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RESOLUTION NO. 05-238
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING DR. TIM GOTTWALD FOR
HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND NATIONAL
RECOGNITION AS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE (USDA), AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SERVICE (ARS), "DISTINGUISHED SENIOR RESEARCH
SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR"
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. Dr. Tim Gottwald, Research Leader/Plant Pathologist, at
the U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida,
has been selected by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), as the Distinguished
Senior Research Scientist of the Year.
2. This national recognition is for "Outstanding scientific
leadership and the application of epidemiology to control and/or
eradicate serious exotic and domestic plant diseases.
3. Dr. Gottwald has also received ARS's National Technology
Transfer Award and the "Excellence in Technology Transfer Award" by
the 2004 Federal Laboratory Consortium for "the application of new
technology" and "his efforts to move federal technology and
research out of the laboratory and into the marketplace."
4. Dr. Gottwald is recognized as an international authority
In plant pathology of tree crops with expertise in epidemiology.
The Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year Award
recognizes his research that led to methods to eradicate Asiatic
Citrus Canker, Plum Pox Virus (a disease affecting the stone fruit
industry), and Citrus Tristeza (CIV).
5. In March, 2002, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a bill
resulting in Dr. Gottwald's scientific research findings on canker
spread being translated into law to support the joint State/Federal
citrus canker eradication program.
6. Dr. Gottwald, through spatial and spatio-temporal
analysis, which resulted in his award as "Fellow of the American
Phytopathological Society" in 1999, has developed the sentinel tree
survey method used by USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) throughout Florida to detect new outbreaks of
citrus canker. His epidemiological findings and the Sentinel Tree
Survey Method form the scientific and operational basis on which
the citrus canker eradication program is based.
7. Additionally, Dr. Gottwald is recognized for his efforts
to develop a hierarchical survey method that is used in eradication
programs for CTV in California as well as in other countries, and
is also used in 36 states in the United States and in Canada for
Plum Pox Virus (PPV) detection surveys. Dr. Gottwald's analyses of
the spread and attenuated nature of citrus bacterial spot helped
lead to deregulation of the disease by state and federal regulatory
agencies and earned him the American Phytopathological Society's
Lee M. Hutchins Award in 1994.
8. Early in his career, Dr. Gottwald's demonstration that
late season pecan scab infections were cosmetic and did not lower
yield or quality, has remained the basis of the pecan disease
control program for 19 years, resulting in an estimated savings to
the industry of approximately $3.6 million/year and deleted several
sprays per year thus reducing pesticide impact to the environment.
9. This Board believes Dr. Tim Gottwald should be commended
for his
outstanding
service
and National
recognition
as
Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year by the United
States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research
Service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, as follows:
1. This Board does hereby commend Dr. Tim Gottwald for his
outstanding service and National recognition as the Distinguished
Senior Research Scientist of the Year by the United States
Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service;
among many other awards.
2. A copy of this resolution shall be presented to Dr. Tim
Gottwald as a token of this Board's appreciation for his many
accomplishments throughout the year.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2005.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMI~SIONERS
ST. LUCIE/COUNTY, F~RIDA
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