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
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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-
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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.