I. F. Gehring, William Walley, E. R.
Baldwin, Ira L. Core, Randolph Elliott, Ed C. Lynn, Charles J. Shricker, Henry F.
Coleman, Tom A. Creighton, Hobart B. Dean, C. C. Hoffer, Goerge N. Marshall, Henry W. Newsom, Herschel D.
Fisher, M. L. Hamke, Ed C. Lowe, P. S. Rider, Kenneth N.
Bundy, Raymond S. Douglas, Maurice Hardy, Bruce F. Kolb, W. C. O'Hara, Warren Schenck, Hassil E.
Crane, Otis Wickard, Claude H.
*No awards given in 1940.
Hull, J. F. Johnson, D. B. Mansfield, Oran
Abbott, Horace Benson, H. S. Cromer, Myron Skinner, J. H.
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