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Distinguished Service Award

This is the North Central Division's most prestigious award and recognizes an individual for their contribution to discovery, learning, and/or engagement in plant pathology in the North Central region.

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Previous Award Winners:

2024  Daren Mueller
2023  Janna Beckerman
2022  Martin A. Draper
2021  Jack Rasmussen
2019  Bob Harveson
2018  Carl Bradley
2017  Raymond Hammerschmidt and ​James Stack
2014  Loren Giesler
2013  Albert Tenuta
2012  Anne Dorrance
2011  Berlin Nelson
2010  William Bockus
2009  Forrest Nutter, Jr
2008  James Steadman
2007  Don White
2006  Doug Jardine
2005  Marcia McMullen
2004  Craig Grau
2003  Wayne Pedersen
2002  none selected
2001  none selected  
2000  Patrick Lipps
1999  Charlie Martinson
1998  Stanley Jensen
         Don Scott
1997  none selected
1996  no record
1995  John Watkins
1994  Abraham Epstein
         Carol Windels
1993  Thor Kommedahl
1992  Malcolm C. Shurtleff
1991  Ralph J. Green
         James B. Sinclair
1990  Richard E. Ford
1989  Melvin L. Lacy
1988  Daniel F. Millikan
1987  August F. Schmitthenner
1986  Michael G. Boosalis
         Thomas D. Wyllie