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Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: The Audion at STAR
100 Discovery Blvd, Newark, DE 19713
Each year the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) selects outstanding faculty, staff and alumni whose achievements and commitment represent the very best of our storied college and its mission to feed the world and protect the planet.
Each year the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) selects outstanding faculty, staff and alumni whose achievements and commitment represent the very best of our storied college and its mission to feed the world and protect the planet.
Alumni Awards 2023
The following alumni will be honored at 'Celebrating Excellence' on May 2.
George M. Worrilow Award
Named for a leader whose belief in the art and business of agriculture and whose respect for the Delaware farmer were steadfast, the award is presented to a graduate of the college who has exhibited outstanding service to agriculture and natural resources. He led the college with vision, compassion and a determination to make it the best agricultural school in the land.
George M. Worrilow Award
2023 Recipient
Gordon Johnson
Graduation: 2011 PhD
Degree: PhD in Plant Sciences
Bio coming soon.
Distinguished Alumni Award
This award recognizes alumni who demonstrate outstanding career accomplishment, service and leadership to their profession.
George M. Worrilow
Award Recipient
Degree: Ph.D. Plant Science
Bio coming soon.
Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient
Degree: M.S. Soil Science
Bio coming soon.
Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient
Degree: M.S. Entomology, Ph.D. Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Bio coming soon.
Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient
Degree: M.S Animal Science
Bio coming soon.
Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient
Degree: B.S. Agriculture
Bio coming soon.
George M. Worrilow Award Recipients
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 1970 | Edward H. Schabinger '39 |
| 1971 | J. Frank Gordy '28 |
| 1972 | Byard V. Carmean '31 |
| 1973 | Warren C. Newton '16 '55H |
| 1974 | Edward H. Ralph '55 '57M |
| 1975 | Preston C. Townsend Sr. '32 |
| 1976 | Claude E. Phillips '21 '23M |
| 1977 | Ralph J. O'Day '40 '59M |
| 1978 | J. Allen Frear Jr. '24 '92H |
| 1979 | William R. Ratledge '38 |
| 1980 | Thurman G. Adams Jr. '50 |
| 1981 | F. Grove Miller '51 |
| 1982 | David H. Woodward '55 |
| 1983 | John M. Curtis Sr. '41 |
| 1984 | William N. Hopkins '42 |
| 1985 | William J. Benton '59M '66PhD |
| 1986 | Ralph P. Barwick '50 '56M |
| 1987 | John K. Rosenberger '64 '66M |
| 1988 | Horace E. Short Sr. '42 '52M |
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 1989 | Donald F. Crossan '50 |
| 1990 | H. Wesley Towers Jr. '64 |
| 1991 | J. Edward Legates '43 |
| 1992 | Henry P. Wilson '63 '65M |
| 1993 | Samuel J. Talucci '51 |
| 1994 | Chester T. Dickerson Jr. ‘62 ‘64M |
| 1995 | W. Edwin Kee Jr. '73 '75M '96M |
| 1996 | George F. Haenlein '60M |
| 1997 | Walter C. Hopkins '70 |
| 1998 | Keith H. Carlisle '64 |
| 1999 | Thomas A. Fretz '66M '70PhD |
| 2000 | Spangler Klopp '66 '68M |
| 2001 | Theodore A. Haas '71 |
| 2002 | Carlton C. Fifer '62 |
| 2003 | John L. Morris '58M |
| 2004 | S. Derby Walker Jr. '68 '70M |
| 2005 | Fred W. Melchior Jr. '64 '66M |
| 2006 | J. Rennie Stavely '61 |
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 2007 | H. Wallace Cook Jr. '56 |
| 2008 | Robert P. Mulrooney '73 '74M |
| 2009 | Willis L. Kirk '67 |
| 2010 | Robert L. Baker '71 |
| 2011 | Joanne Whitehead Whalen '83M |
| 2012 | Jack Gelb Jr. '74 '76M |
| 2013 | Ronald L. Ritter '75 |
| 2014 | Robin L. Talley '84 '96M |
| 2015 | Erica Spackman '97M '01PhD |
| 2016 | Charles C. Allen III '71 |
| 2017 | Wayne L. Currey '65 '67M |
| 2018 | James L. Glancey, P.E. |
| 2019 | Steven Leath '81M |
| 2020 | Lee W. Richardson '91 |
| 2021 | Susan Schumacher Barton '81; ‘05PhD |
| 2022 | William "Jay" Meany '81 |
Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 2021 | Rodolfo Nayga Jr. |
| 2021 | George Uetz |
| 2021 | Kishana Taylor * |
| 2021 | Yihuan Xu * |
| 2021 | David H. McNear, Jr. * |
| 2021 | Sam Lemheney |
| 2020 | Stephen Cook |
| 2020 | Kate Zook * |
| 2020 | Catherine Connelly * |
| 2020 | Patrick Carroll |
| 2020 | Rodney Robinson |
| 2019 | Mark Collins |
| 2019 | Michael J. Graham |
| 2019 | Wayne D. Lord |
| 2019 | Robert M. Thompson |
| 2019 | Shawn Dash * |
| 2019 | Grace Chapman Elton * |
| 2019 | Michele Maughan * |
| 2017 | Robert Cohen |
| 2017 | Ronald S. Ferriss |
| 2017 | David A. Morris |
| 2017 | Sara-Beth Bittinger * |
| 2017 | Phung Luu * |
| 2017 | Joseph Rogerson * |
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 2016 | Cynthia Stewart |
| 2016 | Andrew Short * |
| 2015 | Jared G. Ali |
| 2015 | Mary Denigan-Macauley |
| 2015 | Devan V. Mehrotra |
| 2015 | Kenneth F. Raffa |
| 2015 | H. Don Tilmon |
| 2014 | James H. Baxter, IV |
| 2014 | Craig Clifford |
| 2014 | Tom Fretz |
| 2014 | Mary Ellen Setting |
| 2013 | John Cantello |
| 2013 | Bernard Murphy |
| 2013 | Zaiqi Pan |
| 2012 | Bruce Cobb |
| 2012 | Daral Jackwood |
| 2012 | Mark Jackwood |
| Award Year | Awardee |
| 2012 | Carol Long |
| 2012 | Jennifer McEntire |
| 2012 | Jennifer Walls |
| 2011 | Steve Castorani |
| 2011 | Goodwin Cobb |
| 2011 | Rick Darke |
| 2011 | Joshua McGrath |
| 2010 | Dennis Byrne |
| 2010 | Steven Leath |
| 2010 | Stewart Ramsey |
| 2009 | Daniel Camenga |
| 2009 | Roger Glendenning |
| 2009 | Andrew Paterson |
| 2009 | Linda Stallings |
| 2008 | Rick Colbert |
| 2008 | William Culp |
| 2008 | Phillip Jardine |
| 2008 | Erica Spackman |
(*) denotes Distinguished Young Alumni Award recipients