Introduction - Dr. Temple Grandin Keynotes 2010 CBSA Awards Dinner at BioWest

The CBSA had the honor of hosting CSU's Dr. Temple Grandin as the keynote presenter for its 2010 Awards Dinner at the Denver Grand Hyatt - September 29, 2010 (first six minutes posted). Dr. Grandin also received the CBSA's 2010 Chairman's Award. Dr. Grandin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her achievements are remarkable because she was an autistic child. At age two she had no speech and all the signs of severe autism. Fortunately, her mother defied the advice of the doctors and kept her out of an institution. Many hours of speech therapy, and intensive teaching enabled her to learn speech. As a teenager, life was hard with constant teasing. Mentoring by her high school science teacher and her aunt on her ranch in Arizona motivated her to study and pursue a career as a scientist and livestock equipment designer. Dr. Grandin obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College in 1970. In 1974, she was employed as Livestock Editor for the Arizona Farmer Ranchman and also worked for Corral Industries on equipment design. In 1975, she earned her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University for her work on the behavior of cattle in different squeeze chutes. Dr. Grandin was awarded her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and is currently a Professor at Colorado State University. Visit http://www.grandin.com or http://www.templegrandin.com - Video shot by John Downs for the CBSA. Visit http://www.downsmkting.com

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[COBioscience]

Hi Maria -- yes, we're sorry about the banquet noise, but we were so excited to share that Dr. Grandin was our awards banquet keynote and recipient of our Chairman's award. A great YouTube series is "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow" -- there are five parts. YouTube search "Temple Grandin" or "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow" - it's not letting me put a link in this reply.

[mariaperiwinkle]

This is my first encounter with Dr Temple Grandin. As a person with Asperger syndrome, I'm excited to see that she is very interesting, and part of that is her humour.

--I just wish that there wasn't all this cutlery clanking in the foreground