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Join us in celebrating excellence

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.

Nomination Form

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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.

Headshot of Gordon Johnson

George M. Worrilow
Award Recipient  

Degree: Ph.D. Plant Science

Bio coming soon.

Mary Stromberger

Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient

Degree: M.S. Soil Science

Bio coming soon.

Ellen Lake

Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient

Degree: M.S. Entomology, Ph.D. Entomology and Wildlife Ecology

Bio coming soon.

Headshot for Milos Markis

Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient

Degree: M.S Animal Science

Bio coming soon.

Anna Armstrong

Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient

Degree: B.S. Agriculture

Bio coming soon.

Headshot for Yanyan LI

Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipient

Degree: M.S. Applied Mathematics and M.S. Statistics

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