Enrollment - Department of Animal Science - Iowa State University

Winter 2011—Volume 20 Number 1 

Enrollment 

Keeps on Growing 

Inside Issue— 

Chair’s letter___________________ page 2 

Doug Kenealy__________________ page 2 

New faculty_ __________________ page 3 

Departmental news_ ____________ page 4 

Pavilion update________________ page 6 

Student section________________ page 7 

With another year of record undergraduate 

enrollment, there are few empty seats in Lush 

Auditorium during Professor Kenealy’s Orientation 

in Animal Science class. In the year to come the 

department will focus on ways to maintain its 

excellent reputation as a prominent 

animal science program while 

coping with bulging classrooms. 

www.ans.iastate.edu

Animal Science 

Greetings from 

the Department 

of Animal Science 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

Every year when I compile the 

accomplishments of the faculty, 

staff and students in our department 

I never cease to be amazed at the 

quality of individuals and programs 

that we have in Animal Science. The 

faculty and staff are the ones that 

really make a difference in the lives 

of students. One person who has 

been making a major difference in the 

lives of our students is Doug Kenealy. 

Doug will be retiring this coming June after serving as the undergraduate 

teaching coordinator for the department for 25 years. His leadership 

has helped make our undergraduate program one of the top programs at 

Iowa State as well as nationally. During the past six years we have set 

all-time enrollment records in the department culminating this fall with 

an enrollment of 926 students. This makes us the third largest major at 

Iowa State University with a similar ranking nationally among Animal 

Science departments. Doug’s passion and concern for students has been 

a major reason for the success of our teaching program. We cannot thank 

him enough for all that he has done for the students and the department. 

Read more about him in this newsletter as well as the new undergraduate 

teaching coordinator, Jodi Sterle. 

This year we also celebrated the retirement of Lloyd Anderson. Lloyd 

served the department for over 50 years and continued to be a favorite 

teacher of our students. Lloyd plans to stay busy travelling and coming 

into the office to work on projects. Best to Lloyd in his deserved 

retirement. 

The significant budget reductions over the past several years have 

prevented us from keeping up on programs as we would like. We are still 

working on securing the funding for the pavilion for agriculture, classes, 

student clubs and youth activities. Each of you can help. In this issue you 

will find an opportunity to “sponsor” a seat in the pavilion. There will be 

1000 seats in the building and we hope to be able to put a brass plate on 

each seat with the name of the contributor. Will we see your name on 

one or more of these seats 

In addition, several alumni of the department have contacted me on 

beautifying the farms on State Avenue so they make a better impression 

for students and visitors. They are right on target. We are putting 

together a plan on how we can improve the appearance of these farms. 

This project will have to be funded largely outside our budget. Your help 

will be greatly appreciated. 

Doug Kenealy, the face of Animal Science for freshmen 

When the 2011-2012 school year winds down next spring Douglas 

Kenealy will also be winding down his 36-year career at Iowa State 

University. After receiving his doctoral degree from Iowa State in 1974, 

Kenealy completed his active duty with the Army and continued serving 

in the reserves for 10 years. He took a position as a nutritionist with a 

feed company but soon after, in 1975, he was summoned back to Iowa 

State as an emergency hire to teach nutrition. That was the beginning 

of a long career teaching predominately general animal science courses. 

Upon the retirement of Fred Foreman in 1985 Kenealy became the 

professor in charge of dairy science. Two years later Emmett Stevermer 

retired and Kenealy took on the additional role of section leader for 

teaching. 

Teaching is Kenealy’s first love and it was fulfilling for him to seize upon 

the opportunities to change and develop the teaching program. The 

biggest change he has seen has been the gender proportions and farm 

backgrounds of the students. In the 1970’s there were at most 25% 

female students and most students had a farm background. Today, 

75% of the students are female and the students are predominately 

from non-farm backgrounds. 

In the 1990’s there was a complete reform of the animal science 

program and it became outcomes based with more focus on integrated 

problem solving and communication. Students have more hands-on and 

experimental class time. One of the most recent changes in the animal 

science program was the creation of a companion animal program and 

there are now two courses in that area. 

Coinciding with Kenealy’s department assignments were opportunities 

to take students on travel courses. In 1980 Iowa State University was 

the first agriculture program allowed in Post-Mao China. Two years 

later Kenealy took a group of students to China for a five-week course 

and he continues to take student groups and develop curriculum for 

international courses. 

Kenealy knows that college is more than just classroom experience and 

he’s seen the students that appear to enjoy the co-curricular experiences 

just as much as the academic part of college go on to be state and 

national leaders. He has enjoyed the ideal career and can’t think of 

anything he would have changed about it. 

Kenealy plans to stay involved with department through travel courses, 

guest lecturing and fundraising but his granddaughter Elise, living in San 

Diego, will start getting a bigger share of his time. He will also probably 

get more grease under his fingernails working on old motorcycles. 

This past year the department developed a strategic plan under the 

guidance of alumnus Rich Shuler. This will focus our programs for the 

next five to seven years. We appreciated Rich’s help as well as Elanco 

for allowing Rich to work with us. 

If you are in the Ames area, do stop in to see us. We always welcome 

visitors! 

Sincerely, 

Maynard Hogberg, Professor and Chair 

Doug Kenealy 

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Winter 2011 

New Faculty 

The newest faculty member to join the department is associate professor 

Jodi Sterle who will become the undergraduate program coordinator upon 

Doug Kenealy’s retirement next spring. Sterle is a native of Michigan and not only 

did the farm she grew up on have the usual Midwestern products – beans, corn, 

wheat, hay, cattle and pigs – but it was a bit more diversified with the addition of 

pumpkins and Christmas trees. In fifth grade, her science teacher, Mr. Koppelman, 

changed the young Sterle’s life when he put an incubator in the classroom and 

chicks were hatched. The class studied embryonic development and Sterle’s 

interest in reproduction was sparked. With ten years of involvement in 4-H and 

showing livestock Sterle headed off to college at Michigan State with the intention 

of becoming a veterinarian. She spent time as an animal science undergraduate 

working at the sheep farm, presiding over the Block & Bridle Club for two years and 

recruiting for their Ag Ambassador program. Along the way she discarded the plans 

of becoming a veterinarian as she discovered her passion for teaching and extension 

and that childhood interest in reproduction was re-ignited. 

