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Headliner Award Winners
LPC's Headliner Award Program, inaugurated in 1980, salutes an individual for meritorious service to the livestock industry. Following are recipients of the award:
 2009 Dr. Temple Grandin, a noted
animal behaviorist and designer of livestock handling.
Dr. Grandin earned her Bachelor of Arts
degree at Franklin Pierce College, her Master of
Science degree in animal science at Arizona State
University, and Ph.D in animal science from the
University of Illinois. As a professor of animal science,
she teaches courses on livestock behavior and
facility design at Colorado State University (CSU)
and consults with the livestock industry on facility
design, livestock handling and animal welfare.
Temple Grandin-designed facilities are used throughout
the world and in North America, almost half of all cattle are handled in a center-track restrainer system she designed for meat plants. One of the world’s highest
functioning autistics, she has worked to foster a better understanding of
autism among the general population and is a prominent advocate for autism
rights. An HBO biopic starring actress Claire Danes that chronicles Dr. Grandin’s
life and experiences over the decades of the 1960s and 1970s is set to air in 2010. |
 2008 Burman Cephas Snidow Jr., better known as Bud joined the American
Hereford Association in 1951, and spent the next 32 years with the organization.
He worked on the field staff, managed the records department
and was AHA’s assistant secretary. Because of his
experience with international marketing, Bud was also
asked to serve as the U.S. Beef Breeds Coordinator and promoter
of U.S. cattle marketing. He served in this role until
he was 72. Bud continues to serve as the “AHA Historian,”
and even now at 90, can often be found working in the
Hereford museum. |
 2007 Stanley E. Stout was honored posthumously as the
2007 winner. He was raised on the famous Titus Stout
Hereford Ranch in the Flint Hills of Kansas and called
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas home. He attended Kansas
State University and went on to receive his formal
auction training at the Walter Britton Auctioneer
School in Bryan, Texas. In the early stages of his
career, Stanley held field representative positions with publications such as the
Western Livestock Journal and Drovers Journal, (now Drovers) He was eventually
promoted to head of field staff for Drovers and then director of advertising for
the Charolais Banner. After working with the North American Auction Company,
Stout founded his own company, Stanley E. Stout Auction Services, in 1975. For
more than 30 years he was the auctioneer to have on your sale and he eventually
was selling anywhere between 140 and 180 dates annually. He served on the
Board of Governors of the American Royal. |
 2006 Darrell Anderson, CEO of the National Swine Registry
has nearly 30 years of experience in agrculture related areas
including his current role with the NSR. Ten years ago, he was
the leader in the successful merging of the four breeds that
comprise the NSR (Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace and
Yorkshire) which created the largest purebred swine association
in the nation. Prior to this position he served as executive secretary
of the American Yorkshire Club. He also has a deep-rooted
belief in youth programs and was instrumental in the establishment
of the first junior directors of both the National Junior
Suffolk Association and the NSR. He serves on numerous professional
committees in the swine industry, is a livestock auctioneer for sheep sales
and is a certified llama judge. His scope of knowledge and influence in the swine,
sheep, llama and cattle industries make him a true leader in the livestock industry. |
 2005 Dr. Bob Totusek, joined the animal science faculty at Oklahoma A&M
College (now Oklahoma State University, OSU) in 1952 where he spent 38 productive
years in teaching, research, public service and administration. It has been said that he is a rare combination of "scientist, teacher
and practical cattleman." He was the head of the animal
science department for 14 years and is credited with
increasing department enrollment by more than 60%while other departments were losing students. He coached the OSU Livestock Judging Team from 1953 to 1961 and won 10 national and international contests. |
 2004 Henry Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch, is
known as a leader in both the commercial and registered
cattle business. Their 25th annual production sale broke
the industry record when it grossed more than $5.6 million.
Gardiner, along with his wife Nan, their three sons
and families run the ranch located near Ashland, Kansas.
They sell about 1,200 bulls and 600 females annually.
They are known for using new technologies as well as
meticulous record-keeping.
Gardiner is a past recipient of the NCBA Vision Award
and is the only producer to have received the Beef
Improvement Federation Commercial Producer of the Year
and Outstanding Seedstock Producer of the Year awards. |
 2003 Bill Brewer graduated from Oklahoma State University. He joined The
Quarter Horse Journal in 1971 as an advertising sales representative and was promoted
to senior director of administration in 1978. From
1979 to 1991 Brewer also served as general manager of the
AQHA World Championship Show and American Quarter
Horse Youth Association World Championship Show. He
was promoted to AQHA's executive vice president in
March 1992 and works with it's five-member executive
committee and seven executive directors in planning and
coordinating business of the world's largest equine breed
registry. He oversees the 320 employees who manage the
day-to-day operations, which has more than 341,000
worldwide members and has registered more than 4.5 million
American Quarter Horses. |
 2002 Phil M. Seng, president and CEO of the US Meat Export Foundation
(USMEF), has been a driving force in the US red meat industry’s impressive
level of growth in foreign markets. Under his leadership,
USMEF programs have grown to be recognized in more
than 50 countries, and exports of US beef and variety
meats have grown from $500 million 20 years ago to a
record of $3.6 billion in 2000. Raised on an Iowa farm,
Seng has a degree in political science and a master’s in
East Asian studies. He speaks Japanese and worked as a
journalist in Tokyo in the late 1970s. |
 2001 A distinguished professor of
animal science, Dr. Harlan Ritchie has taught at
Michigan State University for the last 37 years. Since that
time, he has been involved in teaching and research in
swine and beef cattle improvement, beef cattle efficiency,
beef cattle dystocia and vertically coordinated beef production
and marketing systems. He has also held positions
within several organizations such as the Beef
Improvement Federation, American Society of Animal
Science and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. |
 2000 Mick Colvin, Minster, Ohio, Certified Angus Beef.
In 1978 Colvin became executive director of the new
Certified Angus Beef ProgramTM (CAB). Under his supervision
the program set up monitoring, licensing and promotional
aspects that are the basis of the CAB’s product quality
and integrity. Colvin retired from the position in 1999.
