2001 Irving Awards
Participants of the 2001 All ADEC Meeting gathered March 23, 2001, in Tampa, Florida. to honor the winners of the 6th Annual Irving Awards. The 2001 Irving Awards, named for Irvin Omtvedt, the first chair of ADEC, were received by Rosemary Haggett, West Virginia University, and Daryl Lund, Cornell University.
Dr.
Rosemary Haggett
West Virginia University
ADEC is pleased to award it's highest honor, the "Irving" Award to Rosemary Haggett. Rosemary is receiving the Irving Award for her leadership, creativity and persistence with the ADEC IDEAL Distance Education Initiative.
This initiative has brought considerable substance to the work of the consortium and has resulted in important strategic partnerships such as the one with Educause.
In addition to her committee leadership, she has served as an effective spokesperson for the effort. In the interest of sustainability she transitioned the IDEAL initiative so that it continues today.
Rosemary grew up in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. She obtained a B.A. in biology from the University of Bridgeport and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Virginia. After three years of postdoctoral work in reproductive biology at Northwestern University, she was a member of the biology faculty at Loyola University of Chicago where she taught numerous undergraduate courses and trained M.S. students.
She joined the federal government in 1988, working for the USDA in Washington, D.C. There she managed a $100 M competitive grants program supporting research in agriculture and forestry. She was named Dean ofthe College of Agriculture and Forestry at West Virginia University and Director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station on August 15, 1994. She currently serves as Associate Provost for Academic Programs at West Virginia University.
Rosemary has served with distinction through two terms on the ADEC Board of Directors. She continues to advocate from her current position for ADEC and quality distance education.
Dr.
Daryl Lund
Cornell University
ADEC is pleased to award it's highest honor, the "Irving" Award to Daryl Lund. This award is presented because Daryl served with distinction and creativity on the Executive Committee of the Board, competently bridged interests across communities resulting in greater opportunities for constituencies, responded with integrity to assure that the consortium benefitted from new arrangements with Agricultural Telecommunications, and constantly sees beyond the short-term gain to the long-term societal benefit.
Daryl Lund earned a B.S. degree in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D in food science with a minor in chemical engineering also from the University of Wisconsin. During 21 years at the University of Wisconsin, he was a Professor of food engineering in the Food Science Department, served his last three years at UW as chair of the department and contributed over 150 scientific papers, edited 5 books, and co-authored one major text book in the area of simultaneous heat and mass transfers in foods, kinetics of reactions in foods, and food processing. In 1988, he continued his administrative responsibilities by chairing the Department of Food Science at Rutgers University, and from December, 1989 through July,1995, served as the Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources with responsibilities for teaching, research and extension at Rutgers University. From 1995 through 2000, he served as dean of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He is currently located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and serves as USDA’s Executive Director of the North Central Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.
Daryl Lund is a scholar, scientist, educator and global citizen. He was also a stellar member of ADEC.