Faculty News 

In 1998, after obtaining master’s and doctorate degrees in swine reproduction from 

the University of Missouri, Sterle took a teaching and extension appointment as the 

state swine specialist with Texas A&M University. She was the only “swine person” 

at Texas A&M which contrasts greatly with the ISU Animal Science Department’s 

faculty of 20 that are involved with swine research and production. 

Sterle easily shows her enthusiasm for being at ISU in such a growing and thriving 

department. She wants to continue to enhance the teaching program by keeping 

the curriculum updated and relevant and maintain the program that puts ISU at the 

top of the list for employers, industry, and professional schools. As her predecessor 

did, Sterle will be teaching AnSci 114, Survey of the Animal Industry, one of the core 

requirement classes in animal science. She plans to develop a new course, The Art 

and Heritage of Livestock, which will expose students to livestock’s role in society 

throughout history and what it symbolizes. Students will gain a basic appreciation of 

the importance of livestock in cultures throughout the world. Additionally, this course 

integrates the growing number of students from non-traditional farm backgrounds into 

the department. 

Sterle sees the growing size of the department as a good challenge but there will 

be the need to use resources carefully and efficiently. She will strive to ensure that 

teaching is seen as equivalent in importance and value to extension and research. 

After a couple months of hotel living while waiting to move into their home, Jodi and 

her husband Steve, their sons Jake and Jackson, are thrilled to be resuming life on 

an acreage with their dogs, sheep and 4-H projects. 

“I’m excited to be at ISU in such a growing, 

thriving, enthusiastic department” 

—Jodi Sterle 

Retirement 

Lloyd Anderson has seen amazing changes since he 

transferred from Simpson College as a sophomore to 

Iowa State College in 1952, six years before it became 

Iowa State University. While working toward his 

degree in animal science he had to take time out for two 

years to serve in the Army and was delayed in obtaining 

his B.S. degree until 1957. During his junior and senior 

years Anderson worked for Dr. Robert Melampy in 

the physiology area of animal science and would 

subsequently follow Melampy into the role of section 

leader for physiology. While studying for his doctorate 

degree, Anderson was able to concurrently work as 

a research associate. 

Throughout his career Anderson has been studying 

hormone regulation and developed several surgical 

techniques to investigate hormone regulation in pigs 

and cattle. More recently he worked with his graduate 

student on the discovery of porosome – a structure in 

the plasma membrane of the cell and the site of the 

release of hormones to the outside of the cell. 

Dr. Anderson takes pride in many of his students and 

thinks his biggest accomplishment is seeing his students 

do well. Research can become dated as time passes 

but students can carry forth with new discoveries. 

All around the world, many of his 71 students and 

postdoctoral trainees have attained international 

reputations in their fields. 

Lloyd Anderson 

Although you will no longer see Anderson on his way 

to teaching classes he can still be found in Kildee Hall 

in his office and lab working on a five-year grant with 

John Patience. Anderson and his wife JaNelle continue 

to reside in Ames and they have two married sons as 

well as five grandchildren. 

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Department happenings 

Chris Tuggle takes advantage of Fulbright Fellowship 

A Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh took Chris Tuggle, professor of animal 

breeding and genetics, and his family to Scotland for the first half of 2011. The University of 

Edinburgh, one of the top 30 universities in the 

world, provided Tuggle with the opportunity to learn 

and use some unique computational tools in his 

research on livestock immunology and genetics that 

point to markers for the selection of animals resistant 

to infection. 

It was a considerable advantage for Tuggle to 

have the programmers of the complex software 

easily accessible in the same building - there is still 

something to be said about talking in person. 

Chris Tuggle 

Rothschild in 

Washington DC for a Year 

Max Rothschild, CF Curtiss 

Distinguished Professor and 

Ensminger Chair in international 

Animal Agriculture, is spending this 

year in Washington DC as a Jefferson 

Science Fellow. The Jefferson Science 

Fellows program is supported by the 

National Academy of Science and 

the State Department to bring senior 

faculty to Washington to help infuse 

science in policy decisions. Rothschild 

is working at the US Agency for 

International Development (USAID) 

in the Bureau for Food Security and 

working on livestock research and 

development issues primarily related 

to developing countries. 

In addition to Tuggle’s major goal of learning to use 

the software, he collaborated on developing the 

methods to combine analysis of the pig’s response 

to virus and bacteria. The Roslin Institute, creator of 

the world’s first cloned sheep, Dolly, is affiliated with 

the University of Edinburgh and provided Tuggle with 

the opportunity to exchange data and information. 

He and others at Iowa State and at Roslin Institute 

are working to develop possibilities for Iowa State 

University and the University of Edinburgh to exchange 

students for additional collaborative work. The entire 

Tuggle family enjoyed their stay in the beautiful city 

of Edinburgh and countryside of Scotland with its 800 and more years of recorded history. They 

were able to immerse themselves in the schools and neighborhoods and attend the music recitals 

of their son and daughter at local castles. From personal to professional, this was a enjoyable 

learning experience for the whole family. 

Graduate Programs in Animal Science Maintains 

Steady Enrollment 

Graduate student enrollment in the Department of Animal Science has remained steady for the 

past several years and 2011 is no exception. Seventeen graduate students completed their degrees 

during the spring and summer terms in 2011, and seventeen new students enrolled for the first time 

during the fall semester, meaning that there are 90 graduate students currently studying in the 

department, exactly the same number as in 2010. 

The departmental graduate student club, the Association of Graduate Animal Scientists (AGAS), 

started the fall semester by assigning individual graduate student mentors to each of the new 

students entering the department. Discussions are also underway with the Graduate College about 

further development of the mentoring program to include workshops and programs for the graduate 

mentors as well as the new students. New hard shell jackets with the departmental name are being 

offered by AGAS for sale to students and faculty. Helping with the Living History Farms race and 

a Thanksgiving Food Drive are additional activities the students are involved with. 

Nutritional Sciences 

Over 400 producers, nutritionists, veterinarians, and geneticists attended the International 

Conference on Feed Efficiency in Swine held in Omaha, Nebraska in early November. More than 

a dozen diverse topics ranging from in-barn management to nutrition to genetic selection were 

addressed. Producers found the forum especially appealing due to the continuing high cost of feed. 

