2000
Fellow Award
At-Large
Category
American Society of Animal Science
Eugene J. Eisen was born in New York City and worked on farms in the state
of New York during high school and college. He received his degrees from State University
of New York at Farmingdale (A.A.S., 1957), University of Georgia (B.S.A.,
1959), and Purdue University (M.S., 1962; Ph.D., 1965). Dr. Eisen joined the
Department of Animal Science at North Carolina State University as an assistant
professor in 1964, and he became a professor in 1973. In 1988, he was named a
William Neal Reynolds Professor.
Dr. Eisen’s
contributions to animal breeding and genetics set him apart as an outstanding
scientist. His productivity is evidenced by over 150 refereed publications and
100 abstracts and proceedings. The respect of his
colleagues is evidenced by the numerous invited papers, lectures, and short
courses he has presented in Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands,
Finland, and Australia, as well as at many U.S. universities.
Dr.
Eisen has been the recipient of many honors and awards recognizing his
contributions to science. At North Carolina State University, he received the Sigma Xi
Young Researcher’s Award (1972), the Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Service to
Agriculture Award (1977), and the Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award
(1991). He received the Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding
and Genetics from ASAS in 1986 and was elected a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science in 1998.