Purdue Department of Animal Sciences honors T. W. Perry, PhD, PAS, as a distinguished alumni in November 2008. The Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences presented six individuals with the 2008 Distinguished Animal Sciences Alumni Awards at an awards ceremony that took place on November 21, 2008, on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. 

“The distinguished alumni program provides an opportunity for the animal sciences department to honor outstanding alumni and provides our students with an opportunity to learn how alumni have led successful careers," said department head Alan Grant. "We look forward to honoring these alumni for their outstanding achievements.”

One of the three recipients of the Lifetime Career Award was ARPAS member T. W. Perry: 

Tilden Wayne Perry, PhD, PAS, of Van Buren, Arkansas. Perry earned his master’s degree in 1948 and doctorate in 1950, both in animal sciences from Purdue. He spent 43 years serving the Purdue Department of Animal Sciences in research and teaching. Perry’s accomplishments include 150 published abstracts, 161 scientific papers, 323 departmental publications, and four university textbooks. He was a charter member of ARPAS and served as secretary (1984–1989), treasurer (1984–1993), editor (1984–1989), and historian (1994–2004). Perry served on the National Academy of Science/National Research Council Committee on Animal Nutrition, and was active in the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and the editorial board of the Journal of Animal Science. Perry has earned three ASAS awards for his work, including the Gustav Bohstedt Award for Minerals (1978), American Feed Industry Nutrition Research Award (1980), and the F. B. Morrison Award (1990). He was inducted into AFIA’s Liquid Feed Hall of Fame in 2004 and has been referred to as the “father of liquid supplements for cattle.”