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Team awards | Scientist awards
Team awards
| Year | Award | Presenter |
| 1991 | Unit Award for Distinguished Service | Photo | USDA |
| 1991 | Award of Special Appreciation | National DHIA |
| 1997 | 50 consecutive evaluations released on scheduled date (last missed release date was October 1974) |
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| 1998 | Government Technology Leadership Award | Government Executive magazine |
| 2000 | Hammer Award (award given by Vice President Al Gore to employees who participated in a team effort that contributed dramatically to improving the way government works; the hammer is a symbol both of tearing down and building up and how Federal government is working with citizens, State, and local government to build a government that works better and costs less) |
National Parternership for Reinventing Government |
| 2000 | Superior Effort Technology Transfer Award | Photo | ARS, USDA |
| 2010 | Secretary's Honor Award for Helping America Promote Sustainable Agricultural Production and Biotechnology Exports as America Works to Increase Food Security | ARS members of the Cattle Genomics Consortium, Program | USDA |
| 2011 | Exemplary Case Selected for Special Recognition (case studies of selected collaborative research projects that have yielded significant impacts for taxpayers through benefits to agriculture, food, nutrition or natural resources) |
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table |
| 2015 | Award of Recognition (award in recognition of international development of genomic predictions for dairy cattle; "Your sustained dedication has improved the lives of U.S. farm families and consumers significantly.") |
Board of Directors, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding |
| 2020 | Letter of Recognition (letter in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement and excellence for the research case study “Genetic Improvement of Economic Traits in Dairy Cattle,” which was selected as one of top 3 most successful and economically impactful projects among 1,330 projects over 40 years) |
BARD 40-Year External Review, Research Impact Assessment, United States–Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund |
Scientist awards
| ADGA (American Dairy Goat Association) Mary L. Farley Award (recognizes an individual, couple, or partnership for outstanding work on behalf of the dairy goat industry; named in honor of Mary L. Farley, former secretary and past president, ADGA) |
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| 1985 | Frank N. Dickinson | 2000 | George R. Wiggans |
| ADSA (American Dairy Science Association) Distinguished Service Award (recognizes an individual for outstanding and consistent contributions to the welfare of the dairy industry based on broad national or international contributions) |
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| 2011 | H. Duane Norman | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA Fellow Award (recognizes a Dairy Foods Division and a Production Division member of the American Dairy Science Association who have rendered distinguished service to the dairy industry over 20 years or more) |
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| 2001 | H. Duane Norman | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2005 | Rex L. Powell | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2012 | George R. Wiggans | ARS & You | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2016 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA International Dairy Production Award (recognizes his research activity and international expertise in the field of dairy sciences) |
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| 2009 | Rex L. Powell | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA Jay L. Lush Award (recognizes outstanding research in animal breeding that had the potential for improvement of dairy cattle; named in honor of Jay L. Lush, former professor, Iowa State University) |
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| 1995 | H. Duane Norman | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 1996 | George R. Wiggans |
| 1997 | Rex L. Powell |
| 2000 | Paul M. VanRaden | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2012 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | ARS & You | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2015 | John B. Cole | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA JDS Club 100 Award (recognizes individuals who have authored or coauthored 100 or more papers in the Journal of Dairy Science) |
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| 2017 | Robert H. Miller (retired), H. Duane Norman (retired), and George R. Wiggans (retired) | Members of inaugural group | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2020 | Paul M. VanRaden | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA Land O'Lakes, Inc./Zinpro Award for Excellence in Dairy Science (recognizes outstanding research in dairy production or manufacturing contributing to improvement or care of dairy cattle, development and improvement of processes, products, equipment, methods, handling, and sanitation) |
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| 2007 | H. Duane Norman | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2019 | Paul M. VanRaden | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA Most Cited Award (Genetics and Breeding) (recognizes contributors to the Journal of Dairy Science whose work is significantly impacting research and the dairy industry) |
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| 2011 | Paul M. VanRaden | Press release |
| 2012 | Paul M. VanRaden | ARS & You | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2014 | George R. Wiggans | Journal of Dairy Science |
| 2016 | Paul M. VanRaden | Journal of Dairy Science |
| ADSA NDHIA (National Dairy Herd Information Association) Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Dairy Herd Improvement Program) |
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| 1983 | Frank N. Dickinson | Journal of Dairy Science |
| AJCA (American Jersey Cattle Association)-NAJ (National All-Jersey) Award for Meritorious Service (recognizes a notable contribution to the advancement of the Jersey breed and the livelihood of Jersey owners in the United States through research, education, development, marketing, or other significant activities of the allied dairy industry) |
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| 2012 | H. Duane Norman (retired) and Curtis P. Van Tassell | ARS & You |
| ARPAS (American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists), Washington DC Chapter, Dr. Vernon G. Pursel Memorial Distinguished Service Award (recognizes distinguished service to the animal sciences and professional character and career accomplishments that serve as a model for professional animal scientists) |
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| 2008 | Robert H. Miller (retired) | 2015 | George R. Wiggans | Photo | |
