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Published on: 8/19/2003
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The Distinguished Service Award was conferred on Keith S. Williamson of Sonoco Products Co. of North Carolina to acknowledge his exceptional service and activities on behalf of ASP.Mr. Williamson is well known in the industry as the Business Unit Manager for Agricultural Films in the High Density Film Products Division of Sonoco.He has been with the company for the past twelve years.His background includes 15 years farming with his father and brother at Oaklyn Plantation in Darlington, SC after his Army service.He received his bachelor's degree in French from Davidson College, Davidson, NC, and after study at Cornell University in agricultural economics, went on to earn a Master of Agriculture degree with a concentration in economics from North Carolina State University.He also achieved an MBA degree from Stanford University in California after building experience on the family farm.
As a long-time supporter of ASP, Keith has been a member of practically every Society committee.He served on the Board of Directors and moved through the ranks of officers until elected president of the Board for the inter-Congress period spanning 1999 and 2000.During that term, ASP hosted the 15th International Ag Plastics Congress as a joint Congress in Hershey, Pennsylvania in the year 2000.Most recently, he has served on the Past Presidents' Foundation Committee.
As ASP considered its future at the last Congress, Keith was a passionate spokesman for the value the organization brings to its members and the industry.He continues to be an outstanding example of the leadership and dedicated service that has made ASP the leader in the field of plastics applications for crop production systems.
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Michael D. Orzolek of Penn State University chaired the committee this year, with help from Keith S. Williamson of Sonoco Products; Otho S. Wells, retired from the University of New Hampshire, and William Lamont, Jr. of Penn State.
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