The Samuel Cate Prescott Award has been awarded since 1964 by 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) in Chicago, Illinois. It is awarded to food science

Food science

Food science is a study concerned with all technical aspects of foods, beginning with harvesting or slaughtering, and ending with its cooking and consumption, an ideology commonly referred to as "from field to fork"...

 or technology

Food technology

Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...

 researchers who are under 36 years of age or who earned their highest degree within ten years before July 1 of the year the award is presented. This award is named for Samuel Cate Prescott

Samuel Cate Prescott

Samuel Cate Prescott was an American food scientist and microbiologist who was involved in the development of food safety, food science, public health, and industrial microbiology.-Early life:...

 (1872-1962), a food science professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

 who was also the first president of IFT.

Award winners receive a plaque from IFT and a USD 3000 honorarium

Honorarium

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Winners

Year	Winner
1964	Edgar Allan Day
1965	Ernest J. Briskey Ernest J. Briskey Ernest Joseph Briskey was an American food scientist who was involved in the biological studies on meat tissue during the slaughtering process...
1966	Award not given
1967	Robert G. Cassens
1968	Herbert O. Hultin
1969	Harry Y. Yamamoto
1970	Steven R. Tannenbaum
1971	Darrel E. Goll
1972	Theodore P. Labuza
1973	Norman F. Haard
1974	Thomas W. Keenan
1975	Anthony J. Sinskey
1976	Lowell D. Satterlee
1977	Larry R. Beuchat
1978	James M. Flink
1979	Award not given
1980	John W. Erdman, Jr.
1981	Paul A. Carroad
1982	R. Paul Singh
1983	Jesse F. Gregory III
1984	Henry K. Leung
1985	Barbara O. Schneeman
1986	Jozef L. Kokini
1987	Michael P. Doyle
1988	James J. Pestka
1989	Todd R. Klaenhammer
1990	Carl A. Batt
1991	Michael J. McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:A native of Niagara, Wisconsin, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally he attended Troy State University and Harvard University.-Career:...
1992	Shelly J. Schmidt
1993	Award not given
1994	James L. Steele
1995	Marc C. Hendrickx
1996	Kathryn L. McCarthy
1997	Eric A. Decker
1998	Casimir C. Akoh
1999	D. Julian McClements
2000	Susan L. Hefle
2001	Q. Howard Zhang
2002	Kathryn Boor
2003	Martin Wiedmann
2004	Sheryl A. Barringer
2005	Maryanne Drake
2006	Dong-Hyun Kang
2007	Jochen Weiss
2008	F. Xavier Malcata
2009	Manuel Castillo
2010	Mario Ferruzzi