UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 28, Page 10
April 18, 1996
George Haenlein receives 1996 Worrilow Award

     George Haenlein, professor of animal and food sciences, received
the 1996 Worrilow Award, given by the UD Agriculture Alumni
Association to a graduate who has exhibited outstanding service to
agriculture.
     Haenlein, who studied agriculture in his native Germany and
received his master's degree in animal nutrition from Delaware in
1960, was encouraged by George Worrilow, the dean of the College of
Agricultural Sciences, to join the University staff in 1957. He was
made manager of the college herd, with the charge that it become a
profitable venture.
     Within a year, the operation was in the black. Over the years,
the herd has won several awards and is an example of a profitable
dairy farm in an urban center. Haenlein also has demonstrated the
efficiency of using computers for dairy herd feeding, milking and
nursing calves.
     After several years as a research associate at the University,
Haenlein took a year's leave of absence and, with a grant from the
National Science Foundation, completed his doctoral degree in dairy
science from the University of Wisconsin in 1966.
     Haenlein attributes much of his success to his wife Lizzie. "The
award belongs just as much to her, if not more, and to my family," he
said.
     A member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, Haenlein
writes "Cow Tales," a dairy management column that appears in
newspapers and dairy trade magazines throughout the country.
     He also is active in the dairy goat industry and has written the
Extension Goat Handbook and Nutrient Requirements for Goats. In
addition, he founded and serves as editor of a monthly international
journal, Small Ruminant Research .
     The award honors the late Dr. Worrilow who came to the University
of Delaware in 1927 as assistant county agricultural agent. In 1948,
he became director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and
Cooperative Extension Service and served as dean of the College of
Agricultural Sciences from 1954-1965.
     He also was appointed vice president for University relations in
1961, retiring in 1972.