William V. Cruess Award
Partner: Northern California Section of IFT
Award Description: Honors an individual who has demonstrated excellence in teaching science of food disciplines, contributing significantly to the education and development of future leaders in the field. This award recognizes those who have not only excelled in their teaching but have also played a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of professionals who will drive IFT’s mission forward.
Award: $3,000 honorarium and a crystal award from IFT, and a bronze medal from the Northern California Section of IFT
Criteria & Eligibility: Any individual who has at least 10 years of university teaching experience at a university offering a degree in food science, food technology, or the equivalent is eligible. Courses taught by the nominee must deal directly with food science and/or food technology. Nominees should exemplify how their teaching has influenced the global food system through the development of students who are prepared to improve food for everyone, in alignment with IFT’s vision.
Nominees will be asked to upload the following:
The letters should discuss one or more of the following:
These materials should collectively reflect the nominee’s impact on students and the field of food science, demonstrating their role in advancing both the educational mission and the global food system.
2024: Clint Stevenson 2023: Rebecca Creasy 2022: Rafael Jimenez-Flores 2021: John Coupland 2020: Martha Verghese 2019: M. Monica Giusti 2018: Luis Rodriguez-Saona 2017: Soo-Yeun Lee 2016: Ronald Pegg 2015: Gabriel Keith Harris 2014: F. Xavier Malcata 2013: Mark A. Harrison 2012: Nicki Engeseth 2011: Jeff Culbertson 2010: E. Allen Foegeding 2009: Mukund Karwe 2008: Stephanie Doores 2007: Ronald Earl Wrolstad 2006: Robert L. Shewfelt |
2005: Brian E. Farkas 2004: Wayne T. Iwaoka 2003: John H. Rupnow 2002: S. Suzanne Nielsen 2001: Shelly J. Schmidt 2000: Richard D. Ludescher 1999: Karen M. Schaich 1998: Richard W. Hartel 1997: Faye M. Dong 1996: Grady W. Chism III 1995: John B. Allred 1994: Peggy M. Foegeding 1993: Michael E. Mangino 1992: Daniel E. Carroll, Jr. 1991: Paul A. Lachance 1990: James W. Berry 1989: Howard A. Morris 1988: Mark A. Uebersax |
1987: J. Ian Gray 1986: John W. