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Article: FORMER NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, WIFE RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AWARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 15, 2006
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New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
Former New Mexico State University president Gerald Thomas, and his wife Jean Thomas, have been awarded the Sam Steel Exemplar Award from the College of Agriculture and Home Economics Sam Steel Society.
The award, which is being given for the first time, is for individuals or couples who have excelled in their chosen field and who have been active in the community and greatly involved with NMSU.
"The principal reason we wanted to give the award to graduates was to acknowledge them," said Lowell Catlett, agriculture dean. "But, we also wanted to honor a person, or couple, that graduates and students could have as role model. ...