Iowa State University’s John Patience and John Mabry together with Kansas State University’s 

Mike Tokach and Joel DeRouchey organized the forum. 

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Meat Science 

Steven Lonergan, professor, served as the chair of the 64th Reciprocal Meat Conference. 

The annual meeting of the American Meat Science Association was held in Manhattan, Kansas 

and Joe Cordray, professor and extension meat specialist, was awarded the 2011 American 

Meat Science Association Signal Service Award in recognition of his contributions to the meat 

industry and to the association. 

Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, professor, received the Award of Merit in Research from the Iowa 

State University chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta. Steven Lonergan was the recipient of the 

2011 Rossmann Mannatt Faculty Development Award, which is awarded every two years by 

the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to a tenured faculty member who has demonstrated 

an exceptional level of creativity and productivity in scholarship, teach and service. 

Joe Cordray (right) receiving the Signal Service Award 

Ph.D. graduate students Kyle Grubbs and Shannon Cruzen presented at the International 

Congress of Meat Science and Technology in Ghent, Belgium. 

Swine Teaching Farm renamed the 

Allen E. Christion Swine Teaching Farm 

At the 2011 Chuckwagon Breakfast, the new sign for the Allen E. Christian Swine 

“I’m excited to be at ISU in such a growing, 

Teaching Farm was unveiled. During his years managing the Swine Teaching Farm, 

thriving, enthusiastic department” 

Al had a huge impact on thousands of students – his “kids”. Today, many of those 

—Jodi Sterle 

“kids” are leaders in agriculture and universities around the world and would be 

quick to praise Al’s influence on their education in animal science at Iowa State. 

Allen E. Christian 

Al Christian 

Myrna and Alan Tubbs 

Alumnus Alan Tubbs honored 

Alan Tubbs (B.S. Animal Science,1966) and his wife, Myrna of DeWitt, Iowa, 

were honored this fall by the ISU Alumni Association with the Alumni Service 

Award. Al currently works as chairman and CEO of Ohnward Bancshares, Inc. 

which is headquartered in Maquoketa, Iowa. Both are active in their community 

serving on various boards for the DeWitt Hospital, Eastern Iowa Community 

College and Maquoketa Art Experience. Al has also been very involved with the 

ISU Alumni Association, ISU Foundation, ISU Agricultural Foundation, Iowa 

4-H Foundation, ISU Broadcasting Corporation, and ISU Extension’s Citizens 

Advisory Committee. While attending Iowa State and studying animal science, 

Al was a letterwinner in basketball and baseball and has been involved with the 

ISU Letterwinners Club since 1995. Al has been honored with the Iowa Bankers 

Association’s inaugural James A. Leach Leadership Award, the ISU College of 

Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Floyd Andre Award, the ISU Alumni Association’s 

Alumni Medal and the Maquoketa Rotary’s Friend of Agriculture Award. 

Al and Myrna provide support for ISU’s Tubbs family scholarships in 

agriculture, business, and 4-H. 

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Sponsor a Seat in the New Pavilion at ISU 


Help support the new Agriculture Pavilion! 

Iowa State University is in the midst of a campaign to create a new pavilion that will be used for agriculture programs, 

classes, student clubs and youth activities. The arena area will have individual seating for approximately 1000 people. 

Brass plates will be attached to the seats recognizing the sponsors. Reserve your seat now. 

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Send your contributions to the ISU Foundation, Box 2230, Ames, IA 50010-2230. 

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Winter 2011 

Animal Science Student Awards 2011 

Micro-biology Outstanding Senior 

Jennifer Blaser CALS Students 

PhD Oral Competition 3rd Place 

Nick Boddicker Midwest ASAS/ADSA 

Research Excellence Award 

Oliver Couture Graduate College, ISU 

Teaching Excellence Award 

Oliver Couture Graduate College, ISU 

International Travel Award 

Erika Downey Wilson G. Pond 

Lauren L. Christian Memorial Graduate Student Award 

Danielle Gorbach National Swine Improvement Federation 

Poster Award 

Danielle Gorbach 

International Society for Animal Genetics 

Peer Teaching Award 

Katrin Hollinger Graduate and Professional Student Senate 

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Scholarship 

Megan Kregel Dairy Management Inc. 


Kim Morrill Graduate College, ISU 


Sarah Redmond Graduate College, ISU 


Sarah Redmond Graduate College, ISU 


Gary Sullivan Graduate College, ISU 

NRI Merit Award 

Elane Wright 

USDA National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture 

National Research Initiative Merit Award 

Elane Wright USDA-NIFA 

Neal A. Jorgenson Travel Grant Award 

Xia Zhao 

Scherago International 

Iowa Premier Pork Youth Ambassador 

Derek Brown Iowa Pork Producers Association 

Undergrad Poster Presentation, First Place 

Sara Morine Midwest ASAS Meeting 

Masters Oral Presentation, Third Place 

Erika Downey Midwest ASAS Meeting 

PhD Oral Presentation, Third Place 

Nick Boddicker Midwest ASAS Meeting 

Best Student Presentation, Immunology Section 

Derrick Coble PSA 

Ag Woman of the Year 

Beth Baudler College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 

Elaine Syzmoniak Award 

Trisha Collins World Food Prize Youth Program 

Farm Beautification 

Through donations from alumni and friends a project 

is underway to spruce up the farms by installing a common 

set of signs and white pipe fencing along the road; 

demolishing old, unused buildings; painting all buildings 

a consistent color and controlling the dust on the road. 

Newly installed signage— 

Allen E. Christian Swine Teaching Farm 

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2011-2012 Animal Science students 


“If I could be a dairy princess the rest of my life, I would be,” says senior Leah Henkes. This surprising remark 

comes not because of the crown and the gown but because of all the opportunities to promote dairy products. 

Growing up in Luana, part of northeast Iowa’s “dairy country”, on a farm with 65 registered Holstein cattle was 

guaranteed to have an influence on Leah’s career path. It wasn’t a tough decision to attend Iowa State University 

because as long as she can remember Leah has been a Cyclone. Both of her parents are ISU dairy science alumni 

and as soon as she became involved in 4-H she cultivated a connection with the faculty and staff in dairy science. 

Leah also continued the friendship her mother had forged as a student with Ilene Carlson, now retired secretary, 

who was always there to help. 

