42nd Annual Alabama BCIA
Meeting and Awards Banquet
February 25, 2006
Sheraton Hotel and Conference
Center, Birmingham, Ala.
*Richard Deese Award*
The Richard Deese Award is presented to an
individual
that has promoted performance testing in Alabama. The award has been
presented
since 1986 and is given in honor of Dr. Richard Deese, who was the
Extension
Animal Scientist in charge of the BCIA program in the 1970s and early
1980s.
Breeders, Extension workers and Beef Industry supporters have received
this award.
Dr. Diego Gimenez received this year's Richard Deese Award. He is pictured here with presenter Dr. Lisa Kriese-Anderson. Unfortunatly, the award's namesake passed away just days before the presentation. “It’s a great honor because I knew him personally,” said Gimenez after receiving the award. “I hope Richard was as proud up there in me receiving this award as I was accepting it.”
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