Lea S. Hitchner Service Award honorees over the years.

LEAS. HITCHNER SERVICE AWARD HONOREES OVER THE YEARS Editor's Note: For over 40 years, CropLife America has presented the Lea S. Hitchner Service Award annually to a representative of one its member companies. Named for the association's first President, the award recognizes outstanding service to CropLife America and the crop protection industry. Recipients have come from varying backgrounds and careers within the member companies, including CEOs, research, government affairs, regulatory, marketing and other disciplines. 1964 Sumner H. McAllister Shell Chemical Corporation 1965 Howard J. Grady Chevron Chemical Company 1966 Carlos Kampmeier Rohm and Haas Company 1967 Stuart H. Bear FMC Corporation 1968 John P Frawley Hercules Powder Company 1969 Melvin E. Wierenga Chevron Chemical Company 1970 Jim Hansen The Dow Chemical Company 1971 Carlos Kampmeier Rohm and Haas Company 1972 Richard C. Back Union Carbide Corporation 1973 The Pesticide

Safety Team Network 1974 Robert E. Hamman CIBA-GEIGY Corporation 1975 John C. Tapas Velsicol Chemical Company 1976 Parke C. Brinkley NACA 1977 E.T. Wadsley Wilbur-Ellis Company 1978 Edwin L. Hobson Shell Chemical Company 1979 Donald D. McCollister The Dow Chemical Company 1980 Earl C. Spurrier Monsanto Agricultural

Products Company 1981 Robert J. Fields FMC Corporation 1982 Stacey J. Mobley E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company 1983 Denis Hayley NACA 1984 John Gardiner E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company 1985 David Wothke Elanco Products Company 1986 Loy Newby CIBA-GEIGY Corporation 1987 Don Bissing FMC Corporation 1988 Charles Rock CIBA-GEIGY Corporation 1989 Robert Harness Monsanto Agricultural Company 1990 F. Milt Hunt DowElanco 1991 George L. Rolofson CIBA-GEIGY Corporation 1992 Richard Holt E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company

Horace Johnson Rhone-Poulenc Company 1993 Richard Neilsson American Cyanamid Company 1994 Jeffrey Jacoby FMC Agricultural Products Group 1995 Paula Paul AgrEvo USA Company 1996 J. Thomas Carrato Monsanto Company 1997 Neil Strong Novartis Crop Protection, Inc. 1998 Elin Miller Dow AgroSciences 1999 Steven J. Goldberg BASF Corporation 2000 David A. Higgins Aventis CropScience 2001 Cindy Baker Gowan Company 2002 Bob Woods Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. 2003 Steve Goldberg BASF Corp. 2004 William M. Mahlburg Nufarm Americas, Inc. 2005 George R. Oliver Dow AgroSciences, LLC 2006 Janis McFarland Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. 2007 Jean Reimers Bayer CropScience