Minnesota Section recognizes Heldman with Macy award

The Minnesota Section of IFT has awarded Dennis Heldman the 2017 Harold Macy Food Science and Technology Award. Heldman will receive a plaque, $2,500 honorarium, and travel expenses to address the Minnesota Section at the annual Macy Award meeting to be held in Minneapolis–St. Paul in March. The award, established in 1981, is given annually to recognize an outstanding example of food technology transfer or cooperation between scientists in academic, government, and private industry. The award honors Harold Macy, former dean emeritus of the University of Minnesota and a founding member of IFT.

Heldman was awarded BS (1960) and MS (1962) degrees from The Ohio State University, and a PhD (1965) from Michigan State University. He has held positions at Michigan State University, Campbell Soup Co., the National Food Processors Association, University of Missouri and Rutgers, and The State University of New Jersey. Currently, he is professor emeritus at University of Missouri, adjunct professor of food engineering at the University of California – Davis, and a consultant in Mason, Ohio. Heldman is a member, Fellow, and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists.