Celebrating CAFNR’s Distinguished Faculty

The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is proud of our many faculty members who have been honored with endowed and Curator’s professorships, and national, university and College awards. On Monday, Nov. 5, CAFNR took time to celebrate each of them at the Distinguished Faculty Dinner, held in Reynolds Alumni Center. The event brought together these decorated faculty members from across the College for celebration and camaraderie. Another honor was being joined by Chancellor Brady Deaton, who was also recognized as distinguished faculty.

Honored at the event were:

Stephen Anderson

Albrecht Distinguished Professor

Mike Cook

Robert D. Partridge Chair In Cooperative Leadership

Marci Crosby

Won Outstanding Early Career Teacher award at the Celebration of Excellence Event 2012

Jan Dauve

Won Outstanding Senior Teaching award at the Celebration of Excellence Event 2012

Felix Fritschi

Won Early Career Research Award at the Celebration of Excellence Event 2012

Sheila Grant              

Mizzou Alumni Association Faculty Alumni Award 2012

Gerald Hazelbauer

Curators’ Professorship

Thomas Johnson

Frank Miller Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Jack Jones

Dunmire Distinguished Professor

Curators’ Professor


Shibu Jose                 

H.E. Garrett Endowed Professor In Agroforestry

Director of the Center for Agroforestry

Nic Kalaitzandonakes

Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Endowed Professor of Agribusiness

Ag Econ and Director, Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC)

Chip Kemp

Won Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor award at Celebration of Excellence event 2012

Bill Lamberson         

Won Outstanding Graduate Mentor award at the Celebration of Excellence event 2012

William Meyers

Howard Cowden Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Joshua Millspaugh

Pauline O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Management

Henry Nguyen         

Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Endowed Professor in Biotechnology

David Patterson      

Won the Outstanding Faculty award at the Celebration of Excellence 2012 (Mumford Award)

Ron Plain

D. Howard Doane Professorship

Randall Prather       

Curators’ Professor

Animal Science Faculty and Co-Director of the National Swine Resource and Research Center

Lin Randall

Wurdack Chair in Biochemistry

Member of the National Academy of Science & American Academy of Arts and Science

Sandy Rikoon

Curators’ Professor

R. Michael Roberts

Curators’ Professor

Member of National Academy of Science

Mark Ryan

Rucker Distinguished Professor of School of Natural Resources

Curators’ Professor

Justin Sexten            

Won Burch Award at the Celebration of Excellence event 2012

Grover Shannon             

David Haggard Missouri Soybean Breeder Professorship

Gary Stacey

Soybean Technology Missouri Professorship in Functional Genomics and Integrated Advanced Techonologies

Jinglu Tan

James C. Dowell Professor

Jerry Taylor

Curators’ Professor and Wurdack Chair in Animal Sciences

Gary Weisman         

Won Distinguished Researcher Award at the Celebration of Excellence event 2012

Randy Westgren

Al & Agnes McQuinn Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership