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RTWG AWARD NOMINATIONS

Distinguished Rice Research and Education Award


The Distinguished Rice Research and Education Award may be made to one individual and to one team at each RTWG meeting in recognition of recent achievement and distinction in one or more of the following areas: i) significant and original basic and/or applied research, ii) creative reasoning and skill in obtaining significant advances in education programs, public relations, or administrative skills - which advance the science, motivate progress and promise technical advances in the rice industry.

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award may be made to designated individuals who have given distinguished long-term service to the rice industry in areas of research, education, international agriculture, administration, and industry rice technology.

Guidelines for RTWG Awards are located on page 204 of the Proceedings of the 31st RTWG.  Remember that members of the Awards Committee (i.e., composed of members of the Executive committee) cannot nominate or write letters of support.  Nomination packets should include a letter of nomination and three supporting letters.  Please send 15 complete copies of each packet to: Garry McCauley, , Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 717, Eagle Lake, TX 77434.  .  Deadline for receipt of nominations is December 1, 2007.

  Past RTWG Award Recipients

Year Location

 Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Distinguished Rice Research and/or Education Award Recipients

1972

Davis, CA

 

 

D.F. Houston

R.D. Lewis

N.E. Jodon

E.M. Cralley

L.B. Ellis

H.M. Beachell

C.R. Adair

W.C. Dachtler

None

1974

Fayetteville, AR

 

 

J.G. Atkins

N.S. Evatt

M.D. Miller

T. Wassermand

R.A. Bieber

J.T. Hogan

B.F. Oliver

 

None

1976

Lake Charles, LA

 

 

D.H. Bowman

R.F. Chandler

J.N. Efferson

J.P. Gaines

T.H. Johnston

M.C. Kik

X. McNeal

 

None

1978

College Station, TX

J.W. Sorenson, Jr.

R. Stelly

D.T. Mullins

 

R.K. Webster

1980

Davis, CA

M.L. Peterson

L.E. Crane

W.R. Morrison

F.T. Wratten

B.D. Webb

 1982

Hot Springs, AR

 C.C. Bowling

J.P. Craigmiles

 L. Drew

Arkansas ‘Get the Red Out’ Team

R.J. Smith, Jr.

F.L. Baldwin

B.A. Huey

1984

Lafayette, LA

 

 

 

 

M.D. Morse

 L.C. Hill

E.A. Sonnier

D.L. Calderwood

California Rice Varietal Improvement Team H.L. Carnahan J.N. Rutger

C.W. Johnson

J.E. Hill

C.M. Wick

D. M. Brandon

S.T. Tseng

J.F. Williams

S.C. Scardaci

 

1986

Houston, TX

 

 

 

 

 

D.S. Mikkelsen

 

J.B. Baker

Texas Rice Breeding and Production Team 

C.N. Bollich

M.A. Marchetti

J.E. Scott

F.T. Turner

E.F. Eastin 

N.G. Whitney 

B.D. Webb

G.N. McCauley

J.W. Stansel

A.D. Klosterboer

M.O. Way

M.E. Rister

1988

Davis, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.D. Androus

S.H. Holder

M.D. Faulkner

C.H. Hu

H.L. Carnahan

B.A. Huey

W.R. Grant

F.J. Williams

 Arkansas DD-50 Team

N.R. Boston

F.N. Lee

D.A. Downey

T.H. Johnson

B.R. Wells

B.A. Huey

R.J. Smith

D. Johnson

G.L. Davis

N.P. Tugwell

G.L. Greaser

G. Rench

M.S. Flynn

T.C. Keisling

F.J. Williams

 

1990

Biloxi, MS

H.R. Caffey

O.R. Kunze

B.R. Jackson

None

1992

Little Rock, AR

C.N. Bollich

B.D. Webb

A.A. Grigarick

 C.M. Wick

J.W. Stansel

1994

New Orleans, LA

S.H. Crawford

 J.V. Halick

R.J. Smith

K. Grubenman

R.N. Sharp

M.C. Rush

1996

San Antonio, TX

P. Seilhan

K. Tipton

D.M. Brandon

1998

Reno, NV

G. Templeton

S.-T. Tseng

B. Wells

S.D. Linscombe

2000

Biloxi, MS

D.M. Brandon

J.W. Stansel

 

R.K. Webster

Advances in Rice Nutrition Team

P.K. Bollich

R.J. Norman

C.E. Wilson

2002

Little Rock, AR

 

F.L. Baldwin

R.H. Dilday

 

M.A. Marchetti

 J.F. Robinson

 

Bacterial Panicle Blight Discovery Team

M.C. Rush

D.E. Groth

A.K.M. Shahjahan

Individual

K.A.K. Moldenhauer

2004

New Orleans, LA

P.K. Bollich

A.D. Klosterboer

F.N. Lee

W.H. Brown

J.A. Musick

J.E. Street

J.F. Williams

S.L. Wright

Discovery Characterization and utilization of Novel Blast Resistance Genes Team

F.N. Lee

KA.K. Moldenhauer

M.A. Marchetti

 Individual

R.D. Cartwright

2006

The Woodlands, TX

T.P. Croughan

R. Talbert

 

J.N. Rutger

F. Turner

 

LSU Rice Variety Development Team

S. Linscombe

P. Bollich

L. White

X. Sha

R. Dunand

D. Groth

Individual
R. Norman