The Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award has been issued every year since 1997. It is awarded to a member of the Institute of Food Technologists

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 has pursued humanitarian ideals and unselfish dedication to the well-being of the food

Food

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 industry, academia

Academia

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, students, or the general public. The award is named for Elizabeth Fleming Stier (1925-1995), a food science

Food science

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 professor at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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 who became the first female award winner of IFT when she won the William V. Cruess Award

William V. Cruess Award

The William V. Cruess Award has been awarded every year since 1970. It is awarded for excellence in teaching in food science and technology and is the only award in which student members in the Institute of Food Technologists can nominate. This award is named after William V...

 in 1974.

Award winners receive a USD 3000 honorarium

Honorarium

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 from the IFT New York Section and a plaque from IFT.

Winners

Year	Winner(s)
1997	Nell I. Mondy
1998	Ruth M. Patrick
1999	Arnold E. Denton
2000	Joe M. Regenstein
2001	Paul Jelen
2002	Carol Cooper
2003	Alfred A. Bushway
2004	Barbara Rasco
2005	George J. Flick, Jr.
2006	Lynn G. Turner
2007	Susan Kay Hall McWatters
2008	Donald Kramer
2009	Rakesh K. Singh
2010	No award given