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Winter 2017—Volume 26 Number 1

Department of Animal Science Professor, Dr. Jack Dekkers and Lecturer, Dr. Jessie Juarez, escorted a group of 20 students to The Netherlands this past Spring. (More inside on page 9.)

Students Study Abroad in The Netherlands

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Animal Science

Greetings from the Department of Animal Science

Dear Alumni and Friends, The beautiful fall colors and weather, harvest activity, and department accomplishments over the past year make this a time of thankfulness and reflection. We appreciate the many successes of our faculty and staff and especially the ongoing support of CALS administration for allowing faculty vacancies to be refilled, for partnering with support for replacing laboratory instrumentation and equipment, and for their leadership and partnership in pursuing three major capital projects. The latter include the new poultry farm, new swine farm facilities and a feed mill and grain science complex. Funding commitments of $5 million are in place for the poultry farm, which will be located on the existing site on State Avenue. A formal announcement of $14 million in commitments for the feed mill and grain science complex from three private donors took place in Memorial Union on September 8. Kent Corporation pledged $8 million, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board pledged $4 million and Sukup Manufacturing committed $2 million in in-kind support. Other CALS departments are collaborating on the feed mill and grain science complex. A new estimate of costs for new swine farm facilities is being obtained. More details will be shared as we move forward toward additional fund raising and ground-breaking activities. A new freeze dryer was purchased for the non-ruminant nutrition lab this fall and a set of state-of-the-art proximate analysis instrumentation was installed in the Meat Science chemical laboratory in October.

We hired five new faculty members: Dr. Mariana Rossoni-Serao, Assistant Professor in Comparative Nutrition; Dr. Nick Serao, Assistant Professor in Swine Genetics; Dr. Ranga Appuhamy, Assistant Professor in Ruminant Nutrition; Dr. James Koltes, Assistant Professor in Dairy Genetics; and Dr. Dawn Koltes, Adjunct Assistant Professor. Dr. Jennifer Bundy transitioned from Lecturer to Assistant Professor with teaching, research and oversight of the undergraduate peer mentor and advising programs duties. Responsibilities and areas of focus for new faculty are described elsewhere. We are actively seeking to fill another vacancy by the end of this year. In addition, a 12-month half-time Academic Advisor position was created and filled this fall semester by Kelsey Powell, a B.S. alumna. She helps with the important duties of advising our undergraduates. Dr. Susan Carpenter and Dr. Dan Morrical retired. Dr. Jim Reecy accepted a position as Associate VP of Research. Dr. Patrick Gunn accepted an industry position and Kelly Schulz resigned to be home with family. Although our total undergraduate enrollment was down for the first time in over 10 years, the 1078 students keep us all busy.

Faculty and students continue active involvement in international programs, including student study tours to Japan and China, the UK, Brazil, New Zealand and The Netherlands. A total of 56 students participated in these five international study tours.

Thank you for taking time to read this annual report. We initiated a monthly electronic department newsletter. If you don’t receive it please send your e-mail address to Keri Morris at kkmorris@iastate.edu. Please keep us informed of news and events you would like to share with us and alumni. Thank you for your continued support of the department and its teaching, research and extension programs.

Sincerely,

Dr. Don Beermann, Professor and Chair

Ranga AppuhamyAssistant Professor

Dr. Appuhamy began in January of this year and comes to us from the University of California–Davis. There he focused on dairy cattle nutrition and its impact on sustainability of dairy industry. Prior to UC–Davis, he spent time at the University of Guelph in Canada studying and modeling the link between lifestyle interventions and risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Dr. Appuhamy received a BS in agriculture from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and a MS and a PhD from Virginia Tech in Dairy and Animal Science respectively. While at Virginia Tech, his research examined the effects of insulin, energy, and individual essential amino acid supply to mammary epithelial cells on milk protein synthesis. His primary research goal is improving current understanding of protein metabolism in cattle particularly related to climate change. Other research interests include modeling feed-manure-forage nexus in animal production system and thereby assisting in developing strategies to improve sustainability of animal agriculture. 

Dr. Appuhamy is eager to be a member of the Iowa State University Department of Animal Science faculty and looks forward to interacting with students. “I am excited to work with students. It’s fun to see their enthusiasm and willingness to learn, to do research and to grow. Also, my colleagues are noted for being the best of the best within the world of Animal Science and knowing I can collaborate with these folks inspires me.”

“…My colleagues are noted for being the best

of the best within the world of Animal Science

and knowing I can collaborate with these folks

inspires me.” —Dr. Ranga Appuhamy

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Winter 2017

New FacesNick SerãoAssistant Professor

Dr. Nick Serão began his career at Iowa State University in the Department of Animal Science on Thursday, March 9 as an Assistant Professor in Swine Genetics. He has a 55% research, 45% teaching appointment. Nick joins us from North Carolina State University (NCSU) where he worked in the Department of Animal Science as an Assistant Professor. There he studied the genetic response of livestock animals to major diseases, such as natural infection of PRRSV and/or PEDV on the reproductive performance of commercial sows, and fescue toxicosis in beef cattle. In addition, he worked on the evaluation of statistical methodologies for genomic prediction and for developing new phenotypes.

Prior to that he worked in the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Under the mentorship of Dr. Jack Dekkers they researched the genetic bases of feed efficiency, and response to PRRSV in pigs. Nick attained a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil before attaining a Doctorate in Animal Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Nick looks forward to all the great collaborations that he can be part of within and outside the Department of Animal Science at ISU. He is also looking forward to working with students: “Training students is the real motivation to our work as faculty members—they are the future of our society! Having the opportunity of playing an important role in their development by making them ready to help our industry and academic institutions is very gratifying”.

Mariana Rossoni SerãoAssistant Professor

The Department of Animal Science extends a warm welcome to Dr. Mariana Serão, Assistant Professor of Comparative Nutrition at Iowa State University. Mariana received a Bachelor of Animal Science from the Universidade de Vila Velha in Brazil and a Master of Animal Science and Doctor of Animal Science at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil. Prior to ISU she was an Assistant Professor for two years at the Universidade de Vila Velha before moving to the United States and working in research with comparative nutrition at the University of Illinois Champaign–Urbana for 4 years. The last almost four years she has worked in Research and Extension for Iowa State University and also lectured in some classes. She has been working simultaneously at North Carolina State University as a Lecturer teaching Introduction to Animal Science, Introduction to Companion Animal and Companion Animal Management. Dr. Mariana Serão will spend 70% of her time teaching and advising students and 30% of her time will be spent on research at ISU.

“Training students is the real motivation to our work as

faculty members—they are the future of our society!”

—Dr. Nick Serão

Dr. Mariana Serão

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Animal Science

Lecturer to Assistant ProfessorJennifer Bundy

New Faces James KoltesAssistant Professor

Dr. James Koltes joined the department this fall as an Assistant Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in the Animal Science Department. Dr. Koltes received his BS in Dairy Science and Genetics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and PhD from Iowa State University in Genetics. Dr. Koltes has worked on genomics research in a variety of species, often at the interface between molecular and quantitative/computational genetics. Dr. Koltes has a 65% research, 35% teaching appointment. His research at Iowa State will focus on the use of genetics and genomics to develop more disease and stress resistant dairy cattle. He also plans to work on development of bioinformatics resources and methods to better define what parts of the genome are functional and potentially important for use in livestock breeding.

Dawn KoltesAdjunct Assistant Professor

Dr. Dawn Koltes joined the department the fall of 2017 as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Physiology. She comes to us from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where she worked as a Research Scientist in the Poultry Science Department. Dr. Koltes received a BS from the University of Arkansas majoring in Animal Science, a MS from Iowa State University in Animal Breeding and Genetics, and in 2013 received a PhD in Genetics from Iowa State University. While her graduate class work focused on genetics, Dr. Koltes’ research has focused on energy regulation and nutrient absorption in dairy cattle, swine, and poultry. Dr. Koltes has a 65% teaching, 35% research appointment, and will be teaching ANS 214 starting fall of 2017. She is excited about the opportunity to incorporate her diverse research background into her course work this year. She will be continuing to explore mechanisms that control nutrient absorption and intestinal permeability in poultry to improve overall well-being and efficiency.

Dr. James Koltes

New Computers for Computer Labs

The student computer labs in rooms 1 and 124 Kildee received 50 brand new Dell Desktops. Funds to cover the cost of the machines came from the student computing fees that are included as part of student tuition. These machines have the 2017 Iowa Board of Regents specifications which include 16GB of RAM and a solid state drive. The mini-MAC computers that are currently in the labs will be re-purposed for graduate student use.

Dr. Dawn Koltes

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Winter 2017

Lecturer to Assistant ProfessorJennifer Bundy

Dr. Jennifer Bundy became an Assistant

Professor for the Department of Animal

Science on June 1, 2017. Dr. Bundy

has an 80% teaching, advising and

student services appointment and a 20%

scholarship of teaching and learning

effort. She teaches or co-teaches several

Animal Science courses: Animal Science

352–Intro Breeding and Genetics, the

Animal Science 110 Orientation course

and Animal Science 228 X, a new

laboratory animal course.

As Transfer Student Coordinator

Dr. Bundy works with students before

they transfer to confirm they take

the correct courses at the community

college or university they are currently

attending. She coordinates seven

transfer student orientations and

is a member of the CALS Transfer

Articulation Committee. This committee

organizes advising events and helps

students prepare for a successful

transition.

Dr. Bundy advises approximately 100

students, including transfers. Many of

the students are transfer students and

some are not. She is a hands-on adviser

and likes to visit with her students at

least once a semester.

Jill Paxton

Staff Additions

Dustin MoscosoProgram Assistant II,Faculty

Kerri BilstenProgram Assistant II,Faculty

Mark WeberAg Specialist II,Animal Science Teaching Farms

Alex LippensAg Specialist II,Dairy Farm    

Ashley LambAg Specialist II,Dairy Farm

Emma Kay NiedermayerAssistant Scientist I,Ruminant Nutrition

Jill PaxtonLecturer

A new face roams the halls of Kildee and the ISU Horse barns. Jill Paxton joined us in January of this year from the University of Findlay where she was the Director of Equestrian Studies and Equine Business Management for the last 4 years. Jill grew up on a horse farm and has vast experience as an exhibitor, trainer and judge. Jill attended the University of Delaware in Newark to receive a BS and MS in Physical Education and received Higher Education Administration Licensure from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. She has over 25 years of college level teaching and supervising with the main area of focus in Equine Management and Equestrian Studies. At Iowa State University, Jill will be teaching ANS 415 Equine Systems Management as well as assisting with extension services. We welcome Jill to the Department of Animal Science.

Kelsey PowellAcademic Adviser

Kelsey Powell joins us as an Academic Advisor for primarily transfer students. She received a BS in Animal Science and Dairy Science from Iowa State University in 2011 and a MS from Missouri State University in Natural and Applied Science in 2014. Kelsey is familiar with all aspects of the department from her time as an undergraduate but also is familiar with the process of being a transfer student. Kelsey says “As a former transfer student myself, I’m happy to be serving in such a pivotal role, ensuring students have a smooth transition to the college experience here at Iowa State University.”

Kelsey’s primary duties include transfer student recruitment, orientation, advising and assisting with peer mentor training and coordination. She will also assist undergraduate students with referrals to appropriate campus resources, reviewing students’ degree audit and assisting in retention and outreach. Kelsey is employed as a half-time, 12-month P&S appointment.

Kelsey Powell

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SheepThis past year was filled with excitement for Professor and Sheep Extension Specialist, Dr. Dan Morrical (pictured above). Dan likes to work with producers helping them solve problems but also says it’s important to keep producers up-to-date with the newest technology. Dan says the Land Grant’s mission is to improve the quality of life for the state’s citizens. Improved profits, less labor, less stress and more financial security all impact quality of life for livestock producers and ISU takes great pride in educating folks.   

Dr. Morrical has played a large role in helping lead the sheep industry forward in terms of growth and efficiency. Being involved with a multistate research committee, the Iowa Sheep Industry Association and American Sheep Industry Association has kept Dan engaged. Over the past year he conducted 6-8 pasture walks as part of the Green Horn Graziers Series, a Certified Grazing series for advanced grazers and a Grazing Boot Camp for extension staff. This last summer the Iowa Sheep Industry Association Wool Festival took place at the Hansen Center and Dr. Morrical helped to plan the educational events at the festival. Dr. Morrical organized the Genetics Stakeholders workshop at the American Sheep Industry Association annual meeting as well as the Midwest Shepherds Clinic that ASI Let’s Grow committee funded. 

Meat ScienceMeat Science Extension has an extensive program that is state of Iowa, regional, national and international in scope. In a typical year, over 1100 people from 25-30 different states and 10-15 countries participate in a Meat Science Extension programs. Programs concern meat science, meat

Extension UpdatesEgg Industry CenterThe Egg Industry Center (EIC) has been busy helping the U.S. egg industry advance. Starting the year at two industry tradeshows, staff reached out to producers and allied industry to discuss concerns and needs in the industry. In April, EIC presented ideas on current industry issues and new research findings to approximately 200 people at the Egg Industry Issues Forum in Columbus, Ohio (pictured below). Summertime was filled with helping educate international visitors and youth on the egg industry and egg science and research through organized campus tours and other programs like the Animal Science Roundup. Staff concluded the summer by helping the Iowa Egg Council obtain a new Iowa State Fair record of 162,576 eggs-on-a-stick that were provided to Iowa families. Planning is now in progress for the 10th annual Egg Industry Issues Forum, April 16-18 in Scottsdale, AZ. For more information on EIC, see our website at www.eggindustrycenter.org .

processing technology and regulatory requirements. Some programs include sessions on management styles, presentation technology, effective communication and other interpersonal skills. Each year several programs are held specifically for Iowa meat processors. Speakers at Meat Science

Extension programs come from Iowa State University, other academic institutions and industry.

Meat Science Extension partners with several groups when conducting educational activities including: Iowa Meat Processors Association, CIRAS (Center for Industrial Research and Service), Smithfield Foods, West Liberty Foods, Iowa Beef Industry Council, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Des Moines District Food Safety and Inspection Service, Iowa Department of Agriculture – Meat and Poultry Inspection Bureau, American Meat Science Association, American Association of Meat Processors, and others.

July 17-21, 2017 Meat Science Extension held the 39th Annual Sausage & Processed Meats Short Course at Iowa State University.

Many of the Meat Science Extensions programs offer hands-on experience in meat processing.

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Iowa Beef Industry CenterThe Iowa Beef Industry Center has been busy educating the public this past year. A couple of the programs highlighted within 2017 were a feedlot short course and a 3-day bus tour/cow caravan.

Offered to beef feedlot managers and employees, the late summer Iowa Beef Center Feedlot Short Course provided hands-on and classroom instruction to 30 participants from Iowa, Indiana, Utah and Canada who represented more than one million head of cattle. The three-day event focused on nutrition and animal health and welfare. Participants also toured the Iowa State University beef nutrition farm, a local feedlot and other Iowa State University facilities. Sessions identified by attendees as favorites included a feed mixing demonstration, chute-side safety and the opportunity to talk and network with industry leaders and other producers.

A three-day bus tour known as the Cow Caravan featured some of Iowa’s successful grazing and confinement cow operations. The tour was a component of IBC’s Cow Systems Project, which was developed to evaluate management practices among operations that range from extensive grazing systems to year-round confinement. The project’s primary goals are to aid in increasing producer profitability and helping producers determine how best to use production and financial records to develop best management practices. Each day’s tour began and ended in Ames, and traveled to a different portion of Iowa. People could attend any or all of the individual tours. More than 200 producers from four states and two countries attended the event.

Iowa Pork Industry CenterThe Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) spent much of 2017 preparing and educating Iowa’s pork producers on the ever-changing food landscape. Two topics dominated the pork industry this year: the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) and the increased use of the National Pork Board’s (NPB) Common Swine Industry Audit (CSIA) by packers.

The VFD sets up additional rules and safeguards to limit the use of medically important antibiotics in livestock. It also helps ensure the producer, their veterinarian, and their feed mill are communicating and documenting treatments consistently. IPIC conducted VFD workshops throughout 2016 and continued to educate producers on the topic at our annual Iowa Swine Day conference and at the James D. McKean Swine Disease conference. We also partnered with ISU economics professor, Dr. Lee Schulz, on a cost analysis study on the impacts of the VFD implementation.

NPB introduced the CSIA tool back in 2015 to help ensure pork producers that sell to multiple markets were held to the same animal welfare and food safety standards. 2017 saw the rapid rise in the number of producers being audited by packers. IPIC conducted courses on CSIA preparation throughout 2017. The course entails a review of the audit tool, a review of best practices, and participants get a workbook they can take back to their farm to help organize farm records and documentation. Additionally, we partnered with Smithfield Foods as a pre-audit resource for producers who get selected as part of a packer’s random selection process.

Colin Johnson doing ultrasound scanning at a county fair. Photo courtesy of Dale Wegner, The Sac Sun.

Participants at the Cow Caravan tour.

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DairyThe Iowa State University Dairy Extension Team has been busy working on multiple projects this past year.  

Dr. Leo Timms was recognized by The American Dairy Science Associated with the Award of Honor. This award was created to recognize unusually outstanding and consistent contributions to the welfare of the association or distinguished service to the association. Dr. Timms directed the Dairy Open House at ISU Dairy for June Dairy Month where the dairy team demonstrated and educated the general public about milk production and animal care. Jenn Bentley, NE IA dairy specialist spearheaded the NE IA June open house at NICC-Calmar and Fred Hall, NW IA dairy specialist the NW venue. In total, 4500 people gained knowledge from extension.

Dr. Hugo Ramirez and other collaborators were awarded a grant to develop on-farm training in English and Spanish focusing on calf care. The project also includes development of training modules available to dairy producers on DVD. So far the project has involved direct one-on-one training with more than 40 employees over 12 farms who collectively represent more than 9,000 calves per year!

