A3HancaaHr Farming, Saturday, April 27, 1996 PSU Dept. Dairy, Animal Science Announces Distinguished Alumni From 1961 to 1963, he was a research associate at Penn State. In 1963. he pursued post-doctoral studies at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College in Copenha gen, Denmark. In 1963, he was named assistant professor at Penn State and was promoted to associ ate professor in 1968 and to profes sor in 1972. He was a visiting professor at Colorado State University in 1975-76. In 1979, he left Penn State and accepted an appointment as a professor at Colorado State University. . From 1989 to 1995, he was head of the Colorado University Depart ment of Physiology, retiring with the rank of professor emeritus. Currently, he is vice president for research with BioPore Inc., in Slate College, a position he has held since 1989. He is known internationally for his research on male reproductive physiology and endocrinology and Robert Fraley Becomes UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) The Penn State University Department of Dairy and Animal Science annually names two dis tinguished alumni one for dairy science, the other for animal science. The department this week announced its two selections. Rupert P. Amann, Fort Collins, Colo., is the 1996 Distinguished Dairy Science Alumnus, while Don Hutzel, of Republic. Ohio, is the 1996 Distinguished Animal Science Alumnus. t Rupert Amann Amann is an internationally known physiologist, was bom and raised in Massachusetts and received a bachelor’s degree in dairy husbandry from the Univer sity of Maine in 1953. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Penn State University, achieving a master’s degree in 1957 and a doctorate in 1961. Dekalb Director DEKALB. 111. Robert T. Fraley, presi dent of the Ceregen unit at Monsanto Co., was named to the board of directors of DEKALB Genetics Corporation, the company said today. His appointment brings the number of directors to 11. As head of Ceregen, Fraley, 43, is responsi ble for the discovery, development and com mercialization of new crop chemical and biotechnology-based products. Recognized as a worldwide leader in gene transfer technolo gy, Fraley has authored more than 100 publica tions and patent ap plications relating to technical advances in this area. Fraley joined the Monsanto Biological Sciences Program in 1981 as a seni' research specialist afti receiving his Ph.D in microbiology/ biochemistry in 197' from the University Illinois and completinj a two-year fellowship the University Califomia-San Francis co. He has held posi tions of increasing responsibility at Mon santo, in-cluding direc tor of the Plant Science research group, vice president of technology for The Agricultural Croup, and group vice president and general manager of the New Products Division. Fraley was awarded the 1995 National Award for Agricultural Excellence in Science by the National Agri- Marketing Association. In 1986, he received the Monsanto Thomas and Hochwalt Award in rec ognition of advances made in basic research in plant biology. In 1988, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement Science. Pann State Univarsity Dairy, Animal Sclanea has conducted research on 13 spe cies, including humans. His research interests have included evaluation and preserva tion of sperm, testicular and cpi didymal physiology, and male reproductive endocrinology. Amann published ISS research paper and 18 book chapters. In addition to his research activities, he has served on many national advisory and review panels. Among his many awards and honors, he received the Gamma Sigma Delta Research award, the Physiology and Endocrinology award from the American Society of Animal Science, the award for Research in Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination from the National Association of Ani mal Breeders, the Pennock Distin guished Serve Award from Color ado State University, the Distin guished Andrologist award from the American Society of Antholo gy, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction. He has been actively involved in many profession societies and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Dairy Science, the Journal of Animal Science, the Journal of Anthology, Biology rtf Reproduction, and the Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. He and his wife, Ragna. live in Fort Collins and have two grown children, Hans and Kirsten. 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He enrolled in the animal sci ence program at Ohio State Uni versity, but transferred to Penn State after three semesters. At Penn State. Hutzel lived at the beef bams and worked his way through school. He was a member of the Aloha Gamma Rho fraterni ty. He also participated in student activities, including the Little International Livestock Exposi tion. He chaired the beef division of the 1956 Little I. Hutzel earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1957. for year afterward, he worked at Penn State as an assistant herds man. He then became a herdsman at Acadia Farms in Northfield, Ohio, where he was promoted to operations manager after six years. In 1964, he becam manager of the Angus herd at Holiday Farms near Grand Rapids, Mich., and while there produced the 1969 All- American Futurity champion female Angus. For the past 25 years, he has worked for NOB A Inc., a bull stud company in Tiffin. Ohio. 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