Leopold Center founding director Keeney honored by University of Wisconsin

Dennis Keeney was recently honored by the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with a Distinguished Alumni Award for lifetime achievements in scholarship, leadership and public service. His career accomplishments included serving as the founding director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University (1988-1999), where he established a nationally recognized model for integrating science and policy that drove meaningful change in agricultural systems and promoted Aldo Leopold’s concept of land health.