Alumni Awards

Dr. Randyl Elkin was awarded the Distinguished Alumni in Economics Award at the LAS Alumni Award Banquet held on October 31. He graduated from Iowa State University's Department of economics with his bachelor's degree in 1965 and his Ph.D.

The Department of Economics Outstanding Alumni Award (Distinguished Service to Private Enterprise) was awarded to Duane Harris, who graduated from Iowa State with his MS in 1968, and the Department of Economics Outstanding Alumni Award was awarded

Gamma Sigma Delta, the Iowa Beta Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, held its annual award ceremony on April 21 in Dolezal Auditorium, Curtiss Hall.

Sam Summers ('06 economics, marketing) received the Distinguished Services for the Public Good Award from Iowa State’s Department of Economics at the 2021 LAS Alumni Honors and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Oct.

Pitney Bowes Inc., a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping, mailing and financial services, announced that Ned Zachar ('85 economics) has joined the company as Vice Pre

Alumni Nick Paulson ('07 PhD ag econ) and Jonathan McFadden ('15 PhD economics) won awards at this year's AAEA meetings Aug. 1-3 in Austin, Texas.

Jeff Plagge ('78 ag business) was presented the ISU Alumni Association's 2020 Floyd Andre Award by CALS Dean Daniel Robison at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 7 p.m.

Erin Cumings ('02 ag business) was honored at the Iowa State University Agricultural Business Club's annual awards banquet Saturday, March 6, 2021. She received the club's Outstanding Alumni Award for 2020.

Burton English ('81 Ph.D. ag economics), professor at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), has earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA).

Department of Economics alumni Will Martin ('82 PhD economics) and Jutta Roosen ('99 PhD economics) were named 2021 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Fellows.

Alan “Al” Tubbs, ('66 MS ag econ) Chairman of Iowa-based Ohnward Bancshares, Inc., is this year’s recipient of the Bruning Award for his leadership and longstanding dedication to providing financial guidance and support to farmers

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Wayne Fuller was named 2020 Citation Laureates for Economics.

CALS alumnus John Latham (’92 ag business) has been elected to the American Seed Trade Association officer team.

The Fichter family of Shenandoah has been selected this year to receive the Iowa State University Cyclone Family of the Year award.

Each year, the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association chooses an outstanding cattle operation to nominate for the regional award.

Tedd Kruse ('93 ag bus) has been named president of the global milling business of Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Reed Burres ('17 ag bus) of Humboldt is the recipient of Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA)  New Leader Award presented by Corteva.

Three economics department alumni were honored at the Alumni Association Awards ceremony Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at Scheman.

Professor and Department Chair Joshua Rosenbloom presented alumnus Troy Schulte ('94 economics) the 2019 Departments of Economics and History Distinguished Alumni Award at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences