TPPA Consultant Award- Trevor Jones, contract consultant with AgGro Innovations, LLC, Cypress
TPPA Industry Award Greg Mock, unit supervisor for the Texas Brazos Bottom & Hempstead, Simplot Grower Solutions, College Station
TPPA Academic/Agency Award – Scott Nolte, TPPA Awards Committee Chair, College Station
TPPA Graduate Student Award (MS)- John Grunseich, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station
TPPA Graduate Student Award (Ph.D.)- Blake Elkins, Texas A&M University, College Station
TPPA also recognized Hixon for his service along with handing over of the gavel to incoming TPPA President Josh McGinty. Thank you to all of you for sticking with us through this virtual format, Hixson says upon receiving a plaque for his service. I know there were some things we had to learn, even change our mindset, and for the most part, I think it went fairly well. We got through it.
Texas Plant Protection Association
Texas Plant Protection Association 2020 Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Bob Whitney, center, by TPPA Board Chairman Ray Smith, left, and Scott Nolte, TPPA board member and chair of the TPPA Awards Committee. Texas Plant Protection Association honors members with awards at virtual conference.
Bob Whitney, De Leon, Texas, has spent a lifetime teaching others about agriculture in the U.S. and in 26 countries. But he ll humbly tell you all he does is bridge a gap. You ve been in situations where somebody needed to know what to do, and you provided that for them? Well, I ve always looked at it like I m standing between technology and the need, and my job is to make sure I know the technology, so that whenever the need arises, I can meet it, Whitney says.