Michael J. Phillips, executive director of food and agriculture
for the Biotechnology Industry
Organization, will be the featured speaker at the 2001 D.W.
Brooks Lecture Oct. 1 in Athens, Ga.

Phillips’ lecture, “The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology,”
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.

Awards Expanded

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., and Cotton States Mutual
Insurance Companies.

Brooks 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.