Aside from Colvin’s involvement with CAB, he is also a
member of many other agriculture organizations including:
NCBA, American Angus Association and Ohio Cattlemen’s
Association. |
 1999 Rob Brown, Throckmorton, Texas. Owner of the
R.A. Brown Ranch, a family owned business established
in 1895. They are an active registered and commercial cattle
operation along with top Quarter Horse broodmares.
The R.A. Brown Ranch was presented the prestigious
AQHA and NCBA Remuda Award and the NCBA’s
Centennial Cattle Business of the Century Award in 1998.
Brown is a graduate of Texas Tech University. |
 1998 Topper Thorpe, Englewood, Colorado, executive
vice president of Cattle-Fax, a market information,
analysis, research and educational service for cattlemen.
He is also executive vice president of CF Resources,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cattle-Fax. He holds
degrees from New Mexico State University. He joined
Cattle-Fax as a market analyst in 1968. |
 1997 Don L. Good, Manhattan,
Kansas, head of Kansas State University Animal Science
Department for many years, noted for both administrative
abilities and teaching results. He is a highly talented livestock
judge and is presently director of development for
The Livestock & Meat Industry Council, Inc. |
 1996 John P. Hughes, DVM, Davis,
California. Noted for work in equine
reproduction. Chairman of the University of California
School of Veterinary Medicine Department of
Reproduction. Director of the UC School of Veterinary
Medicine Equine Research Laboratory, and director of the
UC Veterinary Genetics Laboratory since 1981. |
 1995 Robert H. Rumler,
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, retired executive of
Holstein Freisian Association of America noted for his
contribution to international marketing. Served 18 years
on world trade advisory panels and took part in GATT
negotiations. He is an organizer and was chairman of the
US Agricultural Export Development Council. |
 1994 Don C. King, Fort Worth, Texas, secretary-general
manager, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association. In his present position since 1966, King is
noted for his work in preventing theft and in recovering
stolen livestock. He has worked at the state, regional and
national levels to inform and to educate livestock owners
and managers. His work has resulted in saving the industry
millions of dollars. |
 1993 Clinton K. Tomson, Geneva, Illinois, executive
vice president, American Live Stock Insurance Company.
Tomson has been a livestock breeder, association executive
and livestock judge. He was instrumental in the formation
of American Live Stock Insurance Co., a company
formed to underwrite livestock insurance contracts. He
has also been active in importing and exporting livestock. |
 1992 Dr. Gary C. Smith, Fort
Collins, Colorado. Professor Department of Animal
Sciences; Montfort Endowed Chair in Meat Science,
Colorado State University. Dr. Smith is one of the world's
leading researchers in the areas of food safety and new
product development. He has done much to stimulate and
evaluate consumer acceptance and food safety of red
meat. |
 1991 David G. Eller, Houston, Texas. Founder, chairman
and CEO of Granada Corp., Granada BioSciences
and Granada Foods. Actions produced positive change in
livestock production, marketing and product marketing.
From inception in 1972, Granada has been driven by
Eller's premise that food and protein production could
benefit from technological advances and sound business
practices in producing better food products at less cost. |
 1990 Dr. Glen P. Lofgreen, El Centro, California.
Renowned animal scientist who labels himself as "just a
quiet cowboy with a Ph.D.," and says, "Everything I do is
motivated by answering the questions of how this research
will be of value to the producer, whether he be in the cattle
feedlot business, dairy or some other livestock activity."
The industry daily benefits from practices Lofgreen pioneered
before and during his years as superintendent of
New Mexico State University's Clayton Research Center |
 1989 Fred H. Johnson, Summitville, Ohio. For cattle
breeding and industry leadership. Owner/operator of
Summitcrest, one of the nation's largest Angus operations
with divisions in Ohio, Nebraska and Iowa. Founder,
American Angus Association's Certified Angus Beef
Program. Chairman of Cattlemen's Beef Promotion &
Research Board and Beef Promotion Operating
Committee. |
 1986 Jo Ann Smith, Micanopy, Florida. Only woman president
of the National Cattlemen's Association. Former vice
president, American National Cowbelles; director, Beef
Promotion & Research Project; President Reagan's Advisory
Committee on Trade Negotiations; board chairman, Jackson
Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Later was first
chairman, The Beef Board; 1989 USDA Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture. |
 1984 John L. Huston, Chicago. President, National
Live Stock & Meat Board. Started as beef industry council
assistant secretary in 1967. He took a leave of absence
to direct the Beeferendum. Though it failed, lessons
learned served in expanding financing and promotions of
the Board. Honored for his consistent leadership in
research and promotion of the livestock industry. |
 1983 John B. Armstrong,
Kingsville, Texas. Recognized for state, national and
international leadership roles. Executive vice president of
King Ranch, with operations in six foreign lands and two
US properties. Noted Santa Gertrudis breeder; chairman,
National Live Stock & Meat Board; president, Texas &
Southwestern Cattle Raisers. |
 1982 C. W. (Bill) McMillan, Washington, D.C.
Innumerable contributions to the livestock industry. A
leading consultant and lobbyist. Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture during the first Reagan administration.
Worked at NCA—Denver headquarters and worked with
Swift & Co. in Chicago. |
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