2009 CALS Alumni Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2009 CALS Alumni and Friends Award recipients for their outstanding service to the college, Idaho, and their professions. Awards are sponsored by the CALS Alumni and Friends Association Board of Directors. Find information about the annual awards at www.cals.uidaho.edu or contact CALS Alumni Director Kim Nelson at 208.885.4038.
Ashley Carlon, animal science master’s student representing
the college’s alumni and friends board, presents CALS awards
to (from left) Paul Patterson, Joe Blackstock, John Mundt, and Walt Butcher.
DISTINGUISHED ASSOCIATE
Rick Phillips, Boise, manager of public relations for the J.R. Simplot Company, works with government representatives, communities, and the public to protect the reputation and integrity of his company. He has played a major role in Pocatello’s Simplot Games and helps sponsor the Food Producers of Idaho Agriculture Pavilion at two Idaho fairs each year. While employed with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, he initiated Leadership Idaho Agriculture and Agriculture in the Classroom programs. He has served on councils, commissions, and boards and is a true advocate for agriculture.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
Joe Blackstock ’87, ’93, Kuna, an agricultural instructor since 1987, taught first at Rimrock High School and now at Kuna High School. During 20 years of teaching, he has been the FFA advisor, training numerous FFA teams to participate in career development events at the national level, including the 2008 National Farm Business Management Team. He has received the honorary State FFA Degree, Norco Inspirational Teacher Award, State Mentor Teacher of the Year, and Farm Business Management Fellowship.
Joey Peutz ’92, ’95, Caldwell, first taught Family and Consumer Science courses to high school students. In 1999, she became a UI Extension educator, working with families in food safety, nutrition/health, and the 4-H youth development program. In the last five years, she has given more than 700 presentations and trained 723 youth in food ser vice and safety: 65% received their Idaho Safe Food Handler Certificate.
Peutz taught more than 15,000 youth and adults to correctly wash hands through the nationally recognized “Germ City,” a program she shared at Boise’s 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Peutz obtained more than $1 million in grants to support her programs.
Lori Wahl ’93, Portland, OR, used her degree in Clothing, Textiles, and Design to progress into a career current students dream about. Wahl designed active sportswear for Adidas, including the 2000 U.S. Olympic gymnastics competition wear. She has designed for private labels such as Hanna Andersson and is now a freelance designer for clients including Asics, Adidas, Cool Sets, and Royal Robbins. She gives back to Idaho by serving on the Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board, guest lecturing, visiting design classes, sharing her portfolio, and advising current students.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Walt Butcher ’55, Pullman, WA, earned additional degrees at Iowa State University and pursued a career in agricultural economics with the USDA. He transitioned to teaching and retired as a professor and ag economist from Washington State University in 1997. While his professional career is outstanding, Butcher also is dedicated to making the world a better place. Upon retirement, he committed to a major economic development project in Uzbekistan and helped star t the college’s AERS Alumni Scholarship.
John Mundt ’67, ’73, ’89, Meridian, began his Agricultural Education career as a high school agriculture instructor and FFA advisor in Meridian. From 1980 to 1986, he served as the state supervisor for agricultural education with the Idaho Division of Professional Technical Education and as Idaho State FFA Advisor. In 1985 Mundt became a teacher educator in the UI Department of Agricultural and Extension Education. He led development of the Idaho FFA Foundation, Idaho FFA Association Legislative Breakfast, and an awards selection committee with business and industry leaders as judges. In 2004 he won the Idaho Governor’s Award for Excellence in Agriculture.
Paul Patterson ’77, ’81, Idaho Falls, has developed UI Extension programs in farm and financial management and marketing to help producers weather commodity and economic cycles of the past three decades. He instigated development of programs now widely used by producers and educators—the Crop Enterprise Budget Worksheet (CEBW) and the Machinery Cost Analysis (MACHOST) program. Patterson has received numerous awards, published 7 journal articles, 71 agricultural economics extension articles, and in 89 trade publications. He gave more than 200 UI Extension presentations and raised $1.6 million in grants to fund his programs.
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