Recognizes an individual who has given distinguished long-term service to the plant breeding discipline in areas such as breeding/genetics research and publication, education (graduate or undergraduate training), extension outreach, and regional, national, and/or international leadership.
Past Winners
2024: Dr. Rex Bernardo, University of Minnesota
2023: Dr. James J. Luby, University of Minnesota
2022: Dr. Fernando Gonzalez, Corteva AgriScience
2021: Dr. Don Blackburn, Corteva AgriScience
2020: Dr. Fredrick Bliss, University of California-Davis
2019: Dr. Wayne Hanna, University of Georgia
2018: Dr. Shawn Keppler, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2017: Dr. Robert E. Allan, USDA-ARS, Washington State University
2016: Dr. Philipp Simon, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015: Dr. Stephen Baenziger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2014: Dr. Ted Crosbie, Monsanto Company
2013: Dr. Johnie Jenkins, USDA-ARS, Starkville, Mississippi
2012: Dr. Charles Stuber, North Carolina State University
2011: Dr. Jules Janick, Purdue University
2010: Dr. James Brewbaker, University of Hawaii at Manoa