Award:
The Morrison Award
Univeristy:
Texas Tech University
Year:
2012
Section Awarded:
National
Michael Galyean, The Morrison Award
Sponsored by F. B. Morrison Fund
Michael Galyean is the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair in Animal Science at Texas Tech University. He received his B.S. from New Mexico State University and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Oklahoma State University. Mike has authored or coauthored 226 journal articles, and his teaching and research programs have had a significant impact on the beef cattle industry and the science of beef production. He has received the AFIA Ruminant Nutrition Research Award, the ASAS Animal Management Award, and the ASAS Fellow Award. Mike served on the NRC Committee on Animal Nutrition and the Beef Cattle Nutrition Subcommittee, as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Animal Science, and as President of ASAS.