The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Cooperatives Library, which recently joined the Taylor-Hibbard Library in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics’ Taylor Hall, was officially dedicated as the Truman Torgerson Cooperative Collection in a ceremony held there Friday, Oct. 15.

For nearly half a century, William Geary has been a strong voice for animal agriculture, the cooperative movement, and agribusiness in Wisconsin. His contributions to Wisconsin agriculture have earned him the Honorary Recognition Award from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For four decades, Arthur “Dave” Cole has played an important role in cultivating the “green gold” adorning Wisconsin’s farmlands, and improving the income and standard of living of Wisconsin dairy farmers.

Dennis J. Zeloski of Lake Mills, a leader of Wisconsin’s potato and vegetable industry for more than 30 years, will receive an Honorary Recognition Award from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Alfred E. “Alf” Harper has had a major impact on nutritional science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, across the country and around the world.

John and Pete Kappelman’s contributions to the signature industry in America’s Dairyland have earned them the Honorary Recognition Award from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

People interested in starting grass-based dairy farms won’t have to travel long distances to learn from current graziers and other grass-based dairy specialists. A Distance Education project based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will allow students to “meet” with the experts at county UW-Extension offices and on their home computers. The seminar will be taught at the Animal Sciences building on the CALS campus, with audio and synchronized PowerPoint visuals transmitted over the Internet to county offices and home PCs.

John Brunnquell of Port Washington, Wis. and Cindy Baumgartner of Plainfield, Wis. have been elected president and vice-president of the Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association for 1999-2000. Brunnquell earned a B.S. in 1986 and M.S. in 1996 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is president of Egg Innovations, a specialty egg marketing group. Baumgartner is a farmer and 1979 CALS graduate. With her husband, she is involved in a business, Pest Pros, a crop protection/scouting firm.

Richard M. Amasino, a plant molecular biologist in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the recipient of the 1999 Alexander von Humboldt Award. Amasino will receive the award at a ceremony Oct. 28 in Madison, Wis.

For a second year, the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will help soybean growers monitor their fields for the soybean cyst nematode.