Wilson G. Pond Appreciation Club

This Wilson Pond Appreciation Club was formed to recognize the contribution of Dr. Wilson Pond to the field of non-ruminant nutrition and to the American Society of Animal Science. Money from the club is used to support 2 to 4 international travel funds for study by students and early career professionals.

Wilson G. Pond was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 16, 1930 and was raised in Bloomington, Minnesota. He received a BS degree (1952) from the University of Minnesota and a MS degree (1954) and PhD degree (1957) from Oklahoma State University. He began his career in 1957 at Cornell University, where he served successively as assistant professor, associate professor, and professor in the Department of Animal Science with a joint appointment on the faculty of the Graduate School of Nutrition. In 1978, he was named nutrition research leader at the Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center (Clay Center, Nebraska) and adjunct professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In 1990, he became a research animal scientist at the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center and adjunct professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. In 1997, he returned to Cornell University as a visiting professor, Department of Animal Science.

During his career, Pond has served on the graduate committee of many PhD and MS degree candidates and as supervisor of five postdoctoral fellows. His graduate and postdoctoral students have contributed to nutrition research focused on questions in commercial swine production and in use of the pig as an animal model for human nutrition.

Value of club as of 3/31/2013: $46,391

The requirements for the Wilson G. Pond Appreciation Club International Travel Awards can be found here.

2012 Travel Fund Awards:

Blair Aldridge, Purdue University
Keenan McRoberts, Cornell University
Leticia Camacho, North Dakota State University

2011 Travel Fund Awards:

Rodrigo Manjarin, Michigan State University
Erika Downey, Iowa State University
Dustin Boler, University of Illinois
Christina E. Phillips, University of Minnesota
Blaire Aldridge, Purdue University

2010 Travel Fund Awards:

Amy K. McLean, University of Wyoming
Christy Oliver, North Dakota State University
Christina E. Phillips, University of Minnesota
Christina Taylor-Edwards, US FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine

2009 Travel Fund Awards:

Ashley DeDecker, University of Illinois
Allison Meyer, North Dakota State University.