Meritorious Service Award

Given annually to an individual who has consistently given time and effort to the association in the area of service to the AASV members, AASV officers, and the AASV staff. 

Dr. Nathan Winkelman is the 2024 recipient of the Meritorious Service Award.

Dr. Winkelman earned his BS and DVM from the University of Minnesota. He is the co-owner of Swine Services Unlimited Inc., a swine research and consulting practice he started in 1998.

As expected of a Meritorious Service award recipient, Dr. Winkelman has worked tirelessly for the AASV. He led the association as president in 2019 and chaired the AASV’s 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting. He has served on the AASV executive committee, the AASV Board of Directors, and many other AASV committees, including annual meeting program planning committees. He has moderated many seminars at AASV annual meetings. Dr. Winkelman was an active participant in the AASV/National Pork Board Operation Main Street program giving presentations to raise awareness about modern pork production.

Dr. Winkelman has also been a member of the AASV Foundation Board and chaired the AASV Foundation research grant committee. In 2016, he created the first AASV Foundation Legacy fund. The Legacy Fund represents the highest level of the foundation’s endowed giving programs, with a minimum $50,000 contribution required to establish a named endowment.

Dr. Winkelman strongly believes the AASV has been integral in a long and successful career as a swine veterinarian and researcher. “My dedication to the AASV is exemplified in not missing an annual meeting since I was a vet student in 1982.”

He is the lead author of more than 40 scientific articles and has been invited to speak at many local, national, and international meetings. He was the 2019 recipient of the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award.

Thankful for the association, Dr. Winkelman stated, “I am grateful and humbled to receive the Meritorious Service Award. It’s easy to give back time and effort to an organization I love. The AASV has given me 100 times what I try to give in return.”

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