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| 2006/07 | Milda Embuscado | McCormick and Co. Inc. |
| 2005/06 | Thomas Laaman | Guaranteed Gums |
| 2004/05 | Kerry Huber | University of Idaho |
| 2003/04 | Donald Thompson | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2002/03 | Yonas Gizaw | Procter and Gamble Co. |
| 2001/02 | Mohamed Obanni | Imagine Foods |
| 2000/01 | Bruce Hamaker | Purdue Univeristy |
| 1999/00 | Phil Olinger | Cultur Vigo |
| 1998/99 | Craig Hoppe | Rhodia Foods |
| 1997/98 | David S. Jackson | University of Nebraska |
| 1996/97 | Thomas E. Laullen | National Starch and Chemical Co. |
| 1995/96 | Massuud Kazemazadeh | Buhler, Inc. |
| 1994/95 | Horce D. Graham | Univeristy of Puerto Rico |
| 1993/94 | James N. BeMiller | Purdue University |
| 1992/93 | Mary An Godshall | Sugar Processing Res. Inst., Inc. |
| 1991/92 | Ralph D. Waniska | Texas A&M |
| 1990/91 | Robert J. Anderson | Grain Processing Corp. |
| 1989/90 | Paul A. Seib | Kansas State University |
| 1988/89 | Eugenia Davis | University of Minnesota |
| 1997/88 | Darrell Medcalf | Kraft, Inc |
| 1986/87 | Arfred Olson | USDA |
| 1985/86 | Bob Rohwer | Grain Processing Corp. |
| 1984/85 | G. Norris Bollenback | The Sugar Association |
| 1983/84 | Robin Saunders | USDA-DEA |
| 1982/83 | Paul Hansen | Ohio State University |
| 1981/82 | Paul Smith | National Starch and Chemical Co. |
| 1980/81 | David Lineback | North Carolina State University |
| 1979/80 | Lamartine Hoods | Cornell University |
| 1978/79 | George Inglett | USDA/NRRC |
| 1977/78 | Elizabeth Osman | University of Iowa |
| 1976/77 | Ed Wardrinp | Clinton Corn Processing Co. |
| 1975/76 | Ralph Sands | Anderson Clayton, Inc |
| 1974/75 | A. Jerome Ganz | Hercules, Inc |
| 1973/74 | Martin Glickman | General Mills |
| 1972/73 | Don Westcott | U. S. Army Natick Labs |
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