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For IMMEDIATE
Release April
11, 2011
ABAC
ALUMNI HONOR GRIFFIN RESIDENT - The
ABAC Alumni Association at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College recently
honored Dr. Jerry Johnson from Griffin with the J. Lamar Branch Award.
ABAC President David Bridges (left) made the presentation. Johnson graduated
from ABAC in 1968 and transferred to the University of Georgia, where he
received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy in 1970. He furthered his education
at Purdue University, completing his master’s degree in 1972 and his Ph. D. in
plant breeding in 1974. He started his career at the University of Maryland in
1974 before moving to UGA in 1978. During the past 30 years, Johnson has
compiled an outstanding record of research productivity and has
developed/co-developed 27 cultivars and five germplasm lines of wheat, oats,
barley, rye, and triticale.
The J. Lamar Branch Award was
established as the Outstanding Agricultural Leader Award in 1987 to recognize
alumni who have distinguished themselves in the various non-farming areas of
agriculture, including education, extension, research and business.