Leah came to Iowa State armed with experience in showing and judging for contests at the district, state, and 

national level. She joined the Dairy Science Club and found the past executive members to be great role models. 

Leah advises students to get really involved and immerse themselves in at least one club because the connections 

made with other people and growing and developing as a person are just as important as that grade point 

average. She started in the same place as any new student and suggests that they step outside their comfort 

zones and try studying abroad, taking a controversial class or running for an office. That is good advice coming 

from someone who has served on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Council for two years, held the 

office of president in the Dairy Science Club, and studied abroad in Spain and New Zealand. 

Leah Henkes 

In the fall of 2012 Leah plans on student teaching and then getting some real world experience doing 

communications based public relations in the dairy industry and drawing on her past involvement with writing 

for Holstein World. She may return to teaching in the future and will seize any opportunities to help youth. Leah 

is certain to take an active role in getting to know each student and their needs and forming a relationship that 

makes her more approachable—that is what she’s found important in her professors at ISU. 

It was an easy decision for junior Ryan Healy to decide to attend 

Iowa State University and major in Animal Science—he knew 

he wanted a career in agriculture and his older friends attending 

ISU were having a good college experience. Ryan grew up 

on a cow/calf farm in the western Iowa community of Vail and 

although his high school didn’t have an FFA program he was 

still involved in showing cattle at 4-H and FFA shows. 

For Ryan, participating in 4-H Round-up at the university 

confirmed his decision to head to Ames for college. 

At ISU, Ryan’s advisor guided him through the process of 

becoming a college student and, as Dr. Kenealy had predicted 

at orientation, his advisor became his best friend—someone 

who cared about how he was doing. Ryan overcame his initial 

shyness and got involved in clubs. Block and Bridle’s Beef 

Interest Group ignited his interest and he enjoyed a beef trip 

with the group and now serves as the Sergeant of Arms for 

Block and Bridle working with this fall’s 250 initiates to the club. 

Remembering his own timidity as a freshman Ryan advises the 

professors that when they ask a class, “Do you understand” 

please wait for an answer because some students are afraid to 

ask questions. 

This past summer Ryan worked at the beef farm with Marshall 

Ruble and was introduced to working with feedlot cattle and 

involved in running equipment and feeding cattle. He plans to use 

that experience in a future job with a feed company working in 

sales and using his talents for teamwork and communication. 

Ryan’s advice to students is to be proactive and put yourself 

out there to make connections. Ryan finds college to be serious 

business and that you get out of it what you put into it. Ryan is 

proof of that. 

Ryan Healy 

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The spring of 2012 will bring some big changes for Adair Boysen, a native of the southeastern Iowa 

community of Columbus Junction. Not only will Adair receive a bachelor’s degree in both Animal 

Science and Agriculture Education (Communications Option) in May, but she’ll be getting married in 

June and moving to Peoria, Illinois to join her fiancé, Jason Lents. This outgoing senior developed a 

passion for animal science as she grew up on a cow/calf and grain farm. Adair thrived on showing 

pigs and cattle in 4-H and FFA—an experience shared by many of the outstanding students in Animal 

Science. 

Choosing to attend Iowa State was an easy decision for Adair because while Ames was a small 

distance from home, it wasn’t too far away and it offered a top-rated agriculture program. She made 

a connection with her advisor during freshman orientation and always felt that he took her under his 

wing yet pushed her to the next step. In light of that guidance Adair advises students to not be afraid 

to take a risk and get out of your comfort zone. Adair “walks the talk” and spent time studying abroad 

in Panama and Australia where she realized how the United States is truly a world power. She stated, 

“It was amazing to see how much other countries know about the U.S. farm bill and trade regulations 

and how they want to emulate American agriculture.” 

Studying abroad opened the door for other opportunities as Adair did internships at Helena Chemical 

Company and Pfizer Animal Health working on research, newsletters, and sales. With studying 

abroad and internships under her belt, Adair wasn’t afraid to take leadership of the Block & Bridle 

Club as president for the past year. She recommends joining and participating in clubs during college 

because it provides the opportunity to develop great friendships. 

Adair Boysen 

Adair will be seeking a position in animal agriculture or agriculture communications in the Peoria area. 

She will continue to be an advocate for animal production agriculture and her dream job would be to 

have her own cow/calf operation. 

It was a chance conversation that senior Erich Hodges had with the team staffing the Iowa 

Area Development Group booth at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, that led to his 

interest in attending Iowa State University. He was advised that if he wanted to study dairy 

science the best choice was ISU. He and his family visited campus through the Experience 

Iowa State program and he was provided the opportunity to meet faculty in the Department 

of Animal Science and learn about the scholarships available. Erich followed the advice 

he received at the Dairy Expo and is studying for his degrees in Dairy Science and Animal 

Science/Pre-Veterinany Medicine with a German minor. 

Iowa is quite a distance from Erich’s hometown of Bush Prairie, Washington where he grew 

up on a small farm with two Brown Swiss cows and some horses. Erich raised the cows 

for a 4-H project beginning when he was 13 and started his own milk delivery business. 

For four years he purchased feed for the cows, milked them with a Surge milker, pasteurized 

and bottled the milk and delivered it to 63 families. His farm roots reach across the ocean 

to Switzerland where his grandparents were dairy farmers and his cousins continue to milk 

and make cheese. His ties with Switzerland are so strong that he has dual citizenship with 

Switzerland and has made many visits, sometimes as often as four times a year. 

Erich finds the faculty in Animal Science to be welcoming and supportive. He has taken 

advantage of Study Abroad trips to Bulgaria, Scotland, England, and the Ukraine with several 

faculty members. Discovering how American technology is desired and used in the other 

countries was an eye-opener, yet some of their farming practices could be implemented back 

in the States. Erich also gained a better understanding as to why the U.S. has so many rules 

and regulations, and the problems that could arise without them. 

With an eye toward attending Veterinary School at ISU, Erich advises students to study hard 

the first year and study harder every year after that. He also recommends getting involved 

as much as possible - he’s an enthusiastic guide at the ISU Dairy Farm. Erich wants the 

professors to know that he appreciates quizzes during the courses so there are no surprises 

at the end and extra credit is always welcomed. 

