Until his death last year, Dr. Ian Garnett was a popular instructor and advisor in Animal Science. Ian joined the faculty in 1990 to invigorate the professional master's degree program, the Master of Agriculture and Management (MAM), and trained more than 25 professional managers through the MAM program. Ian also taught a number of undergraduate management and high-enrollment courses in Animal Science. In 1999 he was honored with the Outstanding Advisor Award from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

In recognition of the students and lives whom Ian touched the department has proposed to establish the Ian Garnett Award, which will be given annually to a student who exemplifies the values of scholarship and good citizenship that Ian lived.  Before a perpetual award can be established, a minimum corpus required to establish an endowment must be reached. Contributions and gifts to date leave us about $4,000 short of funds required for an endowment, and additional gifts are being accepted. Anyone who wishes to make a fully tax-deductible donation to the Ian Garnett Award Fund, regardless of whether a previous donation was given, may send a check (payable to the UC Regents) to the Department of Animal Science, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. We look forward to being able to announce in a future Highlights that we have reached our goal required to establish the Ian Garnett Award.