Howard Dunne Memorial Award
Given annually to an AASV member who has made a significant contribution and rendered outstanding service to the AASV and the swine industry.
Dr Paul Yeske is the 2024 recipient of the Howard Dunne Memorial Award.
Dr. Yeske is a 1985 graduate of Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. He went on to earn an MS at the University of Minnesota (1998) and completed the Executive Veterinary Program (EVP) in Swine Health Management at the University of Illinois (2009). He is a senior member of the veterinary team at the Swine Vet Center (SVC) in St. Peter, Minnesota.
With more than 30 years of swine veterinary experience, Dr. Yeske has been recognized by his peers for his important contributions to swine medicine in disease management and elimination as the AASV Swine Practitioner of the Year (1998), the recipient of the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award (2010), and the Iowa State University Swine Disease Conference Science in Practice Award (2013).
He has contributed to the greater knowledge of swine medicine for veterinarians as a speaker at multiple annual meetings of the AASV. In 1996, he delivered the Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture. He served on the AASV swine health committee, the PCV2 task force, and the annual meeting program planning committee. He continues to serve the association as a member of the PRRS committee and PED elimination task force.
Upon acceptance of the award, Dr. Yeske said, "I am humbled to be considered with the previous recipients." He offers his gratitude to his wife, Lori, and son, Adam, for their support.
Howard Dunne Memorial Award recipients:
| 1977 | Arthur Starkey | |
| 1978 | Erwin Kohler | |
| 1979 | Vaylord Ladwig | |
| 1980 | Wallace Brandt | |
| 1981 | Martin Bergeland | |
| 1982 | Bill Switzer | |
| 1983 | Kirk Clark | |
| 1984 | Lew Runnels | |
| 1985 | Alex Hogg | |
| 1986 | James Bailey | |
| 1987 | Allen Leman | |
| 1988 | Dick Ross | |
| 1989 | Ken Meyer | |
| 1990 | Delbert (Hank) Harris | |
| 1991 | Roy Schultz | |
| 1992 | Howard Hill | |
| 1993 | LeRoy Biehl | |
| 1994 | Beth Lautner | |
| 1995 | Robert Glock | |
| 1996 | Michael Wilson | |
| 1997 | Gary Dial | |
| 1998 | Pat Halbur | |
| 1999 | James McKean | |
| 2000 | David Reeves | |
| 2001 | William Mengeling | |
| 2002 | Steven Henry | |
| 2003 | Robert Friendship | |
| 2004 | Paul Sundberg | |
| 2005 | William Brown | |
| 2006 | Jim Collins | |
| 2007 | S. Ernest Sanford | |
| 2008 | Greg Stevenson | |
| 2009 | Kent Schwartz | |
| 2010 | Bob Morrison | |
| 2011 | Amy Vincent | |
| 2012 | Tom Stein | |
| 2013 | Jeff Zimmerman | |
| 2014 | Locke Karriker | |
| 2015 | Rodney (Butch) Baker | |
| 2016 | Scott Dee | |
| 2017 | Rodger Main | |
| 2018 | Dick Hesse | |
| 2019 | Peter Davies | |
| 2020 | Glen Almond | |
| 2021 | John Deen | |
| 2022 | Tim Loula | |
| 2023 | Joseph Connor | |
| 2024 | Paul Yeske | |