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The 93rd Annual Meeting of The PAA came to an appreciative climax on August 13, 2009 with a wonderful banquet and presentation of our newest Honorary Life Members: Dennis A. Johnson, Rudra Singh, and T. Richard Tarn. Also given out was the Outstanding Paper Award to: Wayne L. Morris, Laurence J.M.  Ducreux, Glenn J. Bryan, and Mark A. Taylor for their paper "Molecular Dissection of Sensory Traits in the Potato Tuber;" the Frank L. Haynes Graduate Student Research Competition Awards to: 1st Place, Gina Greenway for her paper, "Forecasting Organic Potato Demand." 2nd Place, Calvin F. Glaspie for his paper, "Tolerance of potato mini-tubers to PRE and POST herbicide applications.” Tie for 3rd, Nicole Nichol for her paper, "Evaluation of CBF1 Transgenic Potatoes.” and Julien Pompon for his paper, “The Characterization of Solanum chomatophilum Resistance Mechanism to Aphid Potato Pests.” And 4th place to, Jose Ortega, "Premier Russet: A Source of Strain-Specific Resistance to Potato Virus Y (PVY)."