Extension UpdatesEquineDr. Peggy Miller-Auwerda, Equine Extension and Outreach Specialist in the Department of Animal Science, develops programs and curriculum for youth and adults in the field of equine science. She works with 4-H youth, adult horse owners and the Iowa Horse Council. The Iowa Equine Extravaganza for youth collaborates with Ellsworth Community College to deliver an exciting 3-day weekend for youth. The program consists of quiz bowl, hippology, horse judging, poetry, creative writing, poster, photography, digital storytelling, scrapbooking, model horse show, demonstrations and public speaking. In addition, youth can bring their horse and participate in riding clinics. The program has over 200 youth that participate. Winners of Quiz Bowl, Hippology and Horse Judging represent Iowa at the National Contest each year.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has responded to the educational needs of horse owners and enthusiasts by offering the Master Equine Manager program. The program is a comprehensive educational series that addresses the science of horse management, as well as riding and training concepts. Horse owners, enthusiasts, boarding facility managers and industry employees benefit from increased knowledge and networking with others in the horse industry. The program combines focused learning opportunities with optional hands-on training. 

Dr. Larry Tranel led the team in a completion of an extension RME grant conducting dairy financial evaluations of conventional, hybrid grazing, and organic with or without grain dairy systems. This, combined with the Dairy team financial budgets and guidelines across all dairy systems, breeds, and production levels makes an excellent comprehensive tool for individual dairy farm budgets and evaluation. The Dairy Team, under the lead of Jenn Bentley, also completed a 6-week distance education Beginning Dairy Farmer series, which incorporated dairy farmers and industry personnel, as well as the Dairy Science programs at ISU, NICC and Dordt College. Fred Hall has been providing leadership for the team in the I-29 dairy group (IA, MN, SD, NE, and ND) including dairy tours, meetings and on-farm workshops.

To learn more visit the ISU Dairy team website https://www.extension.iastate.edu/dairyteam/.

The learning module topics include: • Welfare of Horses: Horse Behavior, Facilities and Equipment, Equine Quality Assurance • Horse Nutrition: Forages for Horses, Feeds and Feeding • Horse Health: Equine Emergency Treatment, Diseases and Parasites, and Hoof Care • Selection of Horses: Conformation and Evaluation, Unsoundness’s and Blemishes

To find out more about equine extension go to www.extension.iastate.edu/equine.

On farm training, Dr. Hugo Ramirez explains the use of a refractometer — a device to evaluate health status of newborn calves.

Dr. Leo Timms received the Award of Honor from the American Dairy Science Association.

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The NetherlandsMay 7th of this year Dr. Jack Dekkers and Dr. Jessie Juarez and 20 students boarded a plane and headed for The Netherlands. The trip included a wide range of visits to gain an understanding of the dairy and other livestock industries in The Netherlands, including Europe’s largest feed mill, an AI breeding station and museum, pig and poultry breeding stations, a dairy cooperative, livestock research stations, a factory that makes milk robots and other automation tools for livestock production, and several livestock farms. Because of their greater accessibility, the majority of the farms visited were dairy farms. Students had an opportunity to interact with fellow students at Wageningen Agricultural University. Culture was all around as students visited the world’s largest flower show and auction, the Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank House, the Open Air Museum and the Royal Delft China factory, canal and harbor tours in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and ‘Venice of the North’; they experienced travel by bike and by public transportation; visited exhibitions and museums to get an appreciation of the centuries-long and ongoing struggle of the Dutch against the water; and experience traditional Dutch foods.

New ZealandFriday, November 11 of 2016 Dr. Leo Timms and Dr. Mary Wiedenhoeft escorted close to 20 students over 8,000 miles by plane to New Zealand. Students visited farms, industry and cultural sites and were able to study the agricultural systems and exportation market economy of New Zealand. While doing this, they gained an appreciation of the history, culture, and geography of the country and its people. Students explored the animal (dairy, beef, sheep, and goat), crop (pasture and row crop), and horticultural (apple,

Youth Programs Amy Powell, Extension Youth STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) specialist in the Department of Animal Science (pictured below), develops programs and curriculum for youth in the field of animal science as it relates to STEM. She works mainly with 4-H youth but also FFA youth.

Youth programming is an essential piece of the Extension mission and the Animal Science Department has been very busy this year reaching over 2800

students through face-to-face programming on campus and across the state. On-campus programs included Beef Blast, a six-hour workshop on beef reproduction for 7th-12th graders; Animal Science Roundup, a three-day program for high school students in the areas of beef, poultry, sheep and swine; meat and livestock judging competitions; Sheep Management Workshop for all grades on lambing and various non-4-H groups that came to the department to learn about research and the department. We also participate in some university-wide youth STEM events like The Road Less Traveled workshop for middle school girls and the Talented and Gifted program for middle school youth.

Workshops and programs are also conducted or created for county and regional 4-H programs across the state. Beef Bonanza and North Central Iowa Youth Beef Conference are two regional events where workshops on nutrition and food science were presented. Each fall two Precision Agriculture Days are held at research farms for high school agriculture students and workshops were presented on wool and care of goats. Six lesson plans were written and sent out to counties to use with their programs.

Industry partnerships are key to our department and Amy works with the Iowa Pork Producers Association to assist them with their annual Swine Spectacular and serve on the youth committee for IPPA. This year she also worked to provide educational programming for the National Junior Angus Show and their Raising the Bar annual conference. Additionally, the Animal Science Department provides educational programming for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation Beef Extravaganza each December.

blueberry, grape, and kiwi fruit) industries, visited with ag researchers, and gained an introduction to bio-security issues. They also had the chance to visit an ecological reserve, a Maori cultural area, glow worm caves, geothermal fields, and many other exciting sites.Students on the trip gained a great understanding of the differences and challenges between the two countries in their cultures, ability to produce pork and different methods of food production.

One of the main purposes of this study abroad course is for students to gain understanding of how such a small country can have such extensive livestock production and what the implications and considerations of this are with regard to the environment, sustainability, and acceptance by society.

Study Abroad at New Zealand and The Netherlands

Amy Powell helps students bleach wool at the Animal Science Round-Up.

