The C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award recognizes a University of Missouri System faculty member who demonstrates commitment, dedication and effectiveness in advancing the land-grant mission through extension, international education and agricultural economics programs.
The fellowship is presented to a faculty member who personifies the creativity, vision and leadership exhibited by the late Dr. C. Brice Ratchford, president emeritus of the University of Missouri System and dean of cooperative extension.
The annual award is funded from a permanent endowment created with contributions from the Ratchford family and from numerous colleagues, friends and organizations in recognition of Dr. Ratchford鈥檚 memory.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Jo Britt-Rankin |
| 2025 | Robert Meyers |
| 2024 | Corinne Valdivia |
| 2023 | Sara Shipley Hiles |
| 2022 | No fellowship awarded |
| 2021 | David Herzog |
| 2020 | Ray Massey |
| 2019 | Daniel Oerther |
| 2018 | Randall Smith |
| 2017 | David Baker |
| 2016 | Scott Brown |
| 2015 | Frederick (Fritz) Cropp IV |
| 2014 | David Patterson |
| 2013 | Jerry Valentine |
| 2012 | Carl Calkins |
| 2011 | Robert Kallenbach |
| 2010 | A. Curtis Elmore |
| 2009 | Ron Turner |
| 2008 | George McCall |
| 2007 | E. Terrence (Terry) Jones |
| 2006 | Don Day |
| 2005 | Bette Loiselle |
| 2004 | Gerald Hitzhusen |
| 2003 | Kay Gasen |
| 2002 | Glen Easter |
| 2001 | Cassy Dierking Venters |
| 2000 | Michael Cook |
| 1999 | Daryl Hobbs |