Floyd Andre Award

Award Requirements

The Floyd Andre Award honors a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumnus or friend who has made outstanding contributions to production agriculture and agricultural business or has had a significant impact on Iowa agriculture. Iowa State University faculty members are not eligible for this award. Selection is made by the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

This award was established in 1978 and is presented annually during Iowa State University’s Homecoming Weekend. Contact Paige Zhorne (pezhorne@iastate.edu) with questions. 

 

Past Recipients

  • 2025 - Lynn Henderson - '74 agricultural journalism
  • 2024 - Jim Knuth - '84 English
  • 2023 - Mike Peterson - '84 agricultural business
  • 2022 - Robert Rust - friend of the college
  • 2021 - Neal Conover and Dwight Conover - '69 animal science / '74 agricultural business
  • 2020 - Jeff Plagge - '76 agricultural business
  • 2019 - Steve Berger - '86 agricultural business
  • 2018 - Jim Christensen - '82 farm operation
  • 2017 - Todd Hall - '82 animal science
  • 2016 - Cindie Luhman - '83 animal science, '90 PhD nutritional physiology
  • 2015 - Harold Hodson, Jr. - '61 animal science, '65 PhD
  • 2014 - Sig Cornelius - '76 farm operation
  • 2013 - David Morrison - '69 food technology, '71 MS chemical engineering
  • 2012 - Dennis Casey - '64 agricultural business, '68 MS poultry science, '78 PhD
  • 2011 - James Frevert - '60 farm operation
  • 2010 - Jim Borel - '78 agricultural business
  • 2009 - Dwight Hughes, Jr. - '70 horticulture
  • 2008 - Roger Underwood - '80 agricultural business
  • 2007 - Terry Meyer
  • 2006 - Ted Crosbie - '73 agricultural and life sciences education, '76 MS agronomy, '78 PhD
  • 2005 - Lee Kline - '51 agricultural journalism
  • 2004 - Daryll Ray - '65 farm operation, '71 PhD agricultural economics
  • 2003 - James Penney - '68 farm operation, '79 MS agronomy
  • 2002 - Ron Holden - '67 agronomy
  • 2001 - Jan Schuiteman - '74 doctor of veterinary medicine
  • 2000 - Duane Halverson - '67 agricultural business, '69 MS
  • 1999 - Willard Latham - '63 agronomy
  • 1998 - James Bradford - '56 animal science
  • 1997 - Alan Tubbs - '66 animal science
  • 1996 - David Williams - '53 animal science
  • 1995 - Kenneth Bower - '32 agricultural business
  • 1994 - John Greig - '60 MS animal science
  • 1993 - Donald Latham - '69 agronomy
  • 1992 - Derryl McLaren - '71 agricultural business
  • 1991 - Robert Kalton - '45 MS agronomy, '47 PhD
  • 1990 - Russ Sanders - '75 farm operation
  • 1989 - Varel Bailey - '62 farm operation
  • 1988 - Marvin Walters - '62 animal science, '64 MS
  • 1987 - William Larson - '49 PhD agronomy
  • 1986 - Raymond Baker - '35 agronomy
  • 1985 - Edward Tubbs - '41 animal science
  • 1984 - G. Joe Lyon - '51 dairy science
  • 1983 - Owen J. Newlin - '51 agriculture, '53 MS
  • 1982 - Robert Skinner - '49 animal science, '54 MS
  • 1981 - Bob Joslin - '47 agricultural business
  • 1980 - Robert Buck
  • 1979 - James Hilton - 1923 animal science, '65 PhD
  • 1978 - George Strayer - '32 agronomy