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Knowledge And Research High Priority
Saturday June 11, 2005
Knowledge And Research High Priority For Dairy Award Winner
A modern day knight has been honoured for his contribution to the development and success of New Zealand's agricultural industry.
Dr Alan
Frampton was last night < The award comes just six months after he
received the Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand
Order of Merit in the 2005 New Year Honours, the equivalent
of a modern knighthood. The Mazda Lifetime Achievement
award acknowledges and celebrates people who have made a
significant contribution to the dairy industry both
nationally and internationally. A panel of dairy
professionals, including Professor Colin Holmes of Massey
University, Lance McEldowney, editor of the Dairy Exporter
and industry veteran Graham Calvert, himself a regional
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, singled out Dr
Frampton for the dairy honour. Dr Frampton's 40 year
career boasts a long and salubrious list of agricultural
achievements. He was Chairman of the Tatua Co-op Dairy for
13 years, until his retirement in October 2003. And even
though Dr Frampton's career has been regularly dotted with
prestigious awards, he says a highlight in his working life
was helping Tatua reach its success by adding maximum value
to milk. He firmly believed and supported the idea that
New Zealand should focus on its own agricultural research
and development, rather than relying on overseas work.
His
dedication to agricultural research in New Zealand led him
to become a Professor of Agricultural Economics and Farm
Management at Massey University from 1968-77. He was Dean of
Massey's Faculty of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences
from 1977-83 and assistant to the Vice-Chancellor from
1974-83. Dr Frampton played a significant role in the
establishment of an agricultural and a general business
degree at the university and in 2002 it awarded him an
honorary 'Doctorate of Science'. Alongside his academic
pursuits, Dr Frampton also ran his family's Tatuanui farm
into his retirement, was a member of multiple
industry-related institutes and sat on the NZ Dairy Board.
Dr Frampton joins the past two competition's winners,
Mervyn Hicks and Dr Patrick Shannon as national recipients
of the Lifetime Achievement Award. ENDS
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