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This obelish on Purdue's
Engineering Mall honors the 44 winners of the G.A. Ross Award.
Photo by Tom Campbell
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'92 winner credits school
"There is just something special about the College of Agriculture,"
says Andy Miller, who won the Ross Award in 1992. "It has a unique
way of grooming leaders. I was involved with Agricultural Ambassadors
in school. We felt a certain ownership and interest in the school that
I really didn't see in other schools."
Steve Bishop, the 1986 recipient, agrees, but says it goes beyond that.
"I think the College of Agriculture has a family feel to it. There
is a nurturing system between faculty and staff and the students that
people outside the school and outside the university just don't get."
Mike Jackson, who won the award in 1979, had such a positive relationship
with his academic adviser that he only half-jokingly suggests that Larry
Bohl should be the subject of some scientific research.
"Larry Bohl was an ideal counselor. He was absolutely passionate
about getting students to think outside the ag campus. We should be
doing some stem cell research on Larry Bohl to develop some of his characteristics
in our other academic advisers," Jackson says.
The Ross Award is not given simply for academic achievement; just ask
David Hefty, the 1999 winner who now is a financial planner in his hometown
of Auburn, Ind.
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