{"id":54947,"date":"2017-01-11T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T01:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=54947"},"modified":"2019-02-27T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T23:59:57","slug":"innovative-nurseryman-and-significant-entomologist-will-recieve-top-honors-from-ctahr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/11\/innovative-nurseryman-and-significant-entomologist-will-recieve-top-honors-from-ctahr\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative nurseryman and significant entomologist will receive top honors from CTAHR<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Eric Tanouye and Ernest Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anthurium grower Eric Tanouye<\/strong> and retired USDA<\/abbr> entomologist Ernest J. Harris<\/strong> have been selected to receive the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’<\/a> top honors for 2017.<\/p>\n

Tanouye, president and general manager of Green Point Nurseries<\/a> on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, will receive the Ka Lei Hano Award for his support of the college and agriculture in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. He is an important partner with the college in developing new flower varieties and in providing scholarship support for students. He is a founder and the president of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Floriculture and Nursery Association and a valuable member of the CTAHR<\/abbr> dean’s advisory council.<\/p>\n

Harris has been named Outstanding Alumnus for developing breakthrough methods to control fruit flies, a major agricultural pest. His male annihilation, sterile release, and biological control techniques have been widely adopted in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and around the world. Harris, who earned his PhD<\/abbr> in entomology from CTAHR<\/abbr> in 1975, is also the recipient of a 2016 Congressional Gold Medal for breaking racial barriers as one of the first black marines.<\/p>\n

“Both men apply intelligence, creativity and commitment to addressing the challenges facing agriculture in the Islands,” said Rachel Novotny<\/strong>, interim dean of the college. “Their innovative contributions have had profound and lasting impacts on the industry in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

The two men will be honored at CTAHR<\/abbr>’s 29th Annual Awards Banquet on May 5 at Pomaikaʻi<\/span> Ballrooms in Honolulu. Visit the banquet website<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two men will be honored at CTAHR<\/abbr>’s 29th Annual Awards Banquet on May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,212,9],"class_list":["post-54947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54947"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91571,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54947\/revisions\/91571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}