| 2009 | H. Duane Norman | 2018 | Paul M. VanRaden | |
| ARS Outstanding Early Career Scientist of the Year (recognizes creative efforts of individuals or teams of research scientists who have at least one contribution of major impact or with potential for major impact on science and technology) |
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| 1995 | Paul M. VanRaden | 2003 | Curtis P. Van Tassell |
| ARS Science Hall of Fame (recognizes ARS scientists that have produced a major impact on agricultural research, have made accomplishments that continue to be recognized, possess the character and record of achievement worthy of emulation, and have made achievements that were nationally or internationally recognized by peers) |
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| 2020 | Paul M. VanRaden | ||
| IBM Supercomputing Competition, Life and Health Sciences Division, 3rd place (recognizes those individuals whose imagination has elevated the state of the art in analysis and modeling) |
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| 1989 | George R. Wiggans and coauthors Paul M. VanRaden and Suzanne M. Hubbard |
| Journal of Dairy Science Top 100 (recognizes papers as being among the most highly cited of those published during the previous 3 years) |
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| 2021 | Li Ma, John B.Cole, Yang Da, and Paul M. VanRaden. 2019. Symposium review: Genetics, genome-wide association study, and genetic improvement of dairy fertility traits. |
| John B.Cole and Paul M. VanRaden. 2018. Symposium review: Possibilities in an age of genomics: The future of selection indices. | |
| 2020 | Bjorg Heringstad, Christa Egger-Danner, Noureddine Charfeddine, Jennie E. Pryce, Kathrin F. Stock, Jonathan Kofler, Åse M. Sogstad, Menno Holzhauer, Andrea Fiedler, Kerstin Müller, Pia Nielsen, Gilles Thomas, Nicolas Gengler, Gerben de Jong, Cecilie Ødegård, Francesca Malchiodi, Filippo Miglior, Maher Alsaaod, and John B.Cole. 2018. Invited review: Genetics and claw health: Opportunities to enhance claw health by genetic selection. |
| NAAB (National Association of Animal Breeders) Research Award (recognizes a significant contribution to the furtherance of the artificial insemination industry during the last 5 years) |
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| 1988 | Frank N. Dickinson | Website | 2002 | Paul M. VanRaden | Website |
| 1993 | H. Duane Norman | Website | 2014 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | Website |
| 1994 | Rex L. Powell | Website | 2020 | John B. Cole |
| 1996 | George R. Wiggans | Website | ||
| National Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor Award (recognizes a contemporary dairy leader for outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the dairy industry) |
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| 2007 | H. Duane Norman | Website |
| National Dairy Shrine Pioneer Award (recognizes an individual who has been a pioneer of the dairy industry) |
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| 2007 | Frank N. Dickinson (retired) | Website | 2010 | Rex L. Powell (retired) | Website |
| NDHIA Outstanding Service Award (recognizes an individual who has over many years been dedicated to the improvement of, and has provided notable leadership to, the advancement of DHIA) |
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| 1999 | H. Duane Norman | Website |
| 2005 | Rex L. Powell | Website |
| 2006 | George R. Wiggans | Website |
| 2010 | Lillian R. Bacheller and Leigh M. Walton | Photo | News release | Website |
| 2018 | John B. Cole | News release | Website |
| Northeast ADSA-ASAS (American Society of Animal Science) Distinguished Service Award (recognizes outstanding contributions to the broad field of animal/dairy science by a scientist who has long and distinguished service) |
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| 2006 | Rex L. Powell (retired) | Newsletter | 2011 | H. Duane Norman | Newsletter |
| 2009 | Robert H. Miller (retired) | Newsletter | ||
| Northeast ADSA-ASAS Young Scientist/Research Award (recognizes outstanding contributions to the broad field of animal/dairy science by a young scientist as a researcher) |
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| 1997 | Paul M. VanRaden | 2003 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | Newsletter |
| Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (recognizes demonstrated excellence and promise of future success in scientific or engineering research and the potential for eventual leadership of the awardees in their respective fields) |
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| 2003 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | Website |
| Stanford University's World's Top 2% of Scientists (recognizes researchers who represent the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines) |
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| 2020 | Paul M. VanRaden, John B. Cole, George R. Wiggans (retired), and Curtis P. Van Tassell | 2019 and career citations | Website |
| Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics' Highly Cited Researchers (recognizes researchers who ranked in the top 1% for total citations for articles published in their respective fields) |
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| 2014 | Paul M. VanRaden | Articles published 2002–12 in agricultural sciences | Website |
| 2015 | Paul M. VanRaden | Articles published 2003–13 in agricultural sciences | Website |
| 2016 | Paul M. VanRaden and George R. Wiggans (retired) | Articles published 2004–14 in agricultural sciences | Website |
| 2017 | Paul M. VanRaden and George R. Wiggans (retired) | Articles published 2005–15 in agricultural sciences | Website |
| 2018 | Paul M. VanRaden, George R. Wiggans (retired), and Tad S Sonstegard (former BFGL/AGIL scientist) | Articles published 2006–16 in agricultural sciences or across fields | Website |
| 2019 | Curtis P. Van Tassell, Paul M. VanRaden, and George R. Wiggans (retired) | Articles published 2008–18 in agricultural sciences or across fields | Website |
| 2020 | Paul M. VanRaden and George R. Wiggans (retired) | Articles published 2009–19 in agricultural sciences | Website |
| World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year (recognizes excellence in research, development, education, marketing, or other fields that are part of the dairy industry) |
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| 2011 | H. Duane Norman | World Dairy Expo video | Brownfield interview | World Dairy Diary interview | Website |
| 2014 | Curtis P. Van Tassell | Animal.AgWired.com interview | Website |
| World Jersey Cattle Bureau Distinguished Achievement Award (recognizes outstanding contribution to the breeding, development, or promotion of the Jersey breed or its products at an international level) |
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| 2014 | H. Duane Norman (retired) | Website |
Compiled by Paul VanRaden and Suzanne Hubbard
