CALS Alumni Organization Celebration of Ut Prosim Awards

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CALS Alumni Organization
Celebration of Ut Prosim

The CALS Alumni Organization Celebration of Ut Prosim Awards program is held annually to recognize the outstanding achievements and service of our alumni and friends.

2023 Award Recipients

Hall of Fame Award Honoree:

Alan Grant
Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Outstanding Recent Alumni Award Honorees:

Elizabeth Galbreath '17 (undergraduate)
B.S. Agricultural Sciences

Sarah Misyak '06, M.S. '08, Ph.D. '14 (graduate)
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Alumni Career Achievement Award Honoree:

Matthew Lohr '95
B.S.Ed. Agricultural Education

Outstanding Alumni in the Global Community Award Honoree:

Mark Mitchell '87
B.S. Animal Science

Honorary Alumni Award Honoree:

Wilmer Stoneman
Vice President, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation - Agriculture, Development & Innovation
and Executive Director, Virginia Foundation for Agriculture and Rural Sustainability

Past Alumni Award Recipients

Awards by Year

Awards by Category

Hall of Fame Award

2022-23: Catherine Woteki
2021-22: Carl Griffey
2019-20: Louis Andre Swiger
2018-19: Dwight Houff
2017-18: Delbert O'Meara
2016-17: David Kohl and George Flick
2015-16: Richard Saacke and Paul Siegel
2014-15: Jim and Janet Johnson
2013-14: The Horsley Family
2012-13: George E. "Buddy" Russell
2012-13: Winston and Marilyn Samuels
2011-12: The Bennett Family
2010-11: The Graves Family, Michael Miller, The Saunders Family
2009-10: Bruce Holland
2008-09: William C. Latham, William E. Skelton
2007-08: Wayne Purcell
2006-07: Richard Crowder
2005-06: John M. White
2004-05: William D. Wampler
2003-04: Glenn A. Anderson
2002-03: Marcella Arline
2001-02: Arthur ("Ike") L. Eller
2000-01: John L. Miller
1999-00: Reese and Nancy McCormick

Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

2022-23: Andrew Miller ‘16 (undergraduate); Dr. Angela Anderson '13 (graduate)
2021-22: Jeb Dunkelberger ‘12, Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise (undergraduate); Brianna Valliere M.S. ‘16, Food Science and Technology (graduate)
2019-20: Bradley Copenhaver, B.S. Applied Economic Management '12; B.A. Political Science '12 (undergraduate); Megan Seibel MS.Ed. '08, Career and Technical Education; Ph.D. '12, Agricultural and Extension Education (graduate)
2018-19: Lynn Ann Smith, B.S. Food Science and Technology and Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise '08, M.S. Food Science and Technology '10 (undergraduate); Daniel Frank, Ph.D. Entomology '09 (graduate)
2017-18: Jennifer Schafer Zabinsky, B.S. Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise '09 (undergraduate); Olivera Jankovska, M.S. Agricultural and Applied Economics '11 (graduate)
2016-17: Julie McIntire Divis, B.S. Food Science and Technology '13
2015-16: Anh Tran, B.S. Biochemistry '06
2014-15: Lt. Katrina Butner Piercy, Ph.D. Human Nutrtion, Foods, and Exercise '12
2013-14: Kimberly Lane Tabor, Entomology, Ph.D. '04
2012-13: John L. Koontz, Food Science and Technology, B.S. '00, M.S. '03, Ph.D. '08
2011-12: Mark Cline, Animal and Poultry Sciences, B.S. '99, M.S. '02, Ph.D. '05
2010-11: Lire Ersado, Agricultural and Applied Economics, M.S. '96, '97, '98, Ph.D. '01
2009-10: Thomas Chittenden, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise Ph.D. '02
2008-09: Scott Radcliffe, Animal and Poultry Sciences '95, M.S. '97, and Ph.D. '00
2007-08: Lara Pappas, Animal and Poultry Sciences '02
2006-07: Shane Horsley, Animal and Poultry Sciences '99 and M.S. '01
2005-06: Amy Kathleen Kyger - Agricultural and Applied Economics '04
2004-05: Thomas W. Broyles - Animal Science '94
2003-04: Jamie Whitacre - Agricultural and Applied Economics '94
2002-03: Bradley Bryant - Agricultural and Extension Education Ph.D. '01
2001-02: Phillip M . Fravel - Agricultural and Extension Education - '81
2000-01: Thomas R. Dobbins - Agricultural and Extension Education Ph.D. '99
1999-00: David Winston - Dairy Science '87
1998-99: Keith W. Sheets - Agricultural and Applied Economics '85
1997-98: Lucinda F. Vosler - Agricultural and Extension Education '93
1996-97: Janey Campbell - Food Science and Technology '87
1994-95: Edward T. Scott - Animal Science '87
1993-94: Andrew McLean - Agricultural and Applied Economics '86
1989-90: Michael H. McDowell - Animal Science '78