Keith R. Cooper
Acting Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Acting Executive Director o f New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Acting Dean o f Cook College
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
88 Lipman Drive • New Brunswick • New Jersey 08901-8525 • U.S.A.
732/932-9000, Ext. 500 • Fax: 732/932-8955
To:
Cook People
I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2004 Cook College-NJAES Awards, which will be
presented at our 11th Annual Dean’s Awards Dinner at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, April 22 at the Cook
Campus Center. Please join me at this special event, a continuation of our Cook College 30th
Anniversary celebration, where we will gather as a community to recognize and congratulate those
whose lives and work exemplify the Cook vision.
To properly provide for the event we ask that you confirm your attendance by forwarding your
$10.00 check to the Office of Development and Community Relations, Martin Hall room 116, and
RSVP to Bethany, Erica, Darline or Astrid at (732) 932-9000 x. 556 or e-mail
Seelinger@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Our 2004 award winners are:
Lifetime Recognition of Distinguished Leadership:
Roy DeBoer
Professor of Landscape Architecture
C. Reed Funk
Professor Emeritus, Plant Science
John Gerwig
Professor Emeritus and former Director of Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Academic Professional Excellence Awards:
Excellence in Teaching
Robert L. Tate, III
Professor, Environmental Science
Academic Innovation & Creativity
Diane Forsythe Davis
Instructional Laboratory Coordinator, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor
Barbara L. Tangel,
Instructor and Director of Dietetic Programs, Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Excellence Awards:
Extension Faculty
Annette Devitt
County Agent- Salem County
Program Associate
Janet Brun
Nutritional Sciences
Program Assistant
Maureen Mangee
4-H Youth Development Assistant
Administrative Assistant/Support Staff
Barbara Volaski
Research Excellence Awards:
Research Excellence Award
Barbara Turpin
Associate Professor, Environmental Science
Tamar Barkay
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Sustained Research Excellence Award
Dipak Sarkar
Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Research Excellence and Impact
Josef Kokini
Professor, Food Science
George H. Cook Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Bruce Hamilton, ‘60
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, Cook College
Lee Schneider, ’70
Dean of Students, Cook College
Cindy Lee Van Dover, ’77
Associate Professor, Biological Oceanography, the College of William and Mary
Cook College/NJAES Team Award:
Food Biotechnology Program at the Food Policy Institute
William Hallman, Associate Professor, Human Ecology
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Chair, Family and Consumer Sciences
Caron Chess, Associate Professor, Human Ecology
Audrey Cross, Director of Food and Agricultural Biosecurity Initiatives
Ramu Govindasamy, Associate Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Bill Hlubik, Agricultural Management Resource Agent, Middlesex
Michael Lawton, Associate Professor, Plant Science/Ag Biotechnology
Karen O’Neill, Assistant Professor, Human Ecology
Brian Schilling, Associate Director, Food Policy Institute
Leslie Small, Associate Dean of Academic Administration
Helen Aquino, Research Analyst, Food Policy Institute
Will Hebden, Research Analyst, Food Policy Institute
Cara Cuite, Post Doctoral Associate, Food Policy Institute
Sarah Condry, Administrative Assistant, Food Policy Institute
Wendy Stellatella, Administrative Assistant, Food Policy Institute
Caiping Zhang, Graduate Student, Food Science
Abraham Weisblat Award:
Sridhar Polavarapu
Associate Director and Associate Extension Specialist, Phillip E. Marucci Blueberry- Cranberry
Research and Extension Center
I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday the 22nd to celebrate the accomplishments of our
peers, our students and our alumni.
Keith R Cooper
Acting Dean of Cook College