2011 HALL OF HONOR & PIONEER AWARD
MARK THE DATE: February 22, 2011 will be the date for the Ag Alumni Association Annual Meeting and Hall of Honor Banquet at the AU Hotel & Dixon Conference Center.
Congratulations to the 2011 recipients:
Jerry A. Newby, Athens, AL - Agribusiness
Dallas L. Hartzog, Headland, AL - Education/Government
Harold E. Pate, Lowndesboro, AL - Production
B. W. Appleton, Gainesville, GA - Pioneer Award
John Cottier, Auburn, AL - Pioneer Award
Blank registration forms for the 2011 Annal meeting and Awards Ceremony may be downloaded and printed.
Complete and mail with payment to:
Ag Alumni Association925 Camp Auburn Road
Auburn University, AL 36849-5404
Nominations and letters of support for 2012 may be submitted at any time. Click on the link to the left to go to forms. There, you will have the option to select a form for Hall of Honor or Pioneer Award nomination. You may then complete and submit your nomination electronically or print a paper copy and mail to:
Ag Alumni Association
925 Camp Auburn Road
Auburn University, AL 36849-5404
For a list of previous nominees, click here.

In December 1984, the AU Agricultural Alumni Association approved a resolution to establish the Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor with a sole purpose to bestow honor and recognition upon living Alabamians who have made significant contributions to the state's agricultural industry.
The initial inductees consisted of three members, with not more than three new members to be added each year. In later years, the selection process evolved to identify individuals from three primary sectors of the industry--agribusiness, production and education/government.
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In May 1995, the Agricultural Pioneer Award was established to posthumously recognize individuals whose lives and work impacted the industry.
Each year, in conjunction with the association's annual meeting, a banquet is held to honor that year's recipients and their families. Biographical plaques of the Hall of Honor recipients are placed on the first-floor walls of Comer Hall. A plaque for the Pioneer Award is also located in this area with a brass plate listing each year's recipients.
To view biographies of those already inducted into the Hall of Honor and Pioneer Award, click on the individual name below.
- - AU Agricultural Alumni Association Hall of Honor Recipients - -
- - AU Agricultural Alumni Association Pioneer Award Recipients - -


