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Jamie Thornton was a U.S.
Navy officer before getting some hands-on experience with an octpus
as an aquarist for the Alaska Sea Life Center. Photo by
Tom Campbell
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So Townsend joined and joined and joined.
"I was going to soak up everything this campus had to offer,"
he says, "and I think I just about did."
Some winners say they felt they were in a pretty special place, a part
of something unique, and they responded with exemplary efforts as students.
"I think the agricultural economics department does a great job
in instilling a sense of pride in the department in all of their students,"
says Schwab, perhaps explaining why the department boasts 11 Ross Award
winners.
Though it has been 33 years since Schwab won the Ross Award, his warm
memories of that day in 1969 are relived each spring.
As the president of Centenary College, Schwab oversees an honors ceremony
at the school's Shreveport, La., campus before commencement.
"Every year, when we make presentations honoring our outstanding
students, I'm drawn back to when I received the Ross Award. It was the
culmination of a wonderful educational experience and it was the capstone
to my education. Now, seeing what these academic awards mean to the
students, well, it is a very moving experience," he says.
And one winner simply gives credit where credit is due.
"I just think my adviser, Jane Alexander (forestry and natural
resources), wrote a really good nomination letter," says Ben Hasse,
the 2001 winner.
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