Annual Report 2005 - Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

major/Economics and Physiology minors) degrees from
Iowa State University. He worked the past 15 years for
Land OʼLakes Purina Feed (LOL), LLC, first as Beef
Production Manager and then as Beef Production and
Marketing Manager. Most recently, he served as LOL
Training and Marketing Manager and Eastern Sales
Manager. In 2001, Dr. Bonner was named a Fellow of
the American Society of Animal Science.
Dr. Bonner began work in the CAST Office in Ames,
Iowa on July 1, 2005. To help introduce Dr. Bonner
to CASTʼs members, stakeholders, and interested colleagues,
CAST held a “Welcome Reception” in his
honor on July 7, 2005, on the Iowa State University
(ISU) campus in Ames. Dr. Stanley M. Fletcher, CAST
President, flew in from Georgia to conduct the program;
and Dr. Don Beitz, CAST President-Elect, was also
present. Guest speakers included Dr. Catherine Woteki,
Dean, College of Agriculture, ISU; Mr. Mark Halvorsen,
Minority Staff Director for the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry for Senator Tom
Harkin; Mr. Joel Brinkmeyer, EVP for the Iowa Cattlemenʼs
Association; and Mr. Mike Fowler, Retired,
Land OʼLakes.
Dr. John Bonner (center) reviews the Executive Vice
President contract with Dr. Don Beitz (left) and Dr. Stanley
Fletcher.
Former EVP Dick Stuckey
"Pinch-Hits" for CAST
Although Dr. Richard Stuckey
had been retired as CASTʼs Executive
Vice President (EVP) for
3½ years and was active in several
volunteer scientific activities,
he agreed to lend a hand as CAST
Interim Senior Advisor from December
2004 through July 1, 2005
during the time CAST searched
Dr. Richard Stuckey
for a new EVP following the resignation
of Dr. Teresa A. Gruber.
During his months with CAST Dick supervised several
activities, a highlight of which was setting up rollout
2005 Highlights
venues and joining CAST President Dr. Stanley Fletcher
in conducting briefings in Washington, D.C. for the new
CAST Issue Paper Global Risks of Infectious Animal
Diseases. One group they visited was the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO), which inquired about the
possibility of CAST translating Global Risks of Infectious
Animal Diseases into Spanish. Dick “stepped up
to bat” to supervise the necessary project funding and
followed up with avenues of distribution. El riesgo
global de las enfermedades animales infecciosas
(IP28SPA) became the first of CASTʼs publications
translated into Spanish.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Norman Borlaug Receives CAST’s
2005 Charles A. Black Award
CAST presented the Charles A. Black Award April
21, 2005, in Alexandria, Virginia, to Dr. Norman E.
Borlaug, a decades-long supporter of CAST and worldrenowned
agricultural scientist and current President
of the Sasakawa Africa Association. For his research
on dwarf varieties of wheat, now commonly called the
“Green Revolution,” Borlaug was awarded the 1970
Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Borlaug has been an advocate of CAST since its
founding in 1972. He spoke at the John Deere Company
in Moline, Illinois in 1973 on behalf of the fledgling
CAST organization. His remarks at that CAST–Industry
meeting later appeared as CASTʼs first published Paper.
He received CASTʼs first “Distinguished Achievement
Award in Food and Agricultural Science” as part of
CASTʼs 10-year anniversary in Ames, Iowa. On that
same occasion, a tree was planted in his honor on
Iowa State University's campus (where it continues to
grow and mature). Articles on Borlaugʼs life and work
have appeared in several CAST publications through
the years, so it was extremely fitting to have this opportunity
to honor Norman Borlaug for his continued,
outstanding achievements as a scientist, educator, and
communicator.
Along with his close associate Christopher Dowswell,
Borlaug attended several activities during the
CAST meeting on Thursday, April 21. The special
events began with an Open Forum titled “Insights on
International Agricultural Issues,” at which Borlaug was
one of four guest speakers. Other speakers were Dr. Jim
Butler, USDAʼs Deputy Undersecretary for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services; Ms. Susan Mills, Senior
Liaison and Administrative Officer, United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization; and Dr. Chris Delgado,
International Food Policy Research Institute.
At the Charles A. Black Award Banquet, CAST President-Elect
Dr. Don Beitz narrated a special Power Point
presentation to introduce Borlaug, after which President
Dr. Norman E.
Borlaug, recipient
of the 2005
Charles A. Black
Award.
Charles A. Black
Award Laureates
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