On behalf of the NACTA Executive Committee, we would like to congratulate Frank Robinson on receiving the NACTA 2025 Murray Brown Leadership Award at the 71st Annual NACTA Conference in June. This award is meant to recognize someone with a distinguished and sustained record of NACTA leadership.
Frank Robinson, University of Alberta
NACTA Murray Brown Award The Murray Brown Leadership Award recognizes one member each year for a distinguished and sustained record of NACTA leadership. The award is named in honor of Dr. Murray Brown, who served as president of NACTA in 1969-1970 and as secretary-treasurer from 1972-1999. Dr. Brown received the Teacher Fellowship Award in 1972, the Distinguished Educator Award in 1978, and a Distinguished Service Award in 1999. Dr. Brown began teaching dairy science as a graduate assistant in 1953 at Texas A&M, and served for 30 years as an administrator and teacher of animal and dairy science at Sam Houston State University. The award is supported by generous donations from NACTA members and family and friends of Murray Brown following his passing in 2005.
Dr. Frank Robinson, who started at the University of Alberta as a Professor of Poultry Production and Physiology in 1986, has served the University of Alberta in several administrative positions, including Vice-Provost and Dean of Students (2008 - 2014). He was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame and the Canadian Poultry Research Hall of Fame, was awarded a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, and is a Fellow of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and the Poultry Science Association.
It is with sincere appreciation and gratitude for his continued efforts and outstanding service that we bestow this award to our dear friend and colleague, Frank Robinson. Congratulations, and thank you for all that you do for NACTA and higher education.
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