HALL OF HONOR & PIONEER AWARD


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In December 1984, the AU Agricultural Alumni Association approved a resolution to establish the Alabama Agricultural 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 membership 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 the current three 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.

The selection process for 2009 begins mid-June when a call for nominations is sent to current members of the Ag Alumni Association.  Initial nominations must be made by a member of the Association but letters of support may be submitted by non-members.  Nomination materials should be received by July 11, 2008. To access fillable or blank forms, click the appropriate link below.

2009 Pioneer Award Form

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 - -

A - C D - J L - R S - Z

Edwin C. Allen Sr.

J Lee Alley

William J. Alverson Jr.

John M. Anderson

Gerald F. Bailey

Richmond Y. Bailey

R.C. Bamberg Jr.

Ann Barr

Thomas A. Beaty

James E. Brady Jr.

Dennis O. Bragg

Lavern Brown

Albert F. Caley Jr.

Claude I. Carter

James S. Cook

Tom E. Corley

M. L. Crawford

Emory C. Cunningham
Thomas H. Dodd Jr.
John H. Dorrill Jr.
S. Allen Edgar
Ned T. Ellis
Watt A. (Dub) Ellis Jr.
Leonard E. Ensminger
William H. Gregory
Thomas Benjamin Hagler
Claude Hardee
Charles H. Harper
Howell T. Heflin

Joseph T. Hood

James Edwin Horton Jr.
Dale L. Huffman
Forrest H. Ingram
John T. Ingram
Bryson L. James
William H. Jordan
Ray Harold Kirkpatrick
Cecil Lane
Homer Neal Lewis
John Livingston
Mack Maples
R. Wayne McElrath
Olin C. Medlock
Luther Martin Moates
James Earl Mobley
John Lemley Morrison
A. Wyndol Murrah
Goodwin Myrick
John R. Parrish
James T. Pursell Sr.
H. Eugene Ragan
Doug Rigney
Fred R. Robertson
R. Dennis Rouse
Donald W. Sanders
Marion Sanders
Walter B. Shaw Sr.
E. Wayne Shell
Charles F. Simmons
P.F. Singley
L. Aubrey Smith
B.B. Spratling Jr.
Chester O. Stephens Jr.
Roy Eugene Stevenson
C. Edward Teague
John M. (Bubba) Trotman
Pete Turnham
Ann Samford Upchurch
Milton A. (Buzz) Wendland
Edward Hamilton Wilson

Lowell E. Wilson

Joseph H. Yeager
E.T. York Jr.

- - AU Agricultural Alumni Association Pioneer Award Recipients - -

A - L M - Z

Hoyt Dalton Adair

F.S. Arant

Kenneth M. Autrey

Thomas F. Burnside Jr.

Benjamin Minge Duggar

Grady Dunn

E.P. Garrett

Walter Givhan

O.L. Green

George Kaiser Sr.

Joseph Allison Kyser

William Robinson Lanier

Hanchey E. Logue Sr.

Edward L. Lowder

L. Sykes Martin

John H. Mathews

Alexander Nunn

Henry P. Orr

Troy B. Patterson
Walter D. Salmon
Edwin V. Smith
Homer S. Swingle
William H. Taylor
James L. Thompson
Homer B. Tisdale