COLUMBUS, OHIO The recipient of the 1992 Agway Inc. Young Scientist Award is John P. McNamara, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences at Washington State University, who is recog nized for his original and signific ant contributions to the under standing of the regulation of adip SADDLE UP! TO BETTER EQUIPMENT Piml *» In Immematmr tamiaf'i tlmuUlmd *••••. See These Dealers Now For Details... McNamara Wins Agway Scientist Award ose tissue metabolism in the bovine animal. The award, consisting of a monetary stipend and a plaque, was received by McNamara dur ing the awards ceremony of the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Associa tion held at The Ohio State Uni- I PENNSYLVANIA | versity, Columbus. McNamara’s research has important implications for the practical feeding of dairy cattle. He used in vitro techniques in con junction with animal experiments to reveal specific differences in patterns of lipid metabolism between dairy cattle selected for low and high milk production. He demonatrated the dependence of adipose hormone-sensitive lipase activity on mammary gland activi ty, and he has clarified the effects of independence changes in ener gy intake and milk production on adipose tissue metabolism. McNamara was bom in 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois. He attended lowa State University, and then he transferred to the University of Illinois where he received the B.S. degree in agriculture science in 1976 and the M.S. degree in dairy science in 1978. After receiving his Ph. D. degree in nutrition from University of Georgia in 1982, McNamara spent a year as a research associate at University of Florida. In 1983, he accepted a teaching and research position in the Department of Animal Sci ences at Washington State Univer sity, where he received the col- - Extension Director UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dr. Phil E. Rzewnicki MARYLAND Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11,1992-09 lege’s 1990 Award for Excellence in Research. Agway Inc. has sponsored the Young Scientist Award since 1983. Agway Inc. is a farm supply and food marketing cooperative directly engaged in product manu facturing, processing, and the marketing of commodities for its farmer members and other patrons in 12 northeastern states. Blair County Names has been named county extension director for Penn State Cooperative Extension in Blair County. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Rzew nicki will help growers in Blair and Huntingdon counties with agronomy and cropping systems. Prior to joining Penn State, Rzewnicki was assistant to the dean of and director for Univer sity of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, where he provided administrative and program planning lead ership in agricultural profitability and rural revitalization. Rzewnicki also served as county exten sion director and agro nomy agent for eight years in Cuming Coun ty in northeast Nebras ka. In 1990, he received the Excellence in Team Programming Award from Nebraska Cooperative Extension. He received the Ag Achievement Award from the National Asso ciation of County Agri cultural Agents in 1987. In 1983, he received the Nebraska/Kansas/ Colorado Extension Wildlife Award. Rzewnicki earned his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Northern Illinois University in 1971 before serving as a medical lab specialist with the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1975. He earned a master’s degree in natural resources policy and management from the University of Michigan in 1977 and a master’s degree in crop and soil sciences from Michigan State University in 1979. While completing his Ph.D. in agronomy at the University of Nebraska, Rzewnicki emphasized on-farm experiment designs and implications of involv ing farmers and exten sion agents in applied agronomy research. Rzewnicki is a mem ber of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Socie ty of America and Toastmasters Interna tional.
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