Erich Hodges 

Ideally, after he receives his degree in veterinary medicine, Erich plans to establish a large 

animal practice with a dairy and equine focus in central Iowa. He loves living here. That’s not 

a surprise when you consider that Erich’s family has enjoyed their visits to central Iowa so 

much that they bought a home here. Maybe someday soon Erich will be found staffing 

the Iowa Area Development Booth! 

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Animal Science Scholarship Recipients 2011 

Allyn Hagen Dairy Science Scholarship, 

$500.00 

Alex Folkmann 

Arthur and Muriel Anderson Scholarship, 

$750.00 

Joseph Thomas 

Arthur and Muriel Anderson Scholarship, 

$750.00 

Caitlyn Abell* 

Arthur Gerlach Scholarship in Dairy Science, 

$1,000.00 

Nicole Hershberger 

Arthur Molln Scholarship, $1,000.00 

Lauren Briggie Glenn Robinson 

Derek Brown Nicole Walljasper 

Shaylee Crile Taylor Wherry 

Nathan Geater Branden Zuck 

Brette Manthe 

Arthur R. Porter Scholarship, $500.00 

Gabrielle Hathaway Joelle Merkes 

Kyle Hoogendoorn Jonathon Schmeckel 

Christine Lueschow 

Bernard W. Ebbing Memorial Scholarship 

in Animal Science, $350.00 

Brandon Ledger 

Bob Pim Memorial Scholarship 

in Animal Science, $2,500.00 

Christopher Sievers 

Carl and Norma Zurborg Scholarship in Dairy 

Science/Swiss Valley Cooperative, $1,000.00 

Matt Henkes 

Charles & Edna Parmele Scholarship 


Melissa Bates 

Charles H. and Inez M. Callahan 

Memorial Graduate Award, $2,000.00 

Nicholas Boddicker* 

Charles R. and Ethel P. Mountain Scholarship 


Allison Bender 

Claude W. Ahrens/Miraco Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Andrew Filipi 

Dairy Youth Special Fund, $750.00 

Kelsey Casebere 

David and Jacqueline Topel Endowed 

Scholarship, $1,500.00 

Jacob Thomas Judson Kyle Grubbs* 

Dbl. W-Win Farms, Lois Welter-Hallberg 

Scholarship in Dairy Science, $5,000.00 

Emily Ullerich 

Dennis L. Crone Scholarship 


Jennifer English 

Department of Animal Science Graduate 

Award for Outstanding Teaching, $1,000.00 

Mohamed Osman* 

Department of Animal Science Graduate 

Student Excellence Award, $1,000.00 

Danielle Gorbach* 

Des Moines Feed and Grain Club Scholarship 

for Animal Science, $1,400.00 

Matie Hanson 

Donald W. Helble Scholarship 


Nicole Oldfather 

Doug and Carol Kenealy International Travel 

Scholarship, $750.00 

Monica Madsen Katelyn Steffens 

Dr. & Mrs. M. E. Ensminger Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Breanna Estle Susan Knetter* 

Kimberlee Gerardy Brent Sexton 

Karl Kerns Nathan Upah* 

Duane & Shirley Acker International 

Fellowship, $2,500.00 

Trisha Collins 

Dudley R. Scott Endowed Scholarship 


Teresa Blader 

Eldred J. and Donna Harman Endowed 

Scholarship in Animal Science, 

$3,500.00 

Adair Boysen Sara Morine 

Erik M. Krekel Memorial Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Nathan Carroll 

Erlin R. Lomen Memorial Scholarship 

in Dairy Science, $1,000.00 

Hannah Gesing 

Erwin Waters Meat Science Scholarship, 

$500.00 

Shannon Cruzen* 

Esther and Richard Willham Graduate 


$1,000.00 

Shannon Cruzen* 

George Gund Animal Husbandry Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Erin Bouslog 

Harold L. and Esther G. Wilcke Scholarship, 

$1,250.00 

Jordan Hunt 

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Winter 2011 

Harold L. and Esther G. Wilcke Scholarship, 

$1,750.00 

Emily Weber* 

Helen M. Maddock Scholarship for Women 


Rebecca Moest 

Henry R. Duncan Scholarship, $500.00 

Amanda Houge 

Iowa Poultry Association Scholarship 

in Honor of Tom J. Zanios, $1,250.00 

Maria Arendt 

Iowa Poultry Association Scholarship 

in Honor of Tom J. Zanios, $1,500.00 

Ganapathi Raj Murugesan* 

Iowa Turkey Federation Scholarship, $1,500.00 

Zachary Dalluge Raymong Wedeking 

ISU Processed Meat Short Course 


Nicolas Lavieri* 

James J. Kiser Scholarship in Animal Science, 

$1,250.00 

Kimberly Barnes 

Jeff Hansen/Iowa Select Farms Pork Industry 


Stephanie Carlson 

John and Roberta Rodecap Scholarship, 

$300.00 

Hannah Gesing 

Keith M. and Arlene C. Kirkpatrick Memorial 


Erika Lunch 

Kermit & Janis Coggshall Scholarship 

in Dairy Science, $2,000.00 

Haley Jones 

Kermit and Janis Coggshall Scholarship 


Molly Heintz 

Lauren L. Christian Graduate Scholarship, 

$3,000.00 

Nicholas Boddicker* Chad Yoder* 

Lauren L. Christian Undergraduate 


Chelsey Branderhorst Drew Lugar 

Lyle E. McBride III Memorial Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Brianna Adamic Allison Klein 

