MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS

| Research | Alumni & Professional | Teaching | Extension |
| Distinguished Service to Agriculture | Team |

Research Award

Lannett Edwards, 2007
Kurt Lamour, 2006
F. Neal Schrick , 2005
Vince Pantalone, 2004
Alan Mathew, 2002
David A. Golden, 2000
Ann Draughon, 1999
Carl E. Sams, 1998
G. Castano-Anolles, 1997
Jerome F. Grant, 1996
J. D. Quigley, III, 1996
Peter M. Gresshoff, 1995
Mark T. Windham, 1994
Robert M Augé, 1993
James D. Godkin, 1992
Robert N. Trigiano, 1991
Stephen P. Oliver, 1990
Bob V. Conger, 1989
Ted P. McDonald, 1988
Charles A. Mullins, 1987
John R. Brooker, 1986
J. B. Jones, 1985
Charles R. Graves, 1984
Sharon L. Melton, 1983
Curtis H. Melton, 1982
J. B. McLaren, 1981
Michael R. Pelton, 1980
L. M. Josephson, 1978
Henry A. Fribourg, 1975
Leander F. Johnson, 1974
William L. Parks, 1973
Karl M. Barth, 1972
James K. Miller, 1971
Carl Bell, 1970

Alumni & Professional Award

Mike Blankenship, 2007
D. Ray Humberd, 2004
Louis Buck, 2003
Richard Clark, 2000
John R. Crouch, 1999
Stratton Bone, 1998
Steve Williams, 1997
William D. Mayfield, 1996
Dan Wheeler, 1995
Joe T. Davis, 1994
Waymon Hickman, 1993
Joe Gaines, 1992
James L. Thomas, 1991
G. W. F. Cavender, 1990
William P. Flatt, 1989
A. C. Clark, 1988
Jesse Safley, 1987
Cecil E. White, 1986
Fletcher Luck, 1985
James T. Miles, 1984
W. F. (Red) Moss, 1983
John Ewing, 1982

Teaching Award

John Sorochan, 2007
Neal Eash, 2006
Arnold Saxton, 2005
John Henton, 2004
Susan Hamilton, 2001
Charles D. Pless, 2000
John Mount, 1999
David A.Golden, 1998
John D. Todd, 1997
Henry G. Kattesh, 1996
William E. Hart, 1995
Glen O. Hall, 1994
Jerome F. Grant, 1993
John W. Day, 1992
Frank Masincupp, 1991
William M. Park, 1990
Dwight Loveday, 1989
John G. Graveel, 1988
Ronald L. Hay, 1987
Donald B. Williams, 1986
David L. Coffey, 1985
Vernon H. Reich, 1984
Fred D. Tompkins, 1983
Benny R. McManus, 1982
Hugh O. Jaynes, 1981
E. R. Lidvall, 1980
Lawrence Skold, 1979
Bobby L. Bledsoe, 1979
Homer D. Swingle, 1978
Frank O. Leuthold, 1977
D. O. Richardson, 1976
M. B. Badenhop, 1976
Frank Bell, 1975
Luther H. Keller, 1974
Robert R. Shrode, 1973
George Merriman, 1972
W. W. Overcast, 1970
Horace Smith, 1969

Extension Award

Fred Hopkins, 2007
Doyle G. Meadows, 2006
Glenn Conatser, 2005
James Neel, 2004
Clyde D. Lane, Jr., 2003
Clark Garland, 2002
William (Bill) Morris, 2001
Melvin A. Newman, 2000
G. Neil Rhodes, 1999
Curtis C. Melton, 1998
E. E. (Gene) Burgess, 1997
H. Paul Denton, 1996
Donald J. Fowlkes, 1995
David L. Hunter, 1994
George F. Smith, 1993
David Lockwood, 1992
Emmit L. Rawls, 1991
John R. Jared, 1990
Ozzie Vaigneur, 1989
Ivon E. McCarty, 1988
H. Charles Goan, 1987
Elmer L. Ashburn, 1986
Alvin D. Rutledge, 1985
Charles M. Farmer, 1984
Harry E. Williams, 1983
Charles H. Hadden, 1980
Herbert C. Holt, 1979
James G. O’Neal, 1974
Clyde K. Chappell, 1973
Joe D. Burns, 1971
Gilbert N. Rhodes, 1970

Distinguished Service to Agriculture

Fred Allen, 2004
Julius Johnson, 2000
D. M. “Pete” Gossett, 1999
James Powell, 1998
Howard Wilkerson, 1997
Philip Walker, 1996
Joe Hawkins, 1995
Joe F. Lancaster, 1994
Tom Austin, 1993
Hubert Nicholson, 1992
William E. Bailey, 1991
L. H. Ivy, 1990
Ed C. Jones, 1989
Clyde M. York, 1988
W. W. Armistead, 1987
W. H. Walker, III, 1986
Buford Erwin, 1985
Tom Whatley, 1984
John M. Jones, 1983
Bob Basse, 1982
Ed Jones, 1980
Webster Pendergrass, 1979

Team Award

	2007 Pigeon River Recovery Project Team Team: Dr. Larry Wilson, Ms. Joyce Coombs, Dr. John Tyner, Mr. Wesley Wright, Dr. Ted Henry, Dr. David Etnier, and Dr. Chuck Coutant
	2006 Agriculture and Food Vulnerability Assessment Program Project Team, which includes 31 members. The 17 members from UTIA are: Dr. Sharon Thompson (Team Leader), College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Tim Cross, UT Extension Dr. Ann Draughon, UT Food Safety Center of Excellence Babbet Harbison, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Fred Hopkins, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Nancy Howell, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. John Jared, UT Extension (retired) Aaron Killian, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Robert Linnabary, College of Veterinary Medicine (retired) Dr. John New, College of Veterinary Medicine David Smelser, College of Veterinary Medicine Phil Snow, College of Veterinary Medicine Linda Beets, College of Veterinary Medicine Tina McConnell, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Michael Sims, College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Matthew Welborn, College of Veterinary Medicine Ann White, College of Veterinary Medicine
	2005 The Master Beef Producer Program Team Team: Dr. James B. Neel, Professor, Animal Science & Tennessee Beef Master Beef Producer Program Chair, Mr. John Bartee, Montgomery County Extension Director, Dr. Gary Bates, Associate Professor, Plant Sciences, Mr. Ron Blair, Henderson County Extension Director, Mr. Ray Burden, Hamilton County Extension Director, Dr. Richard Daugherty, Airport Animal Clinic, Alcoa, TN, Mr. Kevin Ferguson, Area Specialist, Farm Management, Dr. Warren Gill, Professor, Animal Science, Dr. Fred Hopkins, Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Dr. David Kirkpatrick, Professor, Animal Science, Dr. Clyde D. Lane, Jr., Professor, Animal Science, Mrs. Tammy McKinley, Extension Assistant, Agricultural Economics, Mr. Milton Orr, Greene County Extension Agent, Dr. Emmit Rawls, Professor, Agricultural Economics & Tennessee Beef Cattle Improvement Initiative Coordinator
	2004 The Cloning Team Team: J. Lannett Edwards, Assistant Professor, Animal Science F. Neal Schrick, Associate Professor, Animal Science Stephen P. Oliver, Professor, Animal Science Fred M. Hopkins, Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences Sarel R. van Amstel, Associate Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
	2003 Forage Mineral Survey Team Team: Aaron Fisher, instructor, Warren Gill, professor, Clyde D. Lane, Jr., professor, James B. Neel, professor (all in the Department of Animal Science), and Deborah K. Joines, Extension assistant with the Soil Testing Lab
	2002 UT Farm Bill Education Team: Richard Buntin, John C. Campbell, Jimmy C. Castellaw, Chuck Danehower, Kevin W. Ferguson, Alan B. Galloway, Delton C. Gerloff, James E. Jones, C. Dallas Manning III, Emmit L. Rawls, George F. Smith, Karen E. Smith
	2001 The 4-H Premier Exhibitor Program Team: Dwight Loveday, Clyde Lane, Warren Gill, James Neel, David Kirkpatrick
	2000 The Dogwood Team: Robert Augé, Jerome Grant, William Klingemon, John Skinner, Robert Trigiano, Alan Windham, Mark Windham, Will Witte
	1999 The Functional Anatomy CD ROM Team: Henry Kattesh, Michael Sims, Robert Henry, Evelyn Jackson, Deb Haines, Babbet Harbison, Matt Ockenfels