The Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota requests nominations for the E. C. Stakman Award. The award is granted to individuals of any country and nationality for outstanding achievements in plant pathology. The award may be given for documented achievements in the areas of research, teaching, outreach, international development, or for any combination of these areas. Preference is given to candidate actively engaged in these areas; only occasionally will lifetime achievement awards be considered.
Complete nominations must include a brief biograhical sketch of the nominee, a current vitae and two letters from persons who can address the scientific contributions of the candidate. Nominations must be received by September 15th of each year for presentation of the award the following spring.
Please send nominations or direct your inquiries to: Dr. Carol Ishimaru, Department Head, Plant Pathology Department, University of Minnesota, 495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108-6030 USA; office telephone 612.625.8200 for inquiries, or fax nominations to 612.625.9728.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Dr. W.L. Waterhouse, Professor, University of Sydney, Australia, 1956
Dr. H.A. Rodenhizer, USDA, Washington, DC, (formerly Deputy Administrator for Farm Research), 1957
Dr. T. Johnson, Head, Canadian Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, 1958
Dr. J.J. Christensen, Head, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1959
Mr. Jose Vallega, Argentina Department of Agriculture, FAO in Rome, 1960
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, renown wheat breeder and plant pathologist with the Rockefeller Foundation=s agricultural improvement program in Mexico (now in charge of their international wheat improvement program), 1961
Dr. Helen Hart, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1963
Dr. J.H. Craigie, former Head, Canadian Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, 1964
Dr. J.A. Rupert, in charge of the Rockefeller Foundation=s agricultural improvement program in Chile, 1965
Dr. I.A. Watson, Dean, College of Agriculture, Sydney University, Australia, 1966
Dr. H.H. Flor, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA, Fargo, North Dakota, 1967
Sir Frederick C. Bawden, Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts, England, 1968
Dr. Donald G. Fletcher, former Executive Vice-President, Crop Quality Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1968
Dr. George J. Harrar, President, Rockefeller Foundation, 1969
Dr. H. Asuyama, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Tokyo, 1971
Dr. C.S. Holton, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, 1971
Dr. J.C. Walker, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972
Dr. D.L. Bailey, Professor Emeritus, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Canada, 1972
Dr. C.M. Christensen, Regents Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1981
Dr. J.F. Fulkerson, Plant Pathologist and Microbiologist, USDA, Washington, DC, 1982
Dr. E.J. Wellhausen, Special Staff Member, The Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico, 1982
Dr. J.E. VanderPlank, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 1985
Dr. J.M. Daly, Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1986
Dr. Arthur Kelman, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, 1987
Dr. Theodor O. Diener, USDA, Plant Virology Lab, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, 1988
Dr. R. James Cook, USDA, Regional Cereal Disease Research Lab, Washington State University, Pullman, 1989
Dr. Thor Kommedahl, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1990
Dr. Allen Kerr, Department of Crop Protection, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 1991
Dr. Luis Sequeira, Departments of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, 1992
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, Germplasm Improvement Subprogram International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center, CIMMYT, Mexico, 1993
Dr. Malcolm C. Shurtleff, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, and Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University, 1999
Dr. William Bushnell, Department of Plant Pathology, Cereal Disease Lab, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 2000
Dr. James DeVay, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 2001
Dr. Robert A. McIntosh, Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty, Australia, 2002
Dr. Jeremy J. Burdon, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 2003
Dr. Jan E. Leach, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2004
Dr. Laurence V. Madden, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, 2005.
Dr. John W. Gibler, 2006, Leader in Latic American Crop Development, Alumnus - Plant Pathology and Plant Breeding, University of Minnesota
Sir Bent Skovmand, 2007, Director of the Nordic Gene Bank, Alnarp, Sweden and for participation in the design and construction of the Svalvard International Seed Bank, Spitsbergen, Norway.
E.C. STAKMAN NOMINATION FORM
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