Dr. Milan P. Shipka

Professor of Animal Science and
Director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Emeritus

WHEREAS Dr. Milan P. Shipka has served the University of Alaska Fairbanks with distinction in teaching, research and service from 1999 to 2020; and

WHEREAS Dr. Shipka has taught multiple animal science courses and pioneered a sustainable agriculture course; and he taught dozens of Cooperative Extension Service courses in animal care; and

WHEREAS Dr. Shipka is a recognized authority in the field of reproductive physiology of ruminant animals, with a particular expertise in reindeer developed after arriving in Alaska following an already successful career in the U.S. West and Midwest; and he has published two book chapters, twenty-five peer-reviewed articles and eighteen abstracts, as well as numerous articles and video productions for lay audiences; and he has been extraordinarily successful in obtaining research grants; and

WHEREAS Dr. Shipka has organized and presented at numerous conferences on animal care; and he has advised and mentored many undergraduate students, and has participated on numerous graduate student committees and has served as major professor for three; and in recent years he took on multiple leadership and administrative roles;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of Alaska Fairbanks expresses its deep appreciation to Dr. Milan P. Shipka for his extensive contributions to the State of Alaska and to the University; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Alaska Fairbanks, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Dr. Shipka and as evidence of the University’s desire that his identification with the University be maintained, hereby confers upon Dr. Milan P. Shipka the title of Professor of Animal Science and Director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Emeritus; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the Chancellor as further evidence of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ esteem and respect for Dr. Milan P. Shipka, and conveyed to Dr. Shipka on this twenty-third day of May, 2020.