Pioneer Award Honor Roll
The following list contains winners of the BIF Pioneer Award.

2004
Frank Felton, Missouri
Tom Jenkins, Nebraska
Joe Minyard, South Dakota

2003
George Chiga, Oklahoma
Burke Healey, Oklahoma
Keith Zoellner, Kansas

2002
H.H. “Hop” Dickenson, Kansas
Martin & Mary Jorgensen, South Dakota
L. Dale Van Vleck, Nebraska

2001
Larry Benyshek, Georgia
Minnie Lou Bradley, Texas
Tom Cartwright, Texas

2000
J. David Nichols, Iowa
Harlan Ritchie, Michigan
Robert R. Schalles, Kansas

1999
Joseph Graham, Virginia
John Pollak, New York
Richard Quaas, New York

1998
John Crouch, Missouri
Bob Dickinson, Kansas
Douglas MacKenzie Fraser, Alberta, Canada

1997
Larry V. Cundiff, Nebraska
Henry Gardiner, Kansas
Jim Leachman, Montana

1996
A.L. “Ike” Eller, Virginia
Glynn Debter, Alabama

1995
James S. Brinks, Colorado
Robert E. Taylor, Colorado

1994
Tom Chrystal, Iowa
Robert C. DeBaca, Iowa
Roy A. Wallace, Ohio

1993
James D. Bennett, Virginia
M.K. “Curly” Cook, Georgia
O’Dell G. Daniel, Georgia
Hayes Gregory, North Carolina
Dixon Hubbard, USDA
James W. “Pete” Patterson, North Dakota
Richard Willham, Iowa

1992
Frank Baker, Arkansas
Ron Baker, Oregon
Bill Borror, California
Walter Rowden, Arkansas

1991
Bill Long, Texas
Bill Turner, Texas

1990
Donn & Sylvia Mitchell, Canada
Hoon Song, Canada
Jim Wilton, Canada

1989
Roy Beeby, Oklahoma
Will Butts, Tennessee
John W. Massey, Missouri

1988
Christian A. Dinkle, South Dakota
George F. & Mattie Ellis, New Mexico
A.F. “Frankie” Flint, New Mexico

1987
Glenn Burrows, New Mexico
Carlton Corbin, Oklahoma
Murray Corbin, Oklahoma
Max Deets, Kansas

1986
Charles R. Henderson, New York
Everett J. Warwick, USDA

1985
Mick Crandell, South Dakota
Mel Kirkiede, North Dakota

1984
Bill Graham, Georgia
Max Hammond, Florida
Thomas J. Marlowe, Virginia

1983
Jim Elings, California
W. Dean Frischknecht, Oregon
Ben Kettle, Colorado
Jim Sanders, Nevada
Carroll O. Schoonover, Wyoming

1982
Gordon Dickerson, Nebraska
Mr. & Mrs. Percy Powers, Texas

1981
F.R. “Ferry” Carpenter, Colorado
Otha Grimes, Oklahoma
Milton England, Texas
L.A. Moddox, Texas
Charles Pratt, Oklahoma
Clyde Reed, Oklahoma

1980
Richard T. “Scotty” Clark, USDA
Bryon L. Southwell, Georgia

1979
Robert Koch, Nebraska
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Roubicek, Arizona
Joseph J. Urick, USDA

1978
James B. Lingle, WYE
R. Henry Mathiessen, Virginia
Bob Priode, Virginia

1977
Ralph Bogart, Oregon
Henry Holsman, South Dakota
Marvin Koger, Florida
John Lasley, Florida
W. L. McCormick, Georgia
Paul Orcutt, Montana
J.P. Smith, PRT
H.H. Stonaker, Colorado

1976
Forrest Bassford, Western Livestock Journal
Doyle Chambers, Louisiana
Mrs. Waldo Emerson Forbes, Wyoming
C. Curtis Mast, Virginia

1975
Glenn Butts, PRT
Keith Gregory, Nebraska
Braford Knapp, Jr., USDA

1974
Reuben Albaugh, California
Charles E. Bell, Jr., USDA
John H. Knox, New Mexico
Paul Pattengale, Colorado
Fred Wilson, Montana
Ray Woodward, ABS

1973
Jay L. Lush, Iowa