Congratulations are in order for G. Eric Bradford, Professor Emeritus of Animal Science, who received four prestigious awards in 2000. The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) honored him with the Jean-Claude Bouffault Award for leadership and distinguished service to international animal agriculture, and he was presented the 2000 ASAS Fellow Award. Eric has been a member of ASAS since 1951. In addition, the Western Section of the ASAS awarded him the Distinguished Service Award, and the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences honored him with its prestigious annual Award of Distinction.  

 Eric graduated in 1951 with a B.S. degree in Agriculture from Macdonald College of McGill University. After earning M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Genetics and Animal Husbandry from the University of Wisconsin, he accepted appointment to the faculty at UC Davis in 1957. Although officially retired in 1993, Eric has continued to be very active in academic pursuits.  

During Eric's professional career, he has held various administrative appointments, including chair of the Department of Animal Science for two terms; taught courses in international agriculture, introductory animal science, animal breeding and genetics, beef cattle and sheep production and animal growth; and trained more than 25 graduate students, many of

From 1978 through 1996 he was a principal investigator in the USAID-funded Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program and conducted projects in Kenya, Indonesia and Morocco. He received the ASAS J. R. Prentice Memorial Award for Research in Animal Breeding and Genetics in 1985 and the California Wool Growers Golden Fleece Award for service to the California sheep industry in 1990. Since his retirement, he has continued his programs in international agriculture and expanded his focus to include issues of global food supply. Recently, he chaired the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) international task force that in 1999 published its seminal report, "Animal Agriculture and Global Food Supply." The report documented the important role of animals in providing meat, milk and eggs for an increasing world population and how animals provide food often by grazing and utilizing products not directly consumable by humans. The report resulted in many presentations on the topic by Eric both nationally and internationally.   

In summary, Eric continues a distinguished career, and his efforts showcase the department, college and campus.