At the APS meetings this week, there were 21 awards given and 7 of those had Kentucky connections.
[Posted August 2007]
Current faculty - Don Hershman and Paul Vincelli
Former faculty - Dick Stuckey
Former graduate students - Ray Hammerschmidt and Herman Scholthof
Former Post-Doctoral Scholars - Pierre de Wit and Naidu Rayapati
Two of our faculty were honored by The American Phytopathological Society (APS). Dr. Donald Hershman was selected for the Excellence in Extension Award, and Dr. Paul Vincelli received the APS Excellence in Teaching Award.
Donald Hershman,
Extension Professor,
was among a national
team of scientists
receiving a 2006
Honor Award from
the U.S. Secretary
of Agriculture in
the area of “Enhancing
Protection and Safety
of the Nation’s Agriculture and Food
Supply”. The team’s efforts were directed
towards Asian soybean
rust, an exotic and
potentially destructive
plant disease recently
introduced to the
US. read
more [posted January 2007]
