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.

Previous Howard Dunne Memorial Award recipients:

2023 Joe Connor
2022 Tim Loula
2021 John Deen
2020 Glen Almond
2019 Peter Davies
2018 Dick Hesse
2017 Rodger Main
2016 Scott Dee
2015 Rodney (Butch) Baker
2014 Locke Karriker
2013 Jeff Zimmerman
2012 Tom Stein
2011 Amy Vincent
2010 Bob Morrison
2009 Kent Schwartz
2008 Greg Stevenson
2007 S. Ernest Sanford
2006 Jim Collins
2005 William Brown
2004 Paul Sundberg
2003 Robert Friendship
2002 Steven Henry
2001 William Mengeling
2000 David Reeves
1999 James McKean
1998 Pat Halbur
1997 Gary Dial
1996 Michael Wilson
1995 Robert Glock
1994 Beth Lautner
1993 LeRoy Biehl
1992 Howard Hill
1991 Roy Schultz
1990 Delbert (Hank) Harris
1989 Ken Meyer
1988 Dick Ross
1987 Allen Leman
1986 James Bailey
1985 Alex Hogg
1984 Lew Runnels
1983 Kirk Clark
1982 Bill Switzer
1981 Martin Bergeland
1980 Wallace Brandt
1979 Vaylord Ladwig
1978 Erwin Kohler
1977 Arthur Starkey