Troxel to Be Honored by West Texas A&M

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Tom Troxel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Tom Troxel, associate head-animal science, for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, will be honored Sept. 7 as a distinguished alumnus of West Texas A&M.

"Dr. Tom Troxel was selected as a Distinguished Alumni of West Texas A&M Universities' Department of Agricultural Sciences based on his outstanding professional career as an Animal Scientist serving in Extension, Teaching and Research and most recently administration at the University of Arkansas. We are proud that Dr. Troxel began his academic journey as a student at West Texas, and we are honored to recognize him for this prestigious award," said Dean Hawkins, head of the animal sciences department at West Texas A&M.

Troxel joins Michael Gilbert, vice president of global breeding and trait development, Bayer Crop Science, and Don Williams, West Texas agricultural economics professor (posthumously) as the 2013 Distinguished Alumni inductees for the department of agricultural sciences at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

"I was very pleasantly surprised, honored and very appreciative. This is very special for myself and my family," he said. "I am looking forward to returning to West Texas A&M to see the campus again."

Troxel, an Illinois native, earned his B.S. in animal science from West Texas A&M. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.                                                     

Last November, Troxel was a John W. White Division of Agriculture Award winner as part of the 300 Days Grazing team, also having earned the same honor in 2001. In 2010, he was recognized by the Arkansas Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists with its service award. He was also named specialist of the year by the Arkansas Association of County Agricultural Agents and served on the board of the American Society of Animal Science.