Calvert L. Willey Award
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The Calvert L. Willey Award has been awarded every year since 1989. It is awarded to a member of the Institute of Food Technologists
(IFT) who displayed meritorious and imaginative service to IFT. The award is named for Calvert L. Willey
(1920-1994) who served as Executive Secretary and later Executive Director from 1961 until his retirement in 1987. Willey was given a distinguished service award by IFT at the 1987 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada
. This distinguished service award would be named in his honor and presented for the first time as an annual award at the 1989 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first IFT Award to be named for a living person.
Award winners receive an USD 3000 honorarium and a plaque from IFT.
Institute of Food Technologists
The Institute of Food Technologists or IFT is an international, non-profit professional organization for the advancement of food science and technology. It is the largest of food science organizations in the world, encompassing 22,000 members worldwide as of 2006. It is referred to as "THE Society...
(IFT) who displayed meritorious and imaginative service to IFT. The award is named for Calvert L. Willey
Calvert L. Willey
Calvert L. Willey was the second Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists, serving in that manner from 1961 until his 1987 retirement.-Early career:...
(1920-1994) who served as Executive Secretary and later Executive Director from 1961 until his retirement in 1987. Willey was given a distinguished service award by IFT at the 1987 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. This distinguished service award would be named in his honor and presented for the first time as an annual award at the 1989 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first IFT Award to be named for a living person.
Award winners receive an USD 3000 honorarium and a plaque from IFT.
Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Calvert L. Willey Calvert L. Willey Calvert L. Willey was the second Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists, serving in that manner from 1961 until his 1987 retirement.-Early career:... |
| 1989 | Ben F. Buchanan |
| 1990 | Aaron E. Wasserman Aaron E. Wasserman Aaron E. Wasserman was an American food scientist whose career started out in the medical field in microbiology, then evolved into research with the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service into food chemistry... |
| 1991 | Elwood F. Caldwell |
| 1992 | Miguel Jimenez |
| 1993 | Alan J. Post |
| 1994 | André Bolaffi |
| 1995 | Charles A. Becker Charles A. Becker Charles A. Becker was an American food scientist who was a tireless contributor to the Institute of Food Technologists .-College and career:... |
| 1996 | Gale R. Ammerman |
| 1997 | Walter R. Clark |
| 1998 | Charles J. Bates Charles J. Bates Charles J. Bates was an American food scientist who was involved in the development of baking formulas for angel food and devil's food cake, then later developed high fructose corn syrup sweetener for Coca-Cola... |
| 1999 | Isabel D. Wolf |
| 2000 | Dee M. Graham |
| 2001 | Daniel E. Weber Daniel E. Weber Daniel E. Weber was the fourth Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists , serving in that manner from 1991 until his 2003 retirement.-Early career:... |
| 2002 | Elizabeth Larmond |
| 2003 | Francis F. Busta |
| 2004 | Charles H. Manley |
| 2005 | Bruce R. Stillings |
| 2006 | Pamela D. Tom |
| 2007 | William D. Davidson |
| 2008 | Neil H. Mermelstein |
| 2009 | Mary K. Wagner |
| 2010 | Margaret Lawson |