Nicolas Appert Award


The Nicolas Appert Award is awarded by the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists for preeminence in and contributions to the field of food technology. The award has been given annually since 1942 and is named after Nicolas Appert, the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Award winners receive a bronze medal with a front view of Appert and a $5000 honorarium. This is considered one of the highest honors in food technology.

Winners

Source:
YearWinner
1942William Vere Cruess
1943Samuel C. Prescott
1944Charles Albert Browne, Jr.
1945A.W. Bitting
1946C.H. Bailey
1947C. Olin Ball
1948C.A. Elvenhjem
1949Roy C. Newton
1950Thomas M. Rector
1951A.E. Stevenson
1952Edward M. Chace
1953Victor M. Conquest
1954Charles N. Frey
1955Charles Glen King
1956Bernard E. Proctor
1957Emil M. Mrak
1958William F. Geddes
1959Berton S. Clark
1960Ernest H. Wiegand
1961Helmut C. Diehl
1962Arnold Kent Balls
1963Karl F. Meyer
1964Gail M. Dack
1965Harold W. Schultz
1966Maynard A. Joslyn
1967Michael J. Copley
1968Donald K. Tressler
1969Edwin M. Foster

YearWinner
1970Samuel A. Goldblith
1971Reid T. Milner
1972John C. Ayres
1973Hans Linweaver
1974George F. Stewart
1975Ernest J. Briskey
1976Amihud Kramer
1977Richard L. Hall
1978Jasper G. Woodroof
1979Frederick J. Francis
1980Evan C. Binkerd
1981Bernard S. Schweigert
1982Clinton O. Chichester
1983Stephen S. Chang
1984John J. Powers
1985Alina S. Szczesniak
1986Marcus Karel
1987Elmer H. Marth
1988Owen R. Fennema
1989Fergus M. Clydesdale
1990Myron Solberg
1991Raymond J. Moshy
1992Irving J. Pflug
1993Wilbur A. Gould
1994Roy L. Whistler
1995Philip E. Nelson
1996Michael P. Doyle
1997H.C. Rudolph Heiss

YearWinner
1998Theodore P. Labuza
1999Robert G. Cassens
2000Aaron L. Brody
2001Adolph S. Clausi
2002Daniel F. Farkas
2003Dietrich Knorr
2004Larry R. Beuchat
2005Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas
2006George E. Inglett
2007Todd R. Klaenhammer
2008Gilbert A. Leveille
2009Daryl B. Lund
2010R. Paul Singh
2011Dr. Malcolm Bourne
2012Casimir Akoh
2013Kenneth R. Swartzel
2014C. Patrick Dunne
2015Stephen Taylor
2016E. Allen Foegeding
2017Jozef L. Kokini