Louis R. D’Abramo, Ph.D. ’71, HD’96

Lou received the College’s Outstanding Achevement Award in 1996 and was awarded an honorary degree from the College the same year.

Lou received the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award, the highest honor in faculty research, from Mississippi State University in March 2007. He is a professor and aquaculture biologist in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries professor at MSU, where he has worked since 1984. The Powe award annually recognizes faculty researchers making important contributions to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the university, state, and nation.

His primary research interests are the aquaculture of freshwater and marine organisms, with a goal to develop sustainable commercial production practices based on the wise use of natural resources and environmental stewardship.

Lou is past president of the World Aquaculture Society, the largest in the world, and in 2003 was awarded the Society’s highest honor—the Exemplary Service Medal—for his work in promoting aquaculture research and advancing the knowledge of sustainable aquaculture practices worldwide. Only eight people have received this award since its founding in 1970. In 2003 he was also named a distinguished professor at MSU, the highest distinction awarded to a faculty member.

Lou has made commendable contributions to his profession through teaching, researching, publishing, lecturing, and serving on various committees. He earned a M.S. and Ph.D. from Yale and was inducted to the Assumption's Alumni-Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980. He is married and has two children.

Last updated 12/17/07