Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and extended interim leadership in the Department of Plant Pathology, the Stakman Award is currently in a period of paused operations. We expect to resume the award in 2025. Please send questions or comments to [email protected].
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 candidates actively engaged in these areas; only occasionally will lifetime achievement awards be considered.
Complete nominations must include a nomination form (including a brief biographical sketch of the nominee), a current curriculum vitae, and two letters from persons who can address the scientific contributions of the candidate.
Previous Award Recipients
Previous Award Recipients
Award Recipients
| Year | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Adam Bogdanove | Professor, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University |
| 2015 | Jeffery G. Ellis | Program Leader at CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia |
| 2014 | Alan Collmer | Andrew J and Grace B.Nichols Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca,NY |
| 2013 | Joyce E. Loper | Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2012 | Jonathan D.G. Jones | Senior Scientist, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK Professor, University of East Anglia |
| 2011 | Martin B. Dickman | Director, Institute for Plant Genomics & Biotechnology and Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University |
| 2010 | Ravi Prakash Singh | Distinguished Scientist & Head, Irrigated Bread Wheat Improvement & Rust Research, CIMMYT, Mexico |
| 2009 | Robert S. Zeigler | Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines |
| 2007 | Sir Bent Skovmand | Director of the Nordic Gene Bank, Alnarp, Sweden and for participation in the design and construction of the Svalvard International Seed Bank, Spitsbergen, Norway |
| 2006 | John W. Gibler | Leader in Latin American Crop Development, Alumnus - Plant Pathology and Plant Breeding, University of Minnesota |
| 2005 | Laurence V. Madden | Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio |
| 2004 | Jan E. Leach | Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas |
| 2003 | Jeremy J. Burdon | CSIRO, Canberra, Australia |
| 2002 | Robert A. McIntosh | Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, Australia |
| 2001 | James DeVay | Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California |
| 2000 | William Bushnell | Department of Plant Pathology, Cereal Disease Lab, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
| 1999 | Malcolm C. Shurtleff | Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, and Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University |
| 1993 | Sanjaya Rajaram | Germplasm Improvement Subprogram International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT, Mexico |
| 1992 | Luis Sequeira | Departments of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin |
| 1991 | Allen Kerr | Department of Crop Protection, The University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1990 | Thor Kommedahl | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota |
| 1989 | R. James Cook | USDA, Regional Cereal Disease Research Lab, Washington State University, Pullman |
| 1988 | Theodor O. Diener | USDA, Plant Virology Lab, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland |
| 1987 | Arthur Kelman | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin |
| 1986 | J.M. Daly | Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
| 1985 | J.E. VanderPlank | Pla5t Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1982 | E.J. Wellhausen | Special Staff Member, The Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico |
| 1982 | J.F. Fulkerson | Plant Pathologist and Microbiologist, USDA, Washington, DC |
| 1981 | C.M. Christensen | Regents Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota |
| 1972 | D.L. Bailey | Professor Emeritus, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 1972 | J.C. Walker | Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 1971 | C.S. Holton | Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman |
| 1971 | H. Asuyama | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Tokyo |
| 1969 | George J. Harrar | President, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1968 | Donald G. Fletcher | former Executive Vice-President, Crop Quality Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1968 | Sir Frederick C. Bawden | Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts, England |
| 1967 | H.H. Flor | Research Plant Pathologist, USDA, Fargo, North Dakota |
| 1966 | I.A. Watson | Dean, College of Agriculture, Sydney University, Australia |
| 1965 | J.A. Rupert | In charge of the Rockefeller Foundation's agricultural improvement program in Chile |
| 1964 | J.H. Craigie | Former Head, Canadian Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg |
| 1963 | Helen Hart | Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota |
| 1961 | Norman E. Borlaug | Renown wheat breeder and plant pathologist with the Rockefeller Foundation's agricultural improvement program in Mexico |
| 1960 | Jose Vallega | Argentina Department of Agriculture, FAO in Rome |
| 1959 | J.J. Christensen | Head, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota |
| 1958 | T. Johnson | Head, Canadian Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg |
| 1957 | H.A. Rodenhizer | USDA, Washington, DC, (formerly Deputy Administrator for Farm Research) |
| 1956 | W.L. Waterhouse | Professor, University of Sydney, Australia |