January 4, 2007
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University agronomy department faculty and students received numerous awards at the 2006 international annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).
Agronomy faculty honored by the societies includes Tom Kaspar and Sally Logsdon, who were named fellows of ASA based on their professional achievements and meritorious service. Kaspar is a plant physiologist with the USDA-ARS and an agronomy professor/collaborator. Logsdon is a research soil scientist with the USDA-ARS and an associate professor/collaborator in agronomy. Jean-Luc Jannink, agronomy associate professor, was honored by CSSA with the Young Crop Scientist Research Award.
Iowa State students Raechel Baumgartner, an agronomy senior from Puerto Rico; Andrew Miller, an agronomy senior from Silver City; and Addie Hall, a junior in genetics from Hamburg were honored as Golden Opportunity Scholars. These students were chosen for their academic achievement and interest in crop science.
Lucia Gutierrez, an agronomy graduate student from Uruguay, received the 2006 Gerald O. Mott Scholarship from CSSA. The award is among the most prestigious the society presents to a graduate student.
ASA, CSSA and SSSA are professional scientific and educational organizations with more than 11,000 members. Their annual meetings took place Nov. 13-17 in Indianapolis.