1/26/2011

Plans Set for Hall of Honor Inductions

AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five distinguished individuals for the positive impacts they have had on Alabama agriculture during its 2011 Hall of Honor banquet, set for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn at 6:15 p.m.

Three of the individuals—Jerry Newby of Athens who is representing the agribusiness sector of agriculture, Dallas Hartzog of Headland representing the education/government sector and Harold Pate of Lowndesboro representing the production agriculture sector—will be inducted into the alumni association’s Hall of Honor, which recognizes living Alabamians who have made significant contributions to the state’s agriculture industry.

Newby is a Tennessee Valley farmer and president of Alfa Insurance and the Alabama Farmers Federation. Hartzog is a retired Alabama Cooperative Extension specialist whose work on peanuts has been a boon to farmers in the Wiregrass and throughout the state. Pate is a leader in the state and national cattle industry who founded a now-internationally known Charolais herd.

The association also will present its 2011 Agricultural Pioneer Awards to the families of the late John “Doc” Cottier, a long-time poultry science faculty member at Auburn, and the late B.W. “Buck” Appleton of Collinsville, an early leader in Alabama’s poultry industry. The Pioneer Awards are given posthumously to individuals who played a role in shaping Alabama’s agriculture industry. Both of the honorees received their bachelor’s degrees in agriculture from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Cottier in 1929 and Appleton in 1934.

The Ag Alumni Association established the Hall of Honor in 1984. The awards banquet is held each year in conjunction with the association’s annual meeting

Tickets to the 2011 Hall of Honor banquet are $50 per person; opportunities for corporate sponsorships of the event are available. For more information on corporate sponsorships or the awards and banquet, contact Elaine Rollo at 334-844-3204 or rollome@auburn.edu.

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