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Animal ScienceStudent Activities

Dairy Judging TeamThe senior ISU Dairy Judging Team competed in two contests this past year. They started out the season at the 2017 Accelerated Genetics/Select Sires Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest which was held on Sunday, September 17th at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Viroqua, WI. Participants on the senior dairy cattle judging team were: Emily Irwin, Belvidere, IL; Kyle Kass, Farley, IA; Mason Lettinga, Middleville, MI; and Nicholas Schiller, Grimes, IA. These four were quite competitive and contest results are as follows: in the Guernsey division, Kyle Kass was 4th and Mason Lettinga was 3rd and as a team Iowa State was 1st. In Holsteins, Kyle was 5th and Mason was 2nd, in which the team went on to win 2nd place. Mason was High Individual in the Jersey breed and the team finished in 2nd. To round out the breeds, Milking Shorthorns were evaluated and Emily Irwin was 2nd and as a team Iowa State was 1st. When it came to talking the classes, Kyle was 8th overall in reasons and Mason was 2nd and as a team Iowa State was 2nd. Lastly, Iowa State had 3 individuals place in the top 10: Emily was 9th, Kyle was 4th, and Mason won the contest, therefore, securing Iowa States 1st place finish! This is the second time in a row that Iowa State has won the Viroqua contest as well as having the High Individual of the contest!

To finish out the season, the team competed at World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI. The team was 3rd in Brown Swiss, 4th in Holsteins, 8th in Jerseys, 7th in Milking Shorthorns, 11th in Red and White Holsteins, and 6th in Reasons. In the Brown Swiss, Mason was 10th, Nicholas was 8th, and Emily was 1st. Mason was 2nd high individual in Holsteins and Emily was 16th in Jerseys.

Livestock Judging TeamThe 2017 Iowa State Livestock Judging Team has competed at a high level throughout the course of the year. The team began their season by finishing 15th at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Individually, Grace Seaba and Kenton Lain finished 5th and 9th in swine judging, respectively. The National Western Carload Judging Competition was won by Iowa State individual John Fortin. After returning from out west, the team favorably competed at numerous spring contests throughout the upper Midwest. Results included a 6th place finish at the Iowa Beef Expo, where Kenton Lain paced the group with 9th overall individual honors. The team then traveled to Kearney, Nebraska where they were named 3rd overall team at the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic. Grace Seaba was 10th overall and Jack Kelly was 8th overall in the contest. The team capped off their final contest of the spring with a 16th place finish at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

The first fall competition was at the National Barrow Show in Austin, MN, where the team finished 6th overall. The team then traveled to Aksarben where they were named the high team in swine and 11th overall. The team finished 16th at the Tulsa State Fair the following week. The judging team is working diligently to prepare for the final two contests of the year: the American Royal and the North American Livestock Exposition. The latter represents the national livestock judging championship, so we wish the team the best of luck as they finish out their judging careers.

Team members (from left to right): Zach Bobb (Wever, IA), Jack Kelly (Dallas Center, IA), Cade Bracker (Under-wood, IA), Tanner Hild (Webster City, IA), Jeremy Tjardes (Gibson City, IL), Grace Seaba (Muscatine, IA), Landon Johnson (Stratford, IA), Paige Whitney (Ida Grove, IA), John Fortin (Darlington, WI), Ellen Mason (Miller, MO), Zach Jamison (Colo, IA), Ben Veum (Stoughton, WI), Kenton Lain (Corydon, IA), Lucas Olson (Jewell, IA), Kade Lindback (Alta, IA).

The team is coached by Dr. Chris Cassady and assisted by graduate student Colby Redifer. The team is comprised of 15 students from 4 different states, including Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri.

Pictured from left to right are: Roger Hanson, Lab Manager of the Select Sires Westby production facility, Coach Christen Burgett, Mason Lettinga, Emily Irwin, Kyle Kass, Nicholas Schiller, and Jerome Meyer, the General Manager of East Central Select Sires.

Kyle was 16th in Milking Shorthorns and in reasons, Emily was 16th and Mason was 7th overall. Rounding out the contest, Mason was an All-American in which he finished 17th overall in the contest and Iowa State was 9th as a team overall.

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Animal Science Utilizes Technology in the Classroom

In the introductory course, AnS 101, skills such as how to milk a cow, handle pigs, tip a sheep, tie a halter and saddle a horse are ones that students need to learn and practice, but providing real-time help is a challenge with 100 students per lab. In AnS 101, Dr. Brad Skaar, Animal Science Associate Professor has adapted QR technology to engage with students in lab. QR or “Quick Response Code” is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode. Students can download a free app on their cell phone that allows them to quickly scan the code with their phone and see text, pictures or video. Students walk from station to station within the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center arena, scan the code and watch a video of Dr. Skaar performing that particular skill. The benefits of using the QR code is that students can learn in much smaller groups, play the information back on their phone as many times as needed to learn the skill and have more of a one-on-one experience. During this time, Dr. Skaar and teaching assistants walk through the stations helping to answer any questions

that might come up. Dr. Skaar says “I’m always needing to find new, creative ways to teach in and out of the classroom. This is a large class but that doesn’t stop me from providing opportunities for every student to experience what we are talking about. In today’s world, technology is at the forefront of education. So, I thought incorporating QR codes into the labs might make learning more effective and fun.”

Dr. Skaar teaches 3 to 4 classes per semester with 8 to 10 lab sections. He also advises about 70 students. He has been a member of faculty at ISU for 32 years.

Meat Judging TeamThe ISU team earned 3rd place honors behind Kansas State University and the University of Florida at the 2017 Southeastern Intercollegiate Meat Judg-ing Contest held in April in Columbus, OH and Lexington, KY. The Cyclones finished with divisional honors: 1st in beef judging, lamb judging, and total reasons; 2nd in overall beef and specifications; 7th in beef grading; and 8th in total placings. Individual honors included: Annika Johnson (Hartford) – 2nd in total reasons; Austin Lanphier (New Sharon) – 9th in beef grading; Stephanie Martin (Vincent) – 5th high individual in overall contest, 1st in lamb judging, 2nd in specifications, 3rd in total reasons, 5th in pork judging, and 7th in total placings; Drew Wilson (Delhi) – 6th high individual in overall contest, 1st in beef judging and total placings, 5th in overall beef, 7th in specifications, and 10th in total reasons; Beth Zuber (Williamsburg) – 1st in total reasons and 2nd in beef judging. Taylor Wulf (Hudson) is also a team member.

