At a lunch gathering for the Agricultural Tour of Lancaster County on September 7, 2023, President Arland Hotchkis presented long-time member and PSPA leader Dr. Darryl Biery with the Gold Medal of Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.  Biery has been a member since March 1989 and served as Vice-President from 1996-1998 and President in 1999-2000.

Professionally, he trained as a resident at both Cornell University (1965-­1966) and the University of Pennsylvania (1966-­1969). Upon certification in 1969, Dr. Biery stayed at the University of Pennsylvania for a career that spanned from 1970 as an assistant professor to 2002 as full professor as well as having a dual appointment in theDepartment of Radiology and at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School from1983-­‐2003. In 2003, Dr. Biery became an emeritus professor at the University of
Pennsylvania.

His academic career spanned three decades where he published over 15 articles in Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound, some providing pivotal.