Pioneer Award Honor Roll
The following list contains winners of the BIF Pioneer Award.
2010
John & Bettie Rotert, Rotert/Harriman Full Service Genetic Providers, Montrose, Mo.
Glen Klippenstein, Glenkirk Farms, Maysville, Mo.
Richard McClung, Wehrmann Angus, New Market, Va.
Daryl Strohbehn, Iowa State University (retired), Ames, Iowa
2009
Bruce Golden, California
Roy McPhee, California
Bruce Orvis, California
2008
Donald Vaniman, Montana
Louis Latimer, Alberta, Canada
Harry Haney, Alberta, Canada
Bob Church, Alberta, Canada
2007
R.A. "Rob" Brown, Texas
David & Emma Danciger, Colorado
Jim Gosey, Nebraska
2006
John Brethour, Kansas
Harlan & Dorotheann Rogers, Mississippi
Dave Pingrey, Mississippi
2005
Jack and Gini Chase, Wyoming
Jack Cooper, Montana
Dale Davis, Montana
Les Holden, Montana
Don Kress, Montana
2004
Frank Felton, Missouri
Tom Jenkins, Nebraska
Joe Minyard, South Dakota
2003
George Chiga, Oklahoma
Burke Healey, Oklahoma
Keith Zoellner, Kansas
2002
H.H. "Hop" Dickenson, Kansas
Martin & Mary Jorgensen, South Dakota
L. Dale Van Vleck, Nebraska
2001
Larry Benyshek, Georgia
Minnie Lou Bradley, Texas
Tom Cartwright, Texas
2000
J. David Nichols, Iowa
Harlan Ritchie, Michigan
Robert R. Schalles, Kansas
1999
Joseph Graham, Virginia
John Pollak, New York
Richard Quaas, New York
1998
John Crouch, Missouri
Bob Dickinson, Kansas
Douglas MacKenzie Fraser, Alberta, Canada
1997
Larry V. Cundiff, Nebraska
Henry Gardiner, Kansas
Jim Leachman, Montana
1996
A.L. "Ike" Eller, Virginia
Glynn Debter, Alabama
1995
James S. Brinks, Colorado
Robert E. Taylor, Colorado
1994
Tom Chrystal, Iowa
Robert C. DeBaca, Iowa
Roy A. Wallace, Ohio
1993
James D. Bennett, Virginia
M.K. "Curly" Cook, Georgia
O'Dell G. Daniel, Georgia
Hayes Gregory, North Carolina
Dixon Hubbard, USDA
James W. "Pete" Patterson, North Dakota
Richard Willham, Iowa
1992
Frank Baker, Arkansas
Ron Baker, Oregon
Bill Borror, California
Walter Rowden, Arkansas
1991
Bill Long, Texas
Bill Turner, Texas
1990
Donn & Sylvia Mitchell, Canada
Hoon Song, Canada
Jim Wilton, Canada
1989
Roy Beeby, Oklahoma
Will Butts, Tennessee
John W. Massey, Missouri
1988
Christian A. Dinkle, South Dakota
George F. & Mattie Ellis, New Mexico
A.F. "Frankie" Flint, New Mexico
1987
Glenn Burrows, New Mexico
Carlton Corbin, Oklahoma
Murray Corbin, Oklahoma
Max Deets, Kansas
1986
Charles R. Henderson, New York
Everett J. Warwick, USDA
1985
Mick Crandell, South Dakota
Mel Kirkiede, North Dakota
1984
Bill Graham, Georgia
Max Hammond, Florida
Thomas J. Marlowe, Virginia
1983
Jim Elings, California
W. Dean Frischknecht, Oregon
Ben Kettle, Colorado
Jim Sanders, Nevada
Carroll O. Schoonover, Wyoming
1982
Gordon Dickerson, Nebraska
Mr. & Mrs. Percy Powers, Texas
1981
F.R. "Ferry" Carpenter, Colorado
Otha Grimes, Oklahoma
Milton England, Texas
L.A. Moddox, Texas
Charles Pratt, Oklahoma
Clyde Reed, Oklahoma
1980
Richard T. "Scotty" Clark, USDA
Bryon L. Southwell, Georgia
1979
Robert Koch, Nebraska
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Roubicek, Arizona
Joseph J. Urick, USDA
1978
James B. Lingle, WYE
R. Henry Mathiessen, Virginia
Bob Priode, Virginia
1977
Ralph Bogart, Oregon
Henry Holsman, South Dakota
Marvin Koger, Florida
John Lasley, Florida
W.L. McCormick, Georgia
Paul Orcutt, Montana
J.P. Smith, PRT
H.H. Stonaker, Colorado
1976
Forrest Bassford, Western Livestock Journal
Doyle Chambers, Louisiana
Mrs. Waldo Emerson Forbes, Wyoming
C. Curtis Mast, Virginia
1975
Glenn Butts, PRT
Keith Gregory, Nebraska
Braford Knapp Jr., USDA
1974
Reuben Albaugh, California
Charles E. Bell Jr., USDA
John H. Knox, New Mexico
Paul Pattengale, Colorado
Fred Wilson, Montana
Ray Woodward, ABS
1973
Jay L. Lush, Iowa