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2010 HALL OF HONOR & PIONEER AWARD

In mid-June 2009, all members of the AU Ag Alumni Association should receive the call for nominations for 2010 Hall of Honor and Pioneer Award. However, nomination materials and letters of support may be submitted at any time before the July 10, 2009 deadline. For printable forms, click on the appropriate link below and print as many copies as you need.

2010 Hall of Honor Nomination Form

2010 Pioneer Award Nomimation Form

Congratulations to the following individuals who were inducted as the 2009 Hall of Honor and Pioneer Award recipients on February 24.

2009 Hall of Honor Inductees

Richard L. Guthrie for Education/Government

Ronnie B. Holladay for Production

Wyeth Holt (Chuck) Speir, Jr. for Agribusiness

2009 Pioneer Award Inductees

Sam Booker

Ralph Martin

For biographical information on these and previous recipients, select from the list below.

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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.

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 - -

William J. Alverson Jr.

John M. Anderson

Gerald F. Bailey

Richmond Y. Bailey