TPPA Awards will be announced during the Conference Luncheon and Business Meeting
This is the Texas Plant Protection Association’s highest award for members that over the years have made a special contribution to the association, the conference and to Texas agriculture. It is named in honor of Dr. Norman Borlaug an agronomist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate who has been called "the Father of the Green Revolution", "Agriculture's Greatest Spokesperson" and "The Man Who Saved A Billion Lives". He completed his career as a member of the Texas A&M University Staff, serving as a Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture.
2004 – H. Ray Smith, 2005- Charles Stichler, 2006- Barron Rector, 2007- Travis Miller, 2008- James Grichar, 2009- Paul Baumann, 2010- Jack LeClair, 2011- Ron Lacewell, 2012- Brad Minton, 2013- Roy Parker, 2014 - Tom Cothren, 2015 – Randy Rivera, 2016 - David Baltensperger, 2017 Ron Smith, 2018 Ken Smith, 2019 Juan Landivar, 2020 Bob Whitney, 2021 Tony Driver, 2022 Gary Schwarzlose
David Kerns received the prestigious Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award, the Texas Plant Protection Association’s highest award, at the association’s 35th annual conference Dec. 6 in Bryan, Texas. Kerns, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension entomologist and associate department head and state IPM coordinator, said the award “is a great honor”.
This is the 18th year that TPPA has honored some of the outstanding Texas Plant Protection Association members that have made special contributions to the association, to the conference, to their profession and to Texas agriculture with the TPPA Award.