As the 2017 team was competing in the Southeastern, members of the 2015 meat judging team competed in the 2017 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest at Kansas State University where they earned champion honors. Their successes in the cooler contributed to the college efforts where Iowa State University won the event. Team members included Alex Conover, Holstein; Carl Frame, Osseo, WI; Natalie Hanson, LaPorte City: and Regan Sippy, Cedar Rapids. Individual honors included: Conover – 2nd high individual in overall contest, and 1st in beef grading, questions, and total placings; Frame – 3rd high individual in overall contest.

The 2017 Hormel National Barrow Show Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest was held in mid-September at the Hormel Research and Development Facility in Austin, MN. This contest tested students on their knowledge of fresh and processed pork products. The team finished 5th in the contest behind Kansas State University, Texas Tech University, University of Nebraska, and  Tarleton State University. Division results included: 2nd in processed meat and

Front row (left to right): Drew Wilson (Delhi); Austin Lanphier (New Sharon); Taylor Wulf (Hudson); Stephanie Martin (Vincent); Beth Zuber (Williamsburg). Back row (left to right): Assistant Coaches – Laura Yoder, Kalona; Rachel Wynn (Bedford, IN).

questions; 4th in fresh meat; 5th in total placings; and 7th in specifications. Individual honors included: Austin Lanphier – 9th high individual in the contest, 1st in fresh meat, and 4th in questions; Drew Wilson – 6th in questions and 9th in processed meat; and Taylor Wulf – 5th in processed meat and 9th in total placings. Stephanie Martin and Beth Zuber also competed in the event.

The 2017 Elanco Animal Health American Royal Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest was held in mid-October and hosted by Nebraska Beef, Omaha, NE. Eighteen teams competed in the contest, and the ISU Cyclones finished 6th behind Texas Tech University, Colorado State University, Texas A&M University, Oklahoma State University, and Kansas State University. In divisions the team finished 5th in beef grading and specifications; 6th in overall beef and lamb judging; 7th in beef judging, pork judging, and total placings; and 8th in reasons. Individual highlights included: Austin Lanphier – 4th in total placings, 8th in pork judging, and 10th in beef judging; and Beth Zuber – 9th in lamb judging and specifications. Also representing ISU were: Stephanie Martin, Drew Wilson, and Taylor Wulf.

Left to right, Dr. Brad Skaar, freshman Rachel Schmitt and freshman Megan Tessendorf.

Rachel and Megan practice flipping a sheep.

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AGAS Travel Scholarship, $250 Elizabeth Hines*Nichole Huntley*Qingyun Li*

Allen E. Christian Swine Industry Scholarship, $1500Mary Heiller Edan LambertDanielle James Jordan Travis

Allyn Hagen Dairy Science Scholarship, $750Trevor Malven

Arthur Gerlach Scholarship in Dairy Science, $1000Trevor Malven

Arthur Molln Scholarship, $1000Matthew Alber Garrett Livingston Lexie Barrick Greer Potadle Samuel Gerrard Cooper Royer Deborah Heth Kelly RueHelen Kilian Amanda SvobodaMason Lettinga Thomas Wilgenbusch Arthur R. Porter Scholarship, $1500Katelyn GoldsmithKendra Spier

Bernard Ebbing Memorial Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Rachel Hoy Bob Pim Memorial Scholarship in Animal Science, $3250Shana Hilgerson

C. F. Foreman Scholarship in Dairy Science, $2500Nathan ArthurBenjamin ButikoferMark Nyentap

Charles and Edna Parmele Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Julia Cain

Charles H. and Inez M. Callahan Memorial Graduate Award, $1000Kaylee Rowland* Charles R. and Ethel P. Mountain Scholarship Award in Animal Science, $750Theodore Bong Curtis Askelson Scholarship in Animal Science, $1000Brooke Thelen

David and Jacqueline Topel Endowed Scholarship, $1000Amanda Bowen

David and Jacqueline Topel Scholarship in Meat Science, $1000Brian Patterson*

Dennis L. Crone Scholarships in Animal Science, $1000Emily Pratt

Department of Animal Science Graduate Award for Outstanding Teaching, $1000 Amanda Outhouse*

Department of Animal Science Graduate Student Excellence Award, $1000 Sara Kvidera* Des Moines Feed and Grain Club Scholarship for Animal Science, $1400Trent Westhoff Donald W. Helble Scholarship in Animal Science, $1500Alexis Delaney Justin Swanton Doug and Carol Kenealy International Travel Scholarship, $1000Randa Patrick Rachel Wynn Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Ensminger Scholarships, $1000Josue Chinchilla* Zachariah HarrisGarett OnstotPaulina PadronAdamarie Shalid Marquez Acevedo Genevieve VanWye Duaine & Sally Holck Livestock Judging Award, $500Katlyn Kahler Shane Wiese

Duane and Shirley Acker International Fellowship, $1300Amanda Outhouse* Austin Putz*Joseph Stock* Duane and Shirley Acker International Fellowship Fund, $1500Jeannett ClampittVictoria Hegstrom Dudley R. Scott Endowed Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Cendra Sebolt

Eldred J. and Donna Harman Scholarships in Animal Science, $1500Aubree Beenken Austin WhitedSavanna Bergeron Drew WilsonJacqueline Fusco

Erik M. Krekel Memorial Scholarship, $1000Aaron Gerdts

Erpelding ISU Dairy Science Inspiration Award, $1000Sabrina Ehrlich

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Keith M. and Arlene C. Kirkpatrick Memorial Scholarships, $750Rachel Stika

Kermit and Janis Coggshall Scholarship in Animal Science, $1500Abby Collison

Kermit & Janis Coggshall Scholarship in Dairy Science, $1000Nathan Arthur

Lauren L. Christian Graduate Fellowship, $3000Greg Krahn*

Lauren L. Christian Swine Education Endowment, $2000Amanda AndersonSarah OrbanMolly Shoewalter