Kathleen Adams 

Mary B. and William H. Gilbert Brown Swiss 

Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.00 

Jessica Hammerand 

Meat Science Scholarship, $1,500.00 

Ashley Christensen 

Monica G. and William H. Welter 

Scholarship in Dairy Science, $5,000.00 

Leah Henkes 

Naylor Educational Aid Fund in Dairy 

Science, $500.00 

Mitchell Schulte 

Ned S. and Esther Raun Graduate 


Ganapathi Raj Murugesan* 

Northwest Feed Manufacturers Association 


Amanda Young 

Palmer and Sheryl Holden International 

Travel Scholarship, $500.00 

Daweyn Albertsen Emily Eulberg 

Paul Stewart Memorial Scholarship, 

$2,000.00 

Brandon Franck Megan Righi 

R. W. “Dick” Witt Scholarship, $1,250.00 

Quinton Norman 

Ralph Baker Scholarship, $1,000.00 

Brittany Shonka 

Rex Beresford Scholarship in Animal 

Science, $500.00 

Christine Gosnel 

Richard and Nancy Degner Scholarship, 

$2,000.00 

Jacob Keppy Amanda Outhouse 

Robert E. and Dorothy B. Rust Graduate 

Scholarship in Meat Science, $750.00 

Nicolas Lavieri* Emily Benedict 

Rufus C. Obrecht Scholarship, $1,750.00 

Taylor Petersen 

Russell Bentley Endowment for Excellence 

in Dairy Science (Production), $1,000.00 

Jordan Hanson Megan Kleve 

Solon A. and Dorothy F. Ewing Animal 

Science Scholarship, $750.00 

Jaclyn Amiss Alysha Gareis 

Solon A. and Dorothy F. Ewing Animal 

Science Scholarship, $500.00 

Tara Carlson 

Thomas and Esther Ringkob Scholarship 


Jessica Engelking 

Thomas Sutherland Graduate Excellence 

Award, $1,000.00 

Xia Zhao* 

Thorvald J. Andersen Scholarship, $2,000.00 

Emily Benedict Derek Nolan 

Sarah Edwards Benjamin Selman 

Erich Hodges 

Tom and Cindy Baas Swine Industry 


Taylor Lysne 

Tom and Corrine Lonergan Scholarship, 

$1,000.00 

Nicole Freedman 

Tom and Janie Wickersham Scholarship, 

$750.00 

Kelsey Meyers 

University Research Excellence Award, 

$500.00 

Gary Sullivan* 

University Teaching Excellence Award, 

$500.00 

Kimberley Morrill* 

Vaughn and Meg Speer Graduate 

Education Award, $1,500.00 

Nestor Gutierrez* 

William Riley Gillette Graduate 


$2,500.00 

Danielle Pogge* 

*Graduate Students 

Scholarship Total—$143,050 

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Student activities 

Block and Bridle Club 

For the Iowa State Block and Bridle 

Club the year 2011 has been full 

of livestock shows, new members, 

building friendships, and advocating 

for the animal agriculture industry. 

A record number of new initiates 

joined the club this year, with nearly 

250 new faces, and that takes the total 

membership number to over 550! Along 

with increased membership the club 

has undertaken planning for some big 

events in the upcoming months and 

years. They are proud to announce that 

ISU will be hosting the 2013 National 

Block and Bridle Convention. The 

co-chairs and committee members 

have made great strides in the initial 

planning process of the event and are 

anticipating a phenomenal convention 

for Block and Bridle members from 

across the nation. Additionally, the 

Grand Finale for the Great Plains 

Livestock Association (GPLA) will 

be hosted by Block and Bridle in the 

summer of 2012. This is the first show 

pig circuit in the state of Iowa and the 

club is honored to be to taking part 

in the inaugural year. The Iowa State 

Block and Bridle Club has a reputation 

for putting on great events and 

producing future leaders within the 

animal science industry, and this year 

has been no exception. 

From left to right: 

Megan Staton, Bree 

Schwarte, Ceaa Fjeld, 

Jess Howell, Sarah 

Tenley, Sara Swenson, 

Abbey Sindt, and 

Abbie Aleff 

From left to right: 

Liz Sample, Sarah Tenley, 

Monica Madsen, and 

Nikki Ferwerda (coach) 

Horse 

Judging Team 

The ISU Horse judging team began the 2011 season with the 

American Paint Horse Sweepstakes on April 11th near Ft Worth, 

Texas. This contest was the first ever for most of ISU’s 

contestants and consisted of four classes of halter horses, 

eight performance horse classes and four sets of reasons. 

Spring team members included Abbey Sindt, Abbie Aleff, Ceara Fjeld, Megan Staton, Sarah Tenley, 

Jess Howell, Bree Schwarte, and Sara Swenson. Sarah Tenley placed 18th in the halter division. There 

were more than 30 senior college teams with more than 160 individuals competing. While in Texas, the 

team traveled the horse country north of Fort Worth to tour many farms in the Aubrey area. The team 

then returned to Texas to attend the NRBC (National Reining Breeders Classic) in Katy on April 19th. 

ISU placed 4th in the contest missing 3rd by only 3 points! Jess Howell was also the 8th place 

individual overall. 

In the fall semester, the horse judging team recruited only three members: Monica Madsen, Liz Sample 

and Sarah Tenley. While these three young women could not make up a full team, they worked hard and 

entered the Limited Division at the All American Quarter Horse Congress and the Quarter Horse World 

Show. At the Congress, Monica Madsen won the halter division and placed fourth overall. Liz Sample 

won reserve in the halter division and Sarah Tenley won the performance horse division and was the 

overall high point individual. Katie Spenler and Bree Schwarte have joined the group to comprise a full 

team and their final contest will be held December 1st and 2nd in Oklahoma City. 

Block and Bridle Club New Initiates 

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Winter 2011 

2010-2011 Livestock Judging Team members seated from 

left to right: Ashely Wiebe, Kaylee Keppy, Jalane Alden 

Standing from left to right: Andrew Noland, Jason Lents, 

Jon DeClerck (coach), Blake VanderMolen, Cameron 

Luedtke, Levi Johnson, Trever Shipley 

Livestock Judging 

Team 

The 2010 team ended a successful 

judging career with a 14th place 

finish at the North American in 

Louisville, Kentucky amongst a field 

of 31 teams. 

The 2011 team has enjoyed a 

strong season including two wins 

at the national level and a recent 

4th place finish at the North American. 

Individually, Kyle Dice capped 

off a decorated career with a 6th 

place overall finish in Louisville. 

The team also has hosted numerous 

judging camps and contests 

over the past year, in an attempt to 

help promote youth development. 

Team members include Jaclyn 

Amiss, Adam Carrothers, Cole 

Danner, Kyle Dice, Brandon Ledger, 

Brady McNeil, and Amanda von 

Forell. 

Meat Judging Team 

The Iowa State University Meat Judging Team recently competed at the 2011 American Royal 

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Omaha, NE. Seventeen teams with 105 contestants 

evaluated classes of beef, lamb, and pork carcasses as well as wholesale cuts. The ISU team placed 

third in pork judging, fifth in beef judging, sixth in reasons, eighth in overall beef, tenth in beef 

grading and ninth in total placing. The ISU alternate team placed fourth in the alternate division. 

