GCPA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

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2017	Jimmy Champion	Lifetime Achievement in Industry
2017	Dr. Tim Murphy	Lifetime Achievement in Academia/Extension
2016	Dr. David Bridges	Dr. David Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, was awarded the GCPA Lifetime Achievement Award for Extension Service.
2016	Mr. Dick Dowdy	Mr. Dick Dowdy was awarded the 2016 GCPA Lifetime Achievement Award for Industry Service.
2014	Mr. Gerald Smith	Mr. Gerald Smith, formerly of Syngenta, was also honored at the annual meeting. Gerald was the president of this association the late 1990's and was highly instrumental in its transition from two organizations ( the Georgia Weed Science Society and the Agricultural Chemicals Association of Georgia) to the Georgia Crop Production Alliance, INC. Gerald had a long and successful career in the ag industry in Georgia and his many contributions over the years are appreciated.
2014	Dr. Steve Brown	Dr. Steve L Brown was awarded the honor for the extension service. Dr. Brown, "Bug Brown" to many, has served a distinguished career with the University of Georgia as extension and research entomologist, finishing his career as interim Associate Dean of Extension. Dr. Brown was a long-time supporter of the GCPA and a real asset to the ag industry in Georgia.
2013	Mr. Jake Redmon	Mr. Jake Redmon was honored with the Lifetime Achievement recognition at the 2014 Georgia Crop Production Alliance annual meeting. Jake spent 30+ years with Houston Fertilizer and Grain in Perry and Bonaire, GA, the business owned by former governor Sonny Perdue. Sonny presented the award to Jake on behalf of the GCPA and shared some good stories about their many years of working together. Jake served the GCPA well and was active in many aspects of the agriculture industry in the state.
2013	Dr. John Beasley	Dr. Beasley is assigned responsibilities are 75% extension (public service), 15% research and 10% instruction. His Extension and research programs are in the agronomic production of peanuts. John's priority is to develop educational programs and utilize technology transfer methods to deliver peanut production information to county Extension agents and peanut producers in Georgia. Typical technology transfer methods include county production meetings, newsletters, agent training, on-farm demonstrations, troubleshooting/diagnostics, e-mail and websites. He has worked closely with other UGA Extension and research faculty that have responsibility for peanut production to form the UGA Peanut Team. He believes strongly in the "team" approach to develop and deliver peanut production information that makes Georgia peanut producers more productive and profitable.
2010	Mr. Rex Turner
2010	Mr. Bobby Miles
2008	Dr. Bill Lambert
2008	Mr. Ed Duskin
2005	Mr. H.C. Ellis
	Mr. Tom Mock
	Dr. Johnny Crawford