IEAA Friend of Agriculture Recipients

2011

Tom Jennings, Director, Illinois Department of Agriculture

2010

Warren Goetsch, Illinois Department of Agriculture
Senator John Sullivan (D), 47th Illinois District

2008

Pam Weber, lobbyist, Springfield

2007

Congressman Ray LaHood
Congressman Dennis Hastert

2006

Jeanne Harland, Extension Partners organization

2005

Kevin Conerton, Illinois Agri-News

2004

Ron Warfield, past President, Illinois Agriculture Association

2003

Judith Joy, farm news writer, The Morning Sentinel, Marion, IL
Peggy Kaye, Public Relations & Legislative Coordinator w/Farm Credit Services, past radio broadcaster

2002

John White Jr., past Vice-President and President, IAA

2001

Joe Hampton, Jr., Director, Illinois Department of Agriculture

2000

Ken Bolen, retired Director of Extension, Nebraska; Agriculture Extension Adviser, Illinois
John Huston, Chair, Livestock & Meat Board: Chair, Chancellor's Commission on Extension

1999

Becky Doyle, former Director, Illinois Department of Agriculture

1998

Larry Fischer, John Wood College

1997

Max Armstrong, WGN Radio & Channel Earth TV

1996

Colleen Callahan, WMBD TV & Radio

1995

Gordon Ropp, State Representative and Director, Illinois Department of Agriculture

1994

Jim Shearl, Executive Director, Illinois Crop Improvement Association; Agriculture Extension Adviser, Illinois

1993

Senator Vince Demuzio, Illinois General Assembly, 49th district

1992

Warren Pufahl, Illinois Agri-News

1991

Dr. George Kapusta, Weed Scientist, Southern Illinois University

1990

Pat Johnson, Brownstown Research Center

1989

Jim Lilly, editor, Prairie Farmer

1988

Harold Dodd, Illinois Farmers Union

1987

Leonard Gardner, Legislative Affairs Director, Illinois Agricultural Association

1986

Jack Rundquist, past director, Illinois Department of Agriculture

1985

Paul Findley, Congressman, 20th District, Illinois, United States House of Representatives

1984

William Kuhfuss, Illinois Agricultural Association & American Farm Bureau Federation

1983

Glenn Webb, President, GROWMARK, Inc.

1982

Dick Herm, livestock commission company, Peoria Union Stock Yards
Bob Hardy, KMOX Radio, St. Louis

1981

Juett C. Hogancamp, Illinois Department of Agriculture

1980

Dr. Paul Doby, state veterinarian, Illinois Department of Agriculture
Harold Kuehn, Chair, Illinois Soybean Association & American Soybean Association, Du Quoin, IL

1978

Dean Searls, Illinois Farm Electrification Council

1977

Charles Shuman, Sr., Past President, American Farm Bureau Federation

1976

Harold Steele, president, Illinois Agricultural Association

1975

Alex Reed, Southern Illinois University
Orien Samuelson, WGN radio and TV

1974

James Thompson, editor, Prairie Farmer

1973

Harry Russell, University of Illinois
Richard Orr, Chicago Tribune

1972

Illinois Agricultural Association (IAA)

1971

Laura Weber, Weber Scholarships

1970

Paul Johnson, Prairie Farmer

1969

Earl Hughes, President, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois

2001

USDA National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Laboratory, Peoria (Over 60 Years of Outstanding Research), presented to Peter Johnsen, Director of the Lab