Faculty and alumni receive ADSA awards

Dairy Science faculty and alumni were recognized with awards at the national meetings of the American Dairy Science Association in San Antonio, TX during 9-12 July 2007.

David J. Schingoethe, Distinguished Professor of Dairy Science received recognition as Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association. Dr. Schingoethe has served ADSA in many capacities since 1964, when he became a member of ADSA. He held all of the offices of the Midwest Section and of the national society of ADSA, serving as Midwest ADSA President in 1994; Director and President of ADSA in 2001 and President of the Federation of Animal Science Societies in 2004. He is in his eighth year as an Editor for the Journal of Dairy Science and has served 12 years on the editorial board of the Journal. In addition, he has served the society on many committees, has received several awards for his research, and has participated in every ADSA annual meeting since 1967.

Dr. Schingoethe joined the Dairy Science Department at SDSU in 1969. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in addition to conducting dairy cattle nutrition research, making outstanding contributions to dairy education and research through teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to dairy farmers and industry personnel. He has taught almost every dairy production course in the department. He serves as advisor to 10 to 30 undergraduate students per year, and has been the major advisor to 35 MS and 9 PhD students during his tenure at SDSU. His research grants, primarily in dairy cattle nutrition have come from sources such as the National Science Foundation, various industry organizations, and commodity groups. His research has yielded more than 470 publications that include peer-reviewed papers, abstracts of papers presented at scientific meetings, popular press and conference publications, chapters in books, and patents and invited presentations in 6 countries. Protein and energy nutrition of lactating cows, especially while utilizing crops and byproducts important to the region, has been his major research thrust. He is considered a leader in the use of byproducts such as whey, sunflower products, and distillers grains in diets of dairy cattle. He is respected for his research in protein nutrition of lactating cows and research to modify the composition of milk fat for improved marketability and healthfulness. Much of his research included collaboration with dairy manufacturing faculty to evaluate the impact of feeding techniques on the nutritional and processing characteristics of milk and milk products.

Dr. Schingoethe has received several local and national awards. At SDSU, awards include the F. O. Butler Research Award (1985), the Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award (1987), Teacher of the Year Award in Graduate Studies (1988), and the Griffith Faculty Research Award (2004). He received the Award of Merit from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association in 2002. Awards from ADSA include the American Feed Industry Award (1989), Nutrition Professionals Inc. Applied Dairy Nutrition Award (1996), the Land O’Lakes Award (2003), and the Award of Honor (2006).

Alumni receiving awards were Dr. Robert Roberts, currently Associate Professor in Food Science at Pennsylvania State University, and Dr. James Drackley, Professor in the Animal Science Department at the Univerisity of Illinois. Dr. Roberts received the Milk Industry Foundation Teaching Award. Dr. Roberts is also a Director on the ADSA Board. Dr. Drackley was the recipient of the Nutrion Professionals, Inc., Applied Dairy Nutrition Award. Dr. Drackley is the Director of the Midwest Dairy Consortium and a member of the ADSA Board of Directors.

13 July 2007

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