Wiedenmann Receives Purdue Alumni Award
Dr. Robert Wiedenmann, entomology department head
Robert N. Wiedenmann, professor and head of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s department of entomology, was named the recipient of the 2012 John V. Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Entomology from Purdue University.
Wiedenmann received his doctoral degree in 1990. He was presented the alumni award Oct. 12 at Purdue, where he gave a seminar to the department of entomology on "The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Ideas."
This year's award ceremony coincided with the celebration of the centennial of Purdue's entomology department.
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