William F. Kirk, group vice president of DuPont Biosolutions
Enterprises, will be the featured speaker at the 2000 D.W.
Brooks Lecture Oct. 2 in Athens, Ga.
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| The annual D.W. Brooks Awards are given in memory of the late founder of Gold Kist and Cotton States Insurance. |
Kirk’s lecture, “The 21st Century, an Agribusiness Odyssey,”
will precede the presentation of the annual D.W. Brooks Awards.
The program will begin at 11 a.m. in the Mahler Auditorium of
the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
The first Brooks Award was established in 1981 to recognize
faculty members who make outstanding contributions and maintain
excellence in the teaching program of the UGA College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
In 1983, the awards were expanded to include research,
extension and county extension programs. An award for
international agriculture was added in 1988. Each award
includes a framed certificate and a $5,000 cash award.
The lecture is named for the late D.W. Brooks, founder of Gold
Kist, Inc. Brooks started Cotton States Mutual Insurance
Companies in 1941. He advised seven U.S. presidents on farm and
trade issues. Among his many honors, he was the first inductee
into the UGA Agricultural Hall of Fame.
