Distinguished Alumni
The Department of Agricultural Economics annually recognizes one alumnus who has demonstrated significant professional achievement related to agricultural economics or agribusiness with the coveted Distinguished Alumnus Award. Click to read more about the achievements of these alumni:
2023 Jay Armstrong
2022 Lon Frahm
2021 Tracey Mann
2020 Christine Wilson
2019 Kendal Frazier
2018 Bill Graff
2017 Gregg Doud
2016 Steve Packebush
2015 Dr. Jackie McClaskey
2014 Jorge Gattini
2013 Craig Jagger
2012 Edward F. Prosser
2011 Sister Mary Frances Kobets
2010 Matthew Ressegieu
2009 Charles Munson
2008 Steve Irsik
2007 Randy Stoecker
2006 Rich Porter
2005 Phil Knox
2004 Mike Woolverton
2003 Robert Peyton
2002 Steve Hunt
2001 Donald Hecht
2000 John Morgan
1999 Clay David Woolfolk Jr.
1998 Rebecca Davis
1997 Thomas Morgan
1996 Lee M. Reeve
1995 Kevin Saunders
1994 Frank Orazem
1993 Loren Kruse
1992 Lee H. Borck
1991 Dr. Emery Castle
1990 Leo V. Mayer
1989 Vernon R. McMinimy
1988 F. Charles Lamphear
1987 Sam Brownback
1986 Gerald "Jerry" Karr
1985 Norman R. Collins
1984 C.T. Terry Fredrickson
1983 Francis B. Gwin
1982 James M. Nielson
1981 Roy Freeland
1980 Floyd Ricker
1979 Rolland D. Parr
1978 Alfred G. Schroeder
1977 Dale Fooshee
1976 Harold M. Riley
1975 C. Dean McNeal
1974 Wilbur Levering
1973 William G. Amstein Jr.
1972 George Montgomery
1971 Jack W. Dunlap
1970 Dwight D. Klinger
1969 Raymond J. Doll
1968 John A. Schnittker
1967 W.W. Bill Duitsman
