Honorary Alumni Award

The selection will be made from candidates who have provided a distinctive contribution to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on a state, national or international level; have relieved the suffering of disadvantaged people; or contributed to any unique program that benefits humankind.

Past Recipients

2024: Gary Whelan
2023: Carl Bednarski and Stephen Tatter
2021: Kenneth J. Rauscher and Karen Schroeder
2020: Troy Bancroft
2019: Carol Fosburg
2018: Douglas D. Buhler
2017: Ken Nobis
2015: Nancy Thelen
2013: Chuck Ross
2012: Captain Dennis L. Grinold
2010: Angelo Oricchio
2009: Bill Demmer
2008: Margaret "Maggie" Bethel and George Good
2007: Richard Foster
2006: David Morris
2005: Raleigh Barlowe
2004: Bob Perrin
2003: Van Snider
2002: Pauline Glassbrook
2001: Gundel Tora Gunilla Jönson
2000: John Culter
1999: J. Ian Gray
1998: Keith Creagh
1997: Vincent Hegarty
1996: Robert G. Gast
1995: M. Peter McPherson
1994: Fred L. Poston
1993: Marylee Davis
1992: George Ashby Green
1991: Bill Schuette
1990: Gordon LaFontaine
1989: Malcolm Trout
1988: John DiBiaggio
1987: Gordon Guyer
1986: Elwood Kirkpatrick
1985: John A. Anderson
1984: Robert Driscoll
1983: Sylvan Wittwer
1982: Pauline Carr
1981: Larry Boger
1980: James Anderson
1979: Dean Pridgeon
1978: Edgar Harden
1977: William Milliken
1976: John Hannah

News

Whelan Receives 2024 CANR Honorary Alumni Award

Published on February 1, 2024
Gary Whelan will receive the 2024 CANR Honorary Alumni Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 1.
Tatter receives 2023 CANR Honorary Alumni Award

Published on February 20, 2023
Dr. Stephen Tatter will receive a 2023 CANR Honorary Alumni Award during ANR Week.
Bednarski receives 2023 CANR Honorary Alumni Award

Published on February 20, 2023
Michigan Farm Bureau president Carl Bednarski will receive a 2023 CANR Honorary Alumni Award during ANR Week.
Schroeder receives 2021 CANR Honorary Alumni Award

Published on February 16, 2021
Karen Schroeder will receive the 2021 MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Honorary Alumni Award during ANR Month.