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Oklahoma State University DASNR Names Award Winners

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:40:02 CDT

Oklahoma State University DASNR Names Award Winners
The Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University recently selected Distinguished Alumni and DASNR Champions award winners.


The division's reputation and influence depends greatly upon the achievements and excellence of its alumni, as well as other leaders who are not alums of thecollege, but contribute to its mission.


Recognized as 2015 Distinguished Alumni of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources are Minnie Lou Bradley, James Kennamer and Bob Westerman. The 2015 DASNR Champions are Linda Cline, Rita Sparks and John Williams.


"These individuals are examples of sustained excellence in their industries and are testaments to the impact our graduates and friends have in their career fields and in their communities," said Tom Coon, vice president, dean and director of DASNR. "It is a pleasure to look forward to celebrating the mark these alumni and champions make to better our university, the state and beyond."


Bradley earned her degree after becoming the first female to enroll in animal husbandry at then Oklahoma A&M in 1949. She was named a Graduate of Distinction in 1988.


Kennamer graduated from OSU with his bachelor's degree in 1981 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1986. He is currently the manufacturing vice president of Talecris Biotherapeutics/Grifols Therapeutics in Raleigh,North Carolina.


Westerman received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from OSU before serving 44 years as a professor at the University of Arizona, then OSU. He retired from OSU in 2013, after a fruitful career in the department of plant and soil sciences and DASNR administration.


Cline and her late husband Charlie, bought land in Cushing, Oklahoma, in 1967, and established the Char-Lin Ranch with more than 2,500 cattle and 300 horses. To memorialize her marriage to Charlie, who died in 2012, Cline contributed funding for the Charlie Cline Memorial Equine Teaching Center at OSU.


Sparks and her late husband, Willard, built Sparks Companies, Inc., which providesrisk management tools to agribusiness and farmers. The Sparks have invested in a number of OSU and DASNR endeavors, such as establishing scholarships for agriculture students, endowing a chair in agricultural economics and serving as donors and fundraisers for the Willard Sparks Beef Research Center.


Williams launched Chef's Requested Foods in 1979 in Oklahoma City to meat-focused food service clients. Today, he employs nearly 200 Oklahomans, selling more than a million pounds of value-added meat/food products each year. Since 2006, Williams has been on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center.


The awards will be presented to the winners during the inaugural DASNR Honors night, Oct. 16 at the Wes Watkins Center in Stillwater.


   


 

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