Henry A. Wallace Award

Award Requirements

The Henry A. Wallace Award honors a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumnus or friend who has achieved notable professional achievements nationally or internationally and brought distinction to themselves, the college and the university through their significant contributions. 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 - Doug Ware - '74 MS animal science, '76 PhD
  • 2024 - Scott Hutchins - '87 PhD entomology
  • 2023 - Patrick McGonegle - '83 animal science
  • 2022 - Bill Northey - '81 agricultural business
  • 2021 - Deland Myers - '81 MS food technology, '84 PhD
  • 2020 - Betsy Freese - '84 agricultural journalism
  • 2020 - Roger Carlsson - '78 agricultural business
  • 2019 - Dhamu Thamodaran - '83 PhD agricultural economics
  • 2018 - Max Rothschild - friend of the college
  • 2017 - Catherine Woteki - friend of the college
  • 2016 - Robert Walton - '61 PhD animal science
  • 2015 - James Tobin - '78 agricultural and life sciences education
  • 2014 - Steve Bradbury - '81 MS entomology, '85 PhD
  • 2013 - James Blome - '85 agronomy and pest management
  • 2012 - John Gordon - '61 forest management, '66 PhD plant physiology and silviculture
  • 2011 - Lowell Catlett - '80 PhD economics
  • 2010 - Dana Robes - '67 dairy science
  • 2009 - David Wright - '82 agronomy, '86 MS
  • 2008 - Owen Newlin - '51 agronomy, '53 MS
  • 2007 - Harlan Ritchie - '57 animal science, '64 PhD
  • 2006 - Carl Whitcomb - '66 MS horticulture, '69 PhD
  • 2005 - Ray Townsend
  • 2004 - Delbert "Hank" Harris - '67 doctor of veterinary medicine, '70 PhD
  • 2003 - Wesley Buchele - '54 PhD agricultural engineering
  • 2002 - Burton Endo - '51 horticulture
  • 2001 - Douglas Hard - '75 animal science,. '78 MS, '81 PhD
  • 2000 - Mark Drabenstott - '80 MS agricultural economics, '81 PhD
  • 1999 - Billy Day - '58 PhD animal science
  • 1998 - Francis Byrnes - '75 PhD sociology
  • 1997 - Ned Raun - '61 PhD animal science
  • 1996 - Walter Fehr - '67 PhD agronomy
  • 1995 - Luther Tweeten - '54 agricultural education, '62 MS agricultural economics
  • 1994 - Duane Acker - '52 animal science, '53 MS, '57 PhD
  • 1993 - Roger Mitchell - '54 agronomy, '61 PhD
  • 1992 - Arnel Hallauer - '58 MS agronomy, '60 PhD
  • 1991 - Robert Barnes - '57 agronomy
  • 1990 - Kenneth Frey - '48 PhD agronomy
  • 1989 - Eugene Meyer - '46 dairy science
  • 1988 - Herb Plambeck
  • 1987 - Neil Harl - '55 agricultural education, '65 PhD economics
  • 1986 - Kenneth Nielsen - '46 agricultural education
  • 1985 - Robert Kalton - '45 MS agronomy, '47 PhD
  • 1984 - Charles Henderson - '33 animal science, '35 MS, '48 PhD
  • 1983 - George Beal - '43 agricultural economics, '47 MS, '53 PhD rural sociology
  • 1982 - Louis Thompson - '47 MS agronomy, '50 PhD
  • 1981 - R.J. Hildreth - '49 industrial administration, '50 MS, '54 PhD agricultural economics
  • 1980 - Charles Black - '38 MS agronomy, '42 PhD
  • 1979 - Lauren Soth - '32 agricultural journalism, '38 MS
  • 1978 - Earl Heady - '45 PhD economics