AIPL Through the years Helmer Rabild Research leader

AIPL… Through the years…

Helmer Rabild Research leader 1908 -1924 B. S. Agr. College of Denmark Organized DHI in Michigan, 1905

Inbreeding and Relationship Matrix Sewall Wright, 1922 USDA Senior Animal Husbandman 1916 -1926 Picture taken 1925 at U. of Chicago

Books, Forms Printed by USDA

Dairy Cattle Breeds AIPL Bulletin published in 1925

Electric adding machines (1925)

Cow Card - Data Storage

USDA South Building - 1932

Format 4 Postcard (305 -d lactation record) BDIM – 960 Used in 1930 s Postage paid by USDA

Format 1 Postcard (Pedigree Record) BDIM-878 Format 395 Postcard (Status of Bull) BDIM-740

DHI Records Database - 1935

Proved Sire List Volume 1, 1936

Frank Kendrick AIPL Research Leader 1938 -1961 M. S. Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University Ph. D in Public Administration, American University

Test Day Data Card 1950 s

Format 1 Pedigree Record Punched Cards – 1950’s Format 4 Lactation Record

Bob Miller AIPL Research Leader (1962)

Frank Dickinson AIPL Research Leader (1969 -1988) Picture - circa late 1970’s

Bldg 263 BARC-East, AIPL’s home from 1964 -1999

AIPL Staff, 1982

1982

1982

1982

1982

Duane Norman (1983)

Rex Powell (1983)

Frank Dickinson (1983)

AIPL researchers have authored hundreds of articles plus even an occasional book… Frank Dickinson, AIPL Research Leader (1972 -1988)

AIPL Researchers have traveled worldwide… Duane Norman in China (1986)

Frank Dickinson retirement, 1988 Martin Sieber, AIPL post-doc, 1988 -1989 Lou Waite, AIPL Computer Programming leader, 1970 -1994 Frank Dickinson, AIPL Research leader, 19691988 George Wiggans (AIPL researcher, 1978 -present) and wife, Beth

Frank and Diane Dickinson @ Frank’s AIPL Retirement Party (1988)

• Duane Norman, AIPL Research Leader, 1988 present

AIPL Receives National DHIA Award, 1991 Past and current AIPL Research Leaders recognized Frank Dickinson (1969 -1988) Duane Norman (1988 -present) Dean Plowman (1966 -1969)

USDA Distinguished service award, 1991

AIPL Staff, 1994

AIPL makes the cover….

Occasionally, AIPL Researchers get to leave the computers behind….

But, they never seem to be able to leave their numbers behind…

AIPL Computer Room (1994) Paul Van. Raden

Rex Powell, George Wiggans in the AIPL Computer Room (1994) Note “state of the art” tape drives!

Bldg 263 Noon Volleyball… a tradition for several decades (1997)

Elvis backup singers (a. k. a. AIPL researchers, 1999)

Last day at Bldg 263, Sept. 8, 1999

AIPL’s home since September, 1999 Building 005, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705

USDA Technology Transfer Award (2000)

BARC Hit by Tornado, Sept. 24, 2001

Support Scientists, 2001

AIPL Researchers, 2001

AIPL Computing Staff (2001)

AIPL Staff, 2001

AIPL staff - Always ready to celebrate! (2003)

2003

AIPL Researchers, 2004

Support Scientists, 2004

IT Staff Administrative Staff 2004

Computer room, Building 005

AIPL Staff, 2004

AIPL support scientists, on a “retreat” (2004)

BARC Field Day, 2004 Duane’s cow collection

Creating milk mustaches, BARC Field Day (2005)

AIPL Support Scientists on “Safari” (2005)

Celebrating the life of a prominent former AIPL researcher, Dr. Ben Mc. Daniel Mike Schutz, 1991 -1994 Bennet Cassell, 1975 -1980 Ben Mc. Daniel, 1960 -1972 • Note several other AIPL alumni included in picture

Farewell to Rex Powell, 33 years at AIPL

Retired, but still getting awards… Rex Powell receiving the Distinguished Service Award from Northeast ADSA-ASAS (2006)

It’s never too early to start recruiting AIPL scientists… Beltsville Elementary School Careers in Science Fair (2006)

More farewells. . 2006

2006

Good bye to Ashley Sanders (Support scientist 2001 -2006)

Current AIPL support scientists (2008) Suzanne Hubbard Jan Wright Mel Tooker Jana Hutchison Dan Null

Current AIPL IT and administrative staff (2008) Leigh Walton Lillian Bacheller Jay Megonigal Frank Ross Kim Fletcher Camera shy - Gary Fok

AIPL support scientists relaxing after the ADSA meeting (2008)

AIPL Scientists, 2008 Ready to tackle the next frontier…. .

… Genomic Predictions

Thanks to Kim Fletcher, Paul Van. Raden, Frank Ross, and other AIPL staff members, past and present, for contributions to this presentation The end