Team members are Chelsey Branderhorst, Prairie City; Sara Morine, Lamont; Chris Sievers, Albert 

City; Daweyn Albertson, Toledo; Sandy Dion, Columbus Junction; Andrew Filipi, Davey, NE; Amanda 

Houge, Las Vegas, NE; and Heidi Reynolds, Rockwell City. The team is preparing for the national 

championship to be held in Dakota City, NE at Tyson Fresh Meats. 

Front row from left to right: 

Heidi Reynolds, Rockwell City; 

Lori Ellensohn, Asst. Coach, 

LeMars; Sherry Olsen, Coach; 

Sara Morine, Lamont; and 

Amanda Houge, Las Vegas, NV 

Back row from left to right: 

Chris Sievers, Albert City; 

Andrew Filipi, Davey, NE; 

Chelsey Branderhorst, Prairie 

City; Sandy Dion, Columbus 

Junction; and Daweyn 

Albertsen, Toledo 

Pre-Veterinary Club 

The Iowa State University Pre- 

Veterinary Club (PVC) has over 250 

members with majors ranging from 

Animal Science to Biology. The 

only requirement needed to join 

the club is to have an interest in 

veterinary medicine. Club members 

stay busy in activities on campus 

and in the community. Every year, 

visitors attending VEISHEA would 

be disappointed if they didn’t have 

the opportunity to visit the PVC’s 

petting zoo. Members with a love for 

horses are involved in a local equine 

therapy organization. Every other year 

PVC hosts the Midwest Symposium 

and provides a format for students 

from around the country to come to 

Iowa State and participate in wet 

labs and learn more about veterinary 

medicine from faculty of the Animal 

Science Department and the College of 

Veterinary Medicine. Most recently, 

members had the opportunity to listen 

to a presentation by a veterinarian 

specializing in holistic methods of 

veterinary medicine. PVC is expanding 

more every year and as a result has 

become more visible in the Animal 

Science Department and Iowa State 

University. 

Dairy Science Club 

Growing up on a dairy farm in 

Iowa and majoring in Dairy Science 

doesn’t describe every member of 

the ISU Dairy Science Club, which is 

75 members strong. A club member 

may have a degree in Animal 

Science, Pre-Vet, Animal Ecology, 

Agriculture Business, Agronomy, 

Global Resource Management, 

International Agriculture, Agriculture 

Education, Child Adult Family Service 

and of course, Dairy Science. The 

home states of the members include 

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, 

California, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, 

and Washington. Club activities 

include the Iowa State Fair and 

VEISHEA IMAC (I Milked A Cow) 

exhibit, Food at First, Iowa Youth 

Dairy Coalition and Regional and 

National ADSA conferences. The 

Iowa State Fair IMAC has been a 

great fundraiser and educational 

opportunity for the club as members 

interact with people from all over 

the world and have the opportunity to 

explain more about the dairy industry. 

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Animal Science Faculty Awards 2011 

