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