Lyle E. McBride III Memorial Scholarship, $1500Jack OrozcoAshley Schwartzhoff

Mary B. & William H. Gilbert Brown Swiss Memorial Scholarship, $1000Sabrina Portner

Naylor Educational Aid Scholarship in Dairy Science, $750Samantha Ehrlich

Ned S. and Esther Raun Graduate Scholarship, $1500Edith Mayorga*

Palmer and Sheryl Holden Scholarship in Animal Science, $1250Paige Maystadt

Paul Stewart Memorial Scholarship, $1000Macey BetcherMatthew Langsing

Ralph Baker Scholarship, $1000Emilie Gietzel

Rex Beresford Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Jacob Leuchtenmacher Richard & Nancy Degner Scholarship, $2500Luke BombeiAshley Wicks Richard Reade Scholarship in Animal Science, $1500Sierra Becker Madeline Herring Lillie Beringer Lacee Karkosh Tristen Fulton Alexis Smith Robert E. and Dorothy B. Rust Undergraduate Scholarship in Meat Science, $750Lisa-Marie Gitschier

Esther and Richard Willham Graduate Scholarship in Animal Science, $1000Qian Dong*

George Gund Agricultural School Scholarship, $1500Cade Bracker Ellen Mason Tanner Hild Jeremy TjardesBenjamin Kelly Benjamin Veum Kade Lindback

George Gund Agricultural School Scholarship, $1000 John Fortin Landon JohnsonLucas Olson

Harold L. and Esther G. Wilcke Scholarship, $1500Emma Helm* Julianna Jespersen

Helen M. Maddock Scholarship for Women in Animal Science, $1000Samantha Jamison International Casings Group Scholarship in Meat Science, $1000Chloe Hagen Claire OkorenAnnika Johnson Jacob SterleClayton Morrison Jay Stowater

Iowa Dairy Leader Scholarship in Honor of Barbara Ruddy, $2500Carley Krull

Iowa Dairy Leader Scholarship in Honor of Dale Thoreson, $2500Payton Duitscher

Iowa Dairy Leader Scholarship in Honor of Douglas and Nancy Kiefer, $2500Katelyn Goldsmith

Iowa Dairy Leader Scholarship in Honor of Louis and Velma Zumbach, $2500Sabrina Portner

Iowa Poultry Association Scholarship, In Honor of Tom J. Zanios, $1500Melissa Herrmann*Dannielle McCorkel

James J. Kiser Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Jennie GreeneMcKenna Millies Jeff Hansen/Iowa Select Farms Pork Industry Scholarship, $1250Wade Wuebker

John Airy Endowed Graduate Scholarship, $2500Colby Redifer*

John & Roberta Rodecap Scholarship, $500Cassie Krebill

Robert E. and Dorothy B. Rust Scholarship in Meat Science, $1000Danika Miller*

Roger and Susan Lenius Dairy Science Scholarship, $1188Emily Irwin

Rufus C. Obrecht Scholarship, $1250Taylar Dalbec

Russell Bentley Scholarship for Excellence in Dairy Science, $1500Cassie KrebillCarley Krull

R. W. ”Dick” Witt Scholarship, $1000Heather Schnitker

Solon A. and Dorothy F. Ewing Animal Science Scholarships, $1000Julianna Henderson Wesley Reever

Spangler Dairy Science Club Leadership Award, $1188Michael Bahl

Thomas and Esther Ringkob Scholarship in Animal Science, $750Kiersten Jass

Thomas Sutherland Graduate Award for Excellence, $1000Qingyun Li*

Thorvald J. Anderson Scholarship, $2500Macey Betcher Emily Irwin Cassie Krebill Kendra Spier

Tom and Cindy Baas Swine Industry Scholarship, $1250Jessica Horras Tom and Corrine Lonergan Scholarship, $1500Samantha DeVoe Tom and Janie Wickersham Scholarship, $1000Morgan Anderson Katherine Taylor

Vaughn and Meg Speer Graduate Education Award, $1000Nichole Huntley* William Riley Gillette Graduate Scholarship in Animal Science, $1000Erin Horst*

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Scholarship Total—$184,676

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Animal Science Faculty and Staff Awards 2017Research MissionJames Russell ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

Teaching MissionJodi Sterle ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

International MissionTom Baas ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

Extension MissionDan Morrical ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

Alumni Award of MeritJohn Hallberg ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

Distinguished Achievement in AgricultureMax Rothschild ISU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta

Bouffault International Animal Agriculture AwardCurtis R. Youngs American Society of Animal Science

Early Career Achievement AwardStephanie Hansen American Society of Animal Science

Extension AwardJohn Patience American Society of Animal Science

Teaching Fellow AwardTom Baas American Society of Animal Science

Award of HonorLeo Timms American Dairy Science Association

National Milk Producers Federation Richard M. Hoyt AwardSara Kvidera American Dairy Science Association

Journal of Dairy Science Club 100Gene Freeman American Dairy Science Association

Livestock Publication Council Headliner AwardMaynard Hogberg Livestock Publication Council

Hall of FameTom Baas National Barrow Show

John B. Swisher Leadership AwardJohn Patience JBS United

Award of DistinctionMax Rothschild The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis

Honorary MemberCurtis R. Youngs Algerian Association of Experimental Animal Scientists

Early Adviser AwardChristen Burgett College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach AwardPatrick Gunn College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Outstanding Achievement in International Agriculture AwardCurtis R. Youngs College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Outstanding Service in Student Recruitment and Retention AwardJodi Sterle College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

P & S Excellence AwardRobert Hubert College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Merit for Achievement and Service AwardMary Lents College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Young Researcher AwardStephanie Hansen Midwest ASAS/ADSA