Evonik Degussa Award for Achievement in Poultry Science 

Dong Ahn PSA 

Distinguished Science Award 

Lloyd Anderson Iowa Academy of Science 

Iowa Honorary Master Pork Producer 

Tom Baas Iowa Pork Producers Association 

Distinguished Fellow Award 

Don Beitz Iowa Academy of Science 

Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award 

Susan Lamont Gamma Sigma Delta 

Mission Award for Research 

Elisabeth Lonergan Gamma Sigma Delta 

Distinguished Service Award 

John Mabry National Pork Board 

25 years of Service 

Vail Olson Iowa State University 

Award of Honor 

Don Beitz 

ADSA 

Mission Award for Extension 

John Patience Gamma Sigma Delta 

Award for Faculty Excellence 

Susan Carpenter Iowa Board of Regents 

Signal Service Award 

Joe Cordray American Meat Science Association 

Team Award 

Garland Dahlke 

Dan Loy 

Daryl Strohbehn 

ISU CALS 


David Fisher Iowa State University 

Peter J. Reeds Memorial Young Investigator Award 

Nick Gabler American Society for Nutrition 

Animal Industry Service Award 

Dorian Garrick ASAS 

J.L Lush Award in Animal Breeding 

Dorian Garrick ADSA 

Small Business Innovation Research’s Tibbetts Award 

Hank Harris Small Business Administration 


Mary Healey Iowa State University 

Distinguished Alumni Award 

Maynard Hogberg Gamma Sigma Delta 

Early Career Award 

Anna Johnson ASAS 

Award for Staff Excellence 

Michael Kaiser Iowa Board of Regents 


Doug Kenealy Iowa State University 

Award to Outstanding Adviser 

Lee Kilmer ISU CALS 

Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award 

James Reecy ISU CALS 

Annual Award in Excellence in Technology Transfer 

Max Rothschild FLC Mid-Continent Region 

Dean Lee R. Kolmer Award for Excellence in Applied Research 

Jim Russell ISU CALS 


Joseph Sebranek Iowa State University 


Brad Skaar Iowa State University 


Phil Spike Iowa State University 

Animal Growth and Development Award 

Mike Spurlock ASAS 

Hall of Fame Award 

Daryl Strohbehn Iowa Cattlemen’s Association 

Fellow 

Leo Timms 

ADSA 

Outstanding Acheivement in Research Award 

Chris Tuggle ISU CALS 

Wilbur Layton Faculty Recognition Award 

Howard Tyler ISU Division of Student Affairs 

Outstanding Service Award 

Hongwei Xin Midwest Poultry Consortium 

Excellence in Honors Mentoring/Advising Award 

Curt Youngs University Honors Program 

Mission Award for Teaching 

Curt Youngs Gamma Sigma Delta 

Honorary Membership 

Curt Youngs The National Society of Leadership and Success 

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Winter 2011 

In Memoriam 

1929 Luther Brindle BS Marshalltown, IA 9/23/11 

1927 Robert Keir BS Mankato, MN 7/9/11 

1937 Wayne Stevens BS Shenandoah, IA 12/10/10 

1938 Donald Livingston BS Newton, IA 11/2/10 

1939 Johnnie Shelley MS Greenville, SC 9/13/11 

1941 Leslie Greiner BS Lees Summit, MO 3/5/11 

1941 R. Alan Williams BS Urbandale, IA 8/8/11 

1942 James Davis BS Mesa, AZ 9/7/10 

1942 Hale Hansen BS Sapulpa, OK 12/4/10 

1942 Howard Stonaker PhD Ft. Collins, CO 5/13/11 

1942 Tsuneo Tanabe BS State College, PA 5/27/10 

1943 Donald Carter BS Ft. Collins, CO 3/1/11 

1946 Melvin Wilkey BS Aurora, CO 6/20/10 

1947 Eldred Harman BS Waterloo, IA 9/30/11 

1948 Stanley Anderson BS Springfield, MO 5/29/11 

1948 Ed R. Lidvall, Jr. BS Maryville, TN 12/26/10 

1948 Robert Touchberry PhD Ely, IA 6/29/11 

1948 James Vos BS White River, SD 2/12/11 

1949 Maurice Baringer MS Woodburn, IA 5/25/11 

1949 A. Wade Brant PhD Davis, CA 8/6/11 

1949 Loren Hardinger CT Albia, IA 4/19/11 

1949 Fred Sohn BS Roseburg, OR 7/22/11 

1950 Richard Schminkey CT Columbia, MO 6/17/11 

1951 Norma Lyon BS Toledo, IA 6/26/11 

1952 Tom Williams BS East Longmeadow, MA 9/19/11 

1954 Truman Martin PhD West Lafayette, IN 1/6/11 

1955 Orlin Holland BS Garden City, KS 5/25/11 

1955 William Kinzer BS Hot Springs, AR 4/9/11 

1955 Duane Rowe BS Lancaster, WI 10/9/10 

1956 James Riekens BS Mason City, IA 3/1/11 

1957 John Kruger BS Glendale, AZ 2/9/11 

1958 Dean Lester BS Slater, IA 12/5/10 

1959 Max Caldwell BS Cedar Rapids, IA 1/29/10 

1959 Russell Delong BS Murfreesboro, TN 1/21/11 

1959 Donald Paulsen BS Exira, IA 7/23/11 

1960 George Frater MS Tampa, FL 5/31/11 

1961 Kenneth Davison PhD Maryville, MO 10/2/11 

1964 Richard Luther PhD Brookings, SD 9/19/10 

1964 Marvin Walter MS Ames, IA 6/1/11 

1967 Jerry Morris BS Muscatine, IA1 1/29/10 

1968 Marlin Braet BS Story City, IA 3/26/11 

1968 Eric Osen BS Sunnyvale, CA 2/6/11 

1970 Larry Lursen BS Clarksville, IA 3/18/11 

1971 Steven Mainquist BS Red Oak, IA 5/22/10 

1984 Bruce Bandstra MS Carlton, OR 8/10/11 

1984 John McGarry BS Delmar, IA 4/14/11 

1989 Rodney Hamlett BS Lamont, IA 3/12/10 

(This list contains the names of alumni that have passed away since the last 

animal science newsletter. Names appear by class and degree, last home 

of record, and date of death.) 

Despite the recent deaths of Marvin Walter, Norma “Duffy” Lyon and 

Eldred Harman the Department of Animal Science will continue to benefit 

from their legacies. Marvin Walter (M.S. 1964) jump-started fundraising for 

the new pavilion with a $1.5 million pledge. Norma Lyon (B.S. 1951), known 

as the “butter-cow lady” sculpted the bronze cow Jersey Jewel that stands 

guard outside the entrance to the Welcome Center at the Dairy Farm. Eldred 

Harman (B.S. 1947) established the department’s Eldred and Donna Harman 

Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in addition to an annual 

scholarship in animal science. 

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Animal Science Department 

Iowa State University 

1221 Kildee Hall 

Ames, Iowa 50011-3150 

Your support to Animal Science makes a difference! 

Generous gifts from our alumni, corporate sponsors, and other partners enable the Animal Science Department to 

continue its tradition of academic excellence. Your contributions to the Animal Science Department Fund make 

a lasting impact on our program and the success of our students through initiatives that include: 

• Providing scholarships and fellowships for recruiting and retaining students 

• Supporting student leadership groups 

• Awarding seed money for new projects 

• Funding access to state-of-the-art technology through new equipment purchases and laboratory renovations 

• Providing travel for judging teams 

Animal Science Department Fund (We appreciate your support!) 

o I would like to contribute to the department in the amount of: 

o $50 o $100 o $250 o $500 o $1,000 

o Other $_______________ Gift Designation_ ________________________________________________________________________ 

o I would like more information on contributing to the Iowa State Agriculture Pavilion. 

o I would like to sponsor a seat in the new Iowa State Agriculture Pavilion. (Page 6) 

o I am interested in information on establishing a scholarship, naming a laboratory, creating a named faculty position, 

or other endowment opportunities 

o I would like to contribute to the beautification of the Animal Science farms. (Page 7) 

o I would like information on planned giving. 

I have included the Department of Animal Science in my estate plan. 

o 

Date ________________ 

If you wish this gift divided equally between you and your spouse, please include spouse information below. 

Name ________________________________________________________Spouse__________________________________________________ 

Degree(s)_____________________________________________ Year(s) granted _________________________________________________ 

Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

City________________________________________________________ State___________________________________ Zip________________ 

E-mail_ _________________________________________________ Home Phone__________________________________________________ 

My gift o does o does not qualify for a company matching gift. 

Payment Type 

Check enclosed (payable to ISU 

Department of Animal Science) 

and return form and payment to: 

Department of Animal Science 

Iowa State University 

Attn: Donna Nelson 

1221 Kildee Hall 

Ames, Iowa 50011-3150 

The Animal Science newsletter is published 

annually. Your comments and alumni updates are 

welcomed. Please contact: 

Peg Uthe, Program Coordinator 

Department of Animal Science 

1221 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011 

Phone: 515-294-4524 · Fax: 515-294-6994 

Email: pluthe@iastate.edu 

More news and updates can be found 

on the department’s Web site at 

www.ans.iastate.edu/ 

AGAS (Association of Graduate Animal Scientists) is offering 

department apparel. Check out what they have available on their 

Web site: www.ans.iastate.edu/agas 

Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. 

veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 3680 Beardshear Hall, 515 294-7612.

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