The Extension-Industry Service Award
Sponsored by the Foundation for Meat & Poultry Research & Education
The AMSA Distinguished Extension-Industry Service Award was established in 1965 to recognize outstanding achievement in meat science extension and service to the industry.
Ty E. Lawrence
Extension and Industry Service Award
The award was established in 1965 to recognize outstanding achievements in meat science extension and service to the industry and is sponsored by the Foundation for Meat & Poultry Research & Education.
“The committee was presented a nomination roster of very talented and highly qualified individuals,” remarked Dr. Aubrey Schroeder, Committee Chair from Zoetis. “Today, AMSA and its members can be proud to honor Dr. Ty Lawrence and his commitments, dedication, and service to supporting the advancement of the meat and livestock industry through a wide range of important extension, education, and industry support activities over his distinguished career.”
Dr. Lawrence, Caviness Davis Distinguished Chair in Meat Science and Director of the Beef Carcass Research Center at West Texas A&M University mentioned, “Life has afforded me the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with the finest animal protein industry professionals, grow a program that focuses on teaching students the science and business of our meat industry, and conduct some very cool research. Not a bad gig.”
2022 | Lawrence, Ty | West Texas A&M University |
2021 | Delmore, Lynn | Allied Food Safety |
2020 | Rentfrow, Gregg | University of Kentucky |
2019 | Schroeder, Aubrey | Zoetis |
2018 | Hanson, Dana | North Carolina State University |
2017 | Brashears, Mindy | Texas Tech University |
2016 | Eilert, Scott | Cargill |
2015 | Sindelar, Jeff | University of Wisconsin |
2014 | Johnson, Roger | Smithfield Farmland |
2013 | Sosnicki, Andrzej | Kraft Foods Inc./Oscar Mayer Division |
2012 | Harris, Kerri B. | Texas A&M University |
2011 | Cutter, Catherine | The Pennsylvania State University |
2010 | Schultz-Kaster, Collette |
Farmland Foods, Inc. |
2009 | Huffman, Randall K. | Maple Leaf Foods |
2008 | Knipe, C. Lynn | The Ohio State University |
2007 | Boyle, Elisabeth A. E. | Kansas State University |
2006 | Mikel, W. Benji | Mississippi State University |
2005 | Dryden, Forrest D. | Hormel Foods Corporation |
2004 | Montgomery, Ted H. | West Texas A&M University |
2003 | Riemann, M. James | Certified Angus Beef |
2002 | Burson, Dennis E. | University of Nebraska |
2001 | Griffin, Davey B. | Texas A&M University |
2000 | McKeith, Floyd K. | University of Illinois |
1999 | Henning, William R. | Pennsylvania State University |
1998 | Hodges, James H. | American Meat Institute |
1997 | Booren, Alden M. | Michigan State University |
1996 | Hale, Daniel S. | Texas A & M University |
1995 | Ray, Fred K. | Oklahoma State University |
1994 | Wise, Jimmy W. | U. S. Dept. of Agriculture |
1993 | Allen, Dell M. | Excel Corporation |
1992 | Buege, Dennis R. | University of Wisconsin |
1991 | Sleeth, R. B. | Armour & Company |
1990 | Rogers, Robert W. | Mississippi State University |
1989 | Marriott, Norman G. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
1988 | Cordray, Joseph C. | A. C. Legg Packing Co. |
1987 | Jones, William R. | Auburn University |
1986 | Brandt, A. W. | University of California-Davis |
1985 | Carr, Tom R. | University of Illinois |
1984 | Reynolds, Aaron Estes | University of Georgia |
1983 | Forrest, John C. | Purdue University |
1982 | Murphey, C. E. | Texas A & M University |
1981 | Romans, John R. | University of Illinois |
1980 | Tauber, F. W. | T.A.I. Consulting Co. |
1979 | Schafer, David E. | Kansas State University |
1978 | Epley, Richard J. | University of Minnesota |
1977 | Malkus, L. A. | University of Connecticut |
1976 | Kean, G. R. | Pennsylvania State University |
1975 | Orts, F. A. | Texas A & M University |
1974 | Stringer, William C. | University of Missouri |
1973 | vanStavern, B. D. | The Ohio State University |
1972 | Reddish, R. L. | University of Florida |
1971 | Schoonover, C. O. | University of Wyoming |
1970 | Varney, W. Y. | University of Kentucky |
1969 | Christian, John A. | North Carolina State University |
1968 | Christian, James A. | The University of Georgia |
1967 | Snyder, R. W. | Texas A & M University |
1966 | Pierce, E. A. | Cornell University |
1965 | Rust, Robert E. | Iowa State University |