Agent Corrie Bowen recently received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents during their Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference held in Salt Lake City, UT.

This award is given to Agents with more than 10 years of service in Cooperative Extension and have exhibited excellence in the field of Extension Education. This award is only presented to 2% of the County Extension Educators in Texas each year.

Bowen has served as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent in Wharton County since 2012. Throughout his eighteen year career he has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the areas of beef cattle, row crops, rice, wheat, animal issues, emergency management, and new landowner education.

He received AgriLife’s Superior Service Award in 2012 and the Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence in 2013. Bowen received his bachelor’s degree from Tarleton State University and his master’s degree from Texas Tech University.