Alumni in Agricultural Halls of Fame
Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame
Established in 1960, the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame honours and celebrates Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to the Agriculture and Food industries. Many OAC alumni have been the recipients of this national honour:
| Year | Name & Graduating Class |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Robert W. Wade 1905 |
| 1962 | Robert M. Holtby 1886 |
| 1962 | Walter D. Jackson 1909 |
| 1962 | William R. Motherwell 1881 |
| 1963 | Herbert H. Hannam 1926 |
| 1963 | Percy H. Moore 1910 |
| 1964 | G.S. Horace Barton 1907 |
| 1964 | George E. Day 1893 |
| 1966 | William J. Rutherford 1903 |
| 1967 | John J.E. McCague 1921 |
| 1971 | Ernest Charles Drury 1900 |
| 1971 | William P. Watson 1928 |
| 1972 | John Arthur Carroll 1914 |
| 1972 | William Robert Reek 1910 |
| 1973 | Erle Kitchen 1910 |
| 1974 | Charles A. Zavitz 1888 |
| 1975 | William R. Graham 1894 |
| 1976 | George E. Raithby 1922 |
| 1977 | Leonard H. Newman 1903 |
| 1978 | Helen May McKercher 1930 |
| 1983 | Frederick M. Campbell 1938 |
| 1984 | Edward T. McLaughlin 1937 |
| 1986 | F.W. Presant 1923 |
| 1990 | G.F. Townsend 1938 |
| 1991 | J. Clarence Rennie 1947 |
| 1993 | Everett Biggs 1948 |
| 1996 | Robert Hardy Shore 1951 |
| 1998 | Clayton Switzer 1951 |
| 1999 | George R. McLaughlin 1946 |
| 2001 | Charles Gracey 1958 |
| 2004 | John E. Moles 1936 |
| 2005 | Byron E. Beeler 1963 |
| 2006 | Peter Hannam 1962 |
| 2009 | Robb Gowe 1945 |
| 2010 | Bertram Stewart 1954 |
| 2010 | Hon. Lyle Vanclief 1966 |
| 2013 | John Wise 1956A |
| 2013 | Donald Ziraldo 1971 |
Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame
On a provincial level, the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame opened June 1st, 1980 with the induction of nine pioneer agriculturists, three of them graduates from OAC. Since that time, many more OAC alumni have been presented with this honour in recognition of their significant contributions to the welfare and improvement of Ontario agriculture.
| Year | Name & Graduating Class |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Stewart A. Brown 1947 |
| 1980 | James A. Garner 1923 |
| 1980 | Herbert H. Hannam 1926 |
| 1981 | David A. Jones 1966 |
| 1982 | William H. Bell 1915 |
| 1982 | George I. Christie 1902 |
| 1982 | Douglas H. Hart 1922 |
| 1983 | T. Richard Hilliard 1940 |
| 1983 | Joseph E. Johnson 1919 |
| 1983 | Alexander R. Stewart 1899 |
| 1984 | Watson H. Porter 1911 |
| 1984 | George E. Raithby 1922 |
| 1986 | William Graham 1894 |
| 1986 | Alexander McKinney IV 1961 |
| 1986 | Edmund F. Palmer 1913 |
| 1986 | Alma J. Wagg 1900 |
| 1988 | Helen May McKercher 1930 |
| 1988 | George N. Runke 1923 |
| 1989 | Ernest C. Drury 1900 |
| 1990 | John J. E. McCague 1921 |
| 1991 | Elliot Irwin McLoughry 1922 |
| 1991 | Osborne L. Sager 1925 |
| 1991 | Harold W.M Smith 1916 |
| 1992 | John A. Dalrymple 1935 |
| 1993 | Lawrence McKay Kerr 1929 |
| 1994 | George Stuart Atkins 1939 |
| 1994 | George A. McCague 1928 |
| 1996 | James Ross Cavers 1929 |
| 1998 | Arthur H. K. Musgrave 1920 |
| 1998 | Douglas Lyle Parks 1940 |
| 1999 | A. Mac Cuddy 1942 |
| 2001 | Ken Lantz 1945 |
| 2002 | Gordon Bennett 1943 |
| 2002 | Oliver Bradt 1938 |
| 2002 | Rick Richards 1938 |
| 2002 | George Early 1960 (Ridgetown) |
| 2002 | Donald M. Shaver 1995 |
| 2003 | George McLaughlin 1946 |
| 2004 | Tom E. Chudleigh 1963 |
| 2004 | Alex F. Henry 1951 |
| 2004 | Donald N. Huntley 1941 |
| 2004 | Francis Redelmeier 1941, 1945 |
| 2005 | Brian S. Ellsworth 1959 |
| 2005 | Murray Gaunt 1956 |
| 2005 | Garnet A. Ralph 1947 (Kemptville) |
| 2005 | Clayton M. Switzer 1951 |
| 2006 | Harvey J. Brown 1963 |
| 2006 | Keith R. Collver 1949 |
| 2006 | Ross W. Irwin 1951 |
| 2006 | George E. Jones 1950 |
| 2006 | J. Stanley Knapp 1914 |
| 2006 | W. Stanley Young 1949 |
| 2008 | Paul Ekstein 1954A |
| 2013 | Arthur Bennett 1951 |
| 2013 | John (Jack) James 1972 |
| 2013 | John Oliver 1961 |
| 2014 | Art Bolton 1955 |
| 2014 | Gordon Surgeoner 1971, 1973 |
| 2015 | D. Murray Brown 1951, 1953 |
| 2015 | Peter Hannam 1962 |
| 2015 | Peter M. Lindley 1957 |
| 2015 | Donald W. Lobb 1960 (Ridgetown) |
| 2016 | William (Bill) L. Campbell 1955 |
| 2016 | Bruce Christie 1958A |
| 2016 | Graeme W. Hedley 1964 |
| 2016 | Tom Sawyer 1959A, 1964 |
| 2017 | John (Jack) Riddell 1952A, 1957 |
| 2017 | John (Jack) Charles Steckley 1906A, 1911 |
| 2020 | John Curtis, BSA ’59 and M.Sc. ’65 |
| 2020 | Murray Mills, BSA ’55 |
| 2020 | Brian Little, ADA ’67, B.Sc.(Agr.) ’72, M.Sc. ’78 |
| 2021 | Peter Sikkema |