ACN Distinguished Service Award
Each year, ACN honors an individual with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). The ACN Distinguished Service Award is presented to non-members who are leaders, give back to the agricultural community, and have demonstrated outstanding efforts in education, science, or public affairs relevant to agriculture.
Fill out the nomination form and send to VJ Mayor at vjmayor@asginfo.net by April 15, 2025.
Past Recipients
2024 George Rehm
2023 Don Wirth
2022 Dr. David Kohl
2021 Dr. Kevin Folta and Dr. Jerry Hatfield
2020 Dr. Mary-Del Chilton
2018 Orion Samuelson
2015 Rolland “Pig” Paul–
2014 Dr. Joe Martin
2013 Dr. Michael Duffy
2012 James Evans
2011 Dr. Paul Sun
2010 Danny Klinefelter
2009 Max Rothschild
2008 Dwayne Beck
2007 Dr. Keith Collins
2006 Jim Gerrish
2005 Howard Doster
2004 James Moseley
2003 Barry Flinchbaugh
2002 Marilyn Adams
2001 Carlos Crovetto
2000 James Kinsella
1999 Dr. Temple Grandin
1998 Dr. Harold Breimyer
1997 John C. Harris
1996 Howard Wuertz
1995 Edward L. McMillan
1994 John Bradley
1993 Sister Thomas More Bertels
1992 Dr. Perry Adkisson
1991 Dr. William E. Field
1990 Robert P. Havener
1989 JoAnn R. Smith
1988 Clayton K. Yeutter
1987 Dr. Don L. Good
1986 Herman Warsaw
1985 Dr. Kenneth L. Bader
1984 Dr. Neil E. Harl
1983 Dr. Roy M. Kottman
1982 Dr. Chester C. McWhorter
1981 Doris Royal
1980 Francis Mulhem
1979 Charles A. Black
1978 Thomas H. Jukes
1977 Earl L. Butz
1976 Russell Jeckel
1975 Oliver E. Nelson and Edwin T. Mertz
1974 David Hume
1973 Theodore Schultz
1972 Orville A. Vogel
1971 Donald Spencer
1970 Carroll Plager
1969 Joseph Ackerman
1968 Robert B. Tootell
1967 Norman E. Borlaug
1966 Glenn Burton
1965 Earl W. Heady
1964 E.F. Knipling
1963 D. Howard Doane
1962 Albert K. Mitchell
1961 William I. Myers
1960 Henry Agard Wallace
1959 W.T. Spanton
1958 Perry Holden
1957 A.B. Graham
1956 A.D. Weber
1955 H.H. Kildee
1954 Ezra Taft Benson
1953 Thomas F. Wilson
1952 Sam Higginbottom
1951 Hugh Hammond Bennett
1950 Donald F. Jones
1949 H.E. Babcock
1948 E.S. Macfadden
1947 Liberty Hyde Bailey