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Champaign, IL (June 3, 2020)—The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) is pleased to announce Chad Dechow as the 2020 recipient of the Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production. Dechow will be recognized during the virtual ADSA Annual Meeting.
The Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production was created to recognize outstanding teaching of undergraduate students in dairy science. The winner must have demonstrated outstanding ability as a teacher of undergraduate students of dairy science in an accredited college or university, been an active teacher when nominated with not less than a total of 10 years of active teaching preceding, and been a member of ADSA for at least 5 successive years.
Chad Dechow is an associate professor at Penn State University and holds degrees from SUNY Morrisville, Cornell University, Penn State University, and the University of Tennessee. He is the instructor of courses relating to animal genetics and dairy management. Undergraduate students are important contributors to his research program, with many presenting at the ADSA Annual Meeting and contributing as authors for peer-reviewed publications. Dechow is co-advisor to Penn State's Dairy Science Club and coach of the Pennsylvania 4-H Dairy Judging Team. He lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife and five children.
It is with great pleasure that ADSA and Purina Animal Nutrition present Chad Dechow with the 2020 Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production.
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The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) is an international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry and keenly aware of the vital role the dairy sciences play in fulfilling the economic, nutritive, and health requirements of the world’s population. It provides leadership in scientific and technical support to sustain and grow the global dairy industry through generation, dissemination, and exchange of information and services. Together, ADSA members have discovered new methods and technologies that have revolutionized the dairy industry. www.adsa.org