FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — William Hendrix, a scientist with Dow AgroSciences in Indianapolis, has been named recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Entomology Department in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

Hendrix earned a master's degree in entomology from the U of A in 1984. After earning a doctorate at Iowa State University, he began a 25-year career with Dow, where he is currently the business partner for the Coastal States Research and Development Division.

Hendrix has received multiple awards from Dow, including recognition for service to the education of small farmers in developing communities. He serves on the National Advisory Board of Freedom to Work and is the global leader of the Dow GLAD employee resource group.

Hendrix is the supervisor for 15 scientists and two field stations and leads performance management and career advancement reviews. He also balances work plans and manages budgets for the region.

He joined DowElanco as a senior research entomologist in 1989. He has also held positions of development biologist, customer agronomist and global technical expert, all with Dow AgroSciences; and product stewardship specialist for insecticides, seeds and traits, and zonal biology team leader for insect traits and insect management traits and seed treatments.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.