| Year | Award | Presenter |
| 1991 | Unit Award for Distinguished Service Photo |
USDA |
| 1991 | Award of Special Appreciation | National DHIA |
| 1997 | 50 consecutive evaluations released on scheduled date (last missed release date was in October 1974) |
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| 1998 | Government Technology Leadership Award | Government Executive Magazine |
| 2000 | Hammer Award (award given by Vice President Al Gore to employees who participated in a team effort that contributed dramatically to improving the way government works; the hammer is a symbol both of tearing down and building up and how Federal government is working with citizens, State, and local government to build a government that works better and costs less) |
National Parternership for Reinventing Government |
| 2000 | Superior Effort Technology Transfer Award Photo |
Agricultural Research Service, USDA |
| 2011 | Exemplary Case Selected for Special Recognition (case studies of selected collaborative research projects that have yielded significant impacts for taxpayers through benefits to agriculture, food, nutrition or natural resources) |
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table |
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ADSA Distinguished Service Award (recognizes an individual for outstanding and consistent contributions to the welfare of the dairy industry based on broad national or international contributions) |
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| 2011 | Duane Norman | ||
| ADSA Fellow Award (recognizes a Dairy Foods Division and a Production Division member of the American Dairy Science Association who have rendered distinguished service to the dairy industry over 20 years or more) |
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| 2001 | Duane Norman | 2005 | Rex Powell |
| ADSA Jay L. Lush
Award (recognizes outstanding research in animal breeding that had the potential for improvement of dairy cattle; named in honor of Jay L. Lush, former professor, Iowa State University) |
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| 1995 | Duane Norman | 1997 | Rex Powell |
| 1996 | George Wiggans | 2000 | Paul VanRaden |
| ADSA Land O'Lakes, Inc. Award (recognizes outstanding research in dairy production or manufacturing contributing to improvement or care of dairy cattle, development and improvement of processes, products, equipment, methods, handling, and sanitation) |
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| ADSA Most Cited Award (recognizes contributors to the Journal of Dairy Science whose work is significantly impacting research and the dairy industry) |
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| 2011 | Paul VanRaden | ||
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ADSA-NDHIA Award (recognizes outstanding contributions to the Dairy Herd Improvement Program) |
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| 1983 | Frank Dickinson | ||
| ARS Outstanding Early Career Scientist of the Year (recognizes creative efforts of individuals or teams of research scientists who have at least one contribution of major impact or with potential for major impact on science and technology) |
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| 1995 | Paul VanRaden | 2003 | Curt Van Tassell |
| IBM Supercomputing
Competition, Life and Health Sciences Division, 3rd place (recognizes those individuals whose imagination has elevated the state of the art in analysis and modeling) |
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| 1989 | George Wiggans, Paul VanRaden, and Suzanne Hubbard | ||
| Mary L. Farley Award (recognizes an individual, couple, or partnership for outstanding work on behalf of the dairy goat industry; named in honor of Mary L. Farley, former secretary and past president, ADGA) |
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| 1985 | Frank Dickinson | 2000 | George Wiggans |
| NAAB Research Award (recognizes a significant contribution to the furtherance of the artificial insemination industry during the last 5 years) |
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| 1988 | Frank Dickinson | 1996 | George Wiggans |
| 1993 | Duane Norman | 2002 | Paul VanRaden |
| 1994 | Rex Powell | ||
| National Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor Award (recognizes a contemporary dairy leader for outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the dairy industry) |
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| 2007 | Duane Norman | ||
| NDHIA Outstanding
Service Award (recognizes an individual who has over many years been dedicated to the improvement of, and has provided notable leadership to, the advancement of DHIA) |
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| 1999 | Duane Norman | 2006 | George Wiggans |
| 2005 | Rex Powell | 2010 | Lillian Bacheller and Leigh Walton Photo || News release |
| Northeast ADSA-ASAS Distinguished Service
Award (recognizes outstanding contributions to the broad field of animal/dairy science by a scientist who has long and distinguished service) |
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| 2006 | Rex Powell | 2011 | Duane Norman |
| Northeast ADSA-ASAS Young Scientist/Research Award (recognizes outstanding contributions to the broad field of animal/dairy science by a young scientist as a researcher) |
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| 1997 | Paul VanRaden | 2003 | Curt Van Tassell |
| Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (recognizes demonstrated excellence and promise of future success in scientific or engineering research and the potential for eventual leadership of the awardees in their respective fields) |
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| 2004 | Curt Van Tassell | ||
| USDA Secretary's Honor Award for Helping America Promote Sustainable Agricultural Production and Biotechnology Exports as
America Works to Increase Food Security (recognizes excellence by USDA employees) |
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| 2010 | Curtis Van Tassell, John Cole, Paul VanRaden, and George Wiggans (ARS members of the Cattle Genomics Consortium) || Program | ||
| World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year (recognizes excellence in research, development, education, marketing, or other fields that are part of the dairy industry) |
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| 2011 | Duane Norman || World Dairy Expo video || Brownfield interview || World Dairy Diary interview | ||
Compiled by Paul VanRaden
