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DATE:      11/3/00
CONTACT:   Gene Cornett, (864) 277-4482
WRITER:    Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741

Mt. Pleasant doctor awarded
The Order of the Palmetto

     GREENVILLE -- A Charleston area physician who is a force behind
agricultural medicine programs was awarded the state's highest 
civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto, on Nov. 3.
     Dr. Stanley Schuman received the award from former Lt. Gov. 
Nick Theodore during a banquet at the Embassy Suites in Greenville.
     Dr. Gene Cornett, president of the S.C. Cattlemen's Association,
nominated Schuman.
     "It was my sincere honor to recommend Dr. Schuman, physician,
teacher, educator and humanitarian, for this most prestigious 
award," said Cornett.  
     Schuman is a professor of Family Medicine and Epidemiology at 
the Medical University of South Carolina. He is recognized 
nationally as an expert in agricultural medicine.
     In 1984, Schuman led the initiative to develop and implement 
the South Carolina Agromedicine Program, a cooperative program 
between Clemson University and the Medical University of South 
Carolina (MUSC). This was the first program of its kind in the 
United States. 
     Schuman laid the foundation for other states to establish 
their own agromedicine programs based on the South Carolina 
model.
     In 1986, Schuman organized the Southern Agromedicine 
Consortium, an affiliation of faculty from land grant colleges 
and medical schools to promote cooperation between agriculture 
and medicine. In 1995, it became the Agromedical Consortium, 
a national organization.      
     In 1991, Schuman further strengthened the S.C. Agromedicine
Program by reaching out to grassroots farm and medical constituents 
to create a statewide network of consulting physicians. These
physicians serve their communities and the Clemson Extension 
Service as local resources on agricultural medicine, giving farm 
and health-related seminars to medical personnel, farm families
and community organizations. They also provide updates to the 
monthly Agromedicine Programs newsletter.
     In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree 
from Clemson University.
     Schuman is founder and editor of the Journal of Agromedicine,
co-author of Agromedicine: The Rural Practitioner's Guide to
Agromedicine and co-author of A User's Guide to Agromedicine: The 
South Carolina Model.
     He and his wife, Joanna, reside in Mt. Pleasant.
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