Young Animal Science ScholarTrey Kellner Midwest ASAS/ADSA

Young Dairy ScholarSara Kvidera Midwest ASAS/ADSA

Stahly/Peo Graduate Student AwardTrey Kellner Midwest ASAS/ADSA

Exemplary Faculty Mentor AwardAnna Johnson Iowa State University

The Bailey Research Career Development AwardAileen Keating Iowa State University

WiSE Inspiring Change Faculty Advocate AwardSusan Lamont Iowa State University

Outstanding Achievement in ResearchChris Tuggle Iowa State University

Regent’s Faculty ExcellenceTom Baas Iowa State University

P & S Outstanding New ProfessionalLesa Vold Iowa State University

International Service AwardHongwei Xin Iowa State University

Inspiration AwardDon Beitz ISU Alumni Association

1929 Reuben Brown MS Saskatoon, SK None given Anacreon Garoufalis BS San Francisco, CA None given Mao Huang MS None given None given Ewing McGhee BS Nashville, TN 2/20/55 Faustino Rodriguez BS San Salvador None given Bir Sehgal BS None given None given Frank Stanley BS North Little Rock, AR 1/1/85

1931 Robert Milligan MS Lethbridge, CAN 1/1/76

1941 Dorrance Anderson BS Baltimore, MD 5/16/17

1942 Robert Bryan Yorktown, VA 9/21/17 Warren Sooholtz BS Ankeny, IA 8/31/17 Mernice Volkers BS Sarasota, Fl 1/22/17

1943 B. Barrett Ershow BS Waterbury, VT 8/17/15 Keith Lewis BS Lebanon, MO 4/24/17

1948 James Hazen BS Ft. Collins, CO 6/26/17 Lloyd Madson BS Northwoood, IA 3/7/17 Roland Simpson BS Lake View, IA 4/11/17

1949 Bertrand Eason BS Jefferson, IA 10/20/16 Richard Goodman CT Urbandale, IA 12/18/16 Ernest Haupt BS Pleasanton, CA 9/20/17 Wallance Johnson BS Centennial, CO 8/31/17 Duane Kropf BS Kimbalton, IA 6/5/16

1950 James Beckett BS Blue Mound, IL 5/16/15 Marvin Elliott BS Webster City, IA 12/24/13 John Pgae BS Geneseo, IL 10/14/17 Dale Rickert BS Burlington, IA 3/23/17 Ralph Robinett BS Ocala, FL 3/10/17 Douglas Traver BS Peachtree City, GA 4/4/17 Gerorge Vermanzen BS Sun City West, AZ 9/24/07 William Vinzant BS Mystic, IA 8/25/17 Thomas Winkleman BS Mt. Pleasant, SC 8/21/17

1951 John Carroll BS Vernon Hills, IL 9/18/16 Harold Dunkelberger BS Ames, IA 12/16/16 John Fuhr BS Spearfish, SD 4/9/17 Norbert Kash BS Colo, IA 10/22/16 Vernon Henry BS Gurnee, IL 3/21/17 Robert McKenzie BS Bettendorf, IA 12/31/16 Harold Skerritt EX Glenwood, IA 4/24/17

1952 Anton Mayer Davenport, IA 12/26/1999 Robert McVicker BS Niles, MI 1/31/17 William Ray BS Ft. Dodge 2/25/17

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1953 Martin Bamrick BS Coralville, IA 6/23/17 Alivon Clough BS Ellston, IA 1/10/17 Merrill Richey BS Muncie, IN 11/18/16 Welton York BS Pryor, OK 2/3/17

1954 James Lodge MS Tempe, AZ 3/28/17 Marvin Rohlf MS Spirit Lake, IA 1/25/17

1956 Arlo Erickson BS Hayden, IA 2/19/17 William Hurley BS Brainerd, MS 11/18/17

1957 Sandra Butler BS Lathrop, MO 4/17/17 Edison Merritt PhD 9/17/16 Milo Pangburn BS Northwood, IA 11/1/16

1958 Bill Baker BS Harrison, NE 11/18/17 John Eilts BS Grand Island, NE 4/16/17 Bruce Emanuel BS Richmondville, NY 11/27/16 Gene Freemyer BS Creston, IA 3/7/06 David Hardisty BS Gresham, OR 1/4/17 Ralph Jenkins BS St. Joseph, MO 4/22/17 William Wunder BS Ames, IA 6/18/17

1959 Richard Montgomery BS Perry, IA 11/28/07 John Moore BS Bosie, ID 3/10/17

1960 Walter Collins PhD Simsbury, CT 8/22/17 Gordon Duncan PhD Redmond, WA 10/1/16 Vern Laun BS Logan, UT 6/20/17

1961 Clarence Bartenhagen BS Wapello, IA 1/8/17 Richard Peterson BS Tempe, AZ 9/8/11 Ned Raun PhD Tusla, OK 8/10/17 Donald Schroeder BS Wynot, NE 7/1/17

1962 Thomas Ringkob BS Reno, NV 5/25/17 Victor Seely BS San Antonio, TX 5/7/17 Gaylord Solberg BS Clinton, IA 1/7/17

1963 John Gill PhD Atlantic Beach, FL 7/21/17 Richard Hyde BS Hastings, IA 3/5/17 James Morrill PhD Manhattan, KS 10/15/16

1964 Kent Muller BS Griswold, IA 12/31/16 Mervyn Schliefert MS Grand Island, NE 8/1/17

1967 Dean Fisher BS Sioux Falls, SD 4/17/17 David Glime BS La Porte City, IA 5/12/16

1968 Craig Ludwig MS Shawnee Mission, KS 1/8/17

1969 Neilan Hanson BS Dows, IA 3/19/17 Roger Heetland BS Ackley, IA 6/10/17 Thomas Laughlin BS Rice Lake, WI 5/5/04 Montgomery Stathe BS Melcher Dallas, IA 10/21/17 James Stein BS Storm Lake, IA 7/22/17 Willis Van Roekel BS Pipestone, MN 2/9/17

1970 Michael Blome BS Aleden, IA 3/28/17 Dana Wolf PhD Blair, NE 12/28/16

1971 William Kautz Jefferson, WI 4/25/10

1973 Paul Barmore BS Island Lake, IL 9/3/16 Robert Britson BS Radcliffe, IA 2/2/17 Dennis Steigerwalt BS Gallatin, MO 6/30/17

1974 Michael Menn BS Carthage, IL 3/7/17

1975 James Reicks BS Decorah, IA 3/26/17

1988 Jeffrey Boyyjen BS Ida Grove, IA 10/16/16

(The names on this list originate from notifications the university receives in the year of 2017. Columns include class year, name, degree, last home of record and date of death.)

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