Current Officers
Awards Committee ChairRusty Nelson
SuperValu
rusty.a.nelson@supervalu.com Education Committee Chair
Tonya Schoenfuss
University of Minnesota
612-624-3090
tschoenf@umn.eduMacy Award Committee Chair
Scholarship Committee Chair
Dana Dronen
General Mills
dana.dronen@genmills.com
Nominations Deadline Dec 31st, 2010
2011 Macy Award Description
The Minnesota Section of IFT is seeking nominations for suitable candidates from all IFT sections for the 2011 Harold Macy Food Science and Technology Award.
The award, established in 1981, is given annually to recognize an outstanding example of food technology transfer or cooperation between scientists or technologists in any two of the following settings: academic, government, and private industry. The purpose of the award is to advance the profession and practice of food technology and to honor Harold Macy, former Dean Emeritus of the University of Minnesota and a Founding Member of IFT. The award consists of a plaque, $2500 honorarium and travel expenses. The awardee will be invited to address the Minnesota Section at the annual Macy Award meeting to be held in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Previous recipients of this award are: Harold Macy, E.M. Foster, Gary H. Richardson, Robert Pearl, Joseph C. Olson, Jr., Norman E. Olson, Howard Bauman, Philip E. Nelson, Rose Marie Pangborn, Arnold E. Denton, John J. Powers, Peter Barton Hutt, George E. Inglett, Kenneth R. Swartzel, James N. BeMiller, Elaine R. Wedrel, Daniel Y.C. Fung, W. James Harper and Keith Ito, Jozef Kokini, Stephen L. Taylor, Robert J. Price, Rich Linton, David B. Min, Gary List, John Surak, Donald Kramer, Richard Hartel and most recently Kevin Keener.
The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2010. Completed nomination forms should be submitted via Email (preferred), regular mail or Fax to: Dr. Lamin S. Kassama, Chair of the Macy Award Committee, Food and Nutrition Department HERH 223, University of Wisconsin-Stout, 415-10th Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751. USA. Phone: (715) 232-1623, Fax: (715) 232-2317 Email: KassamaL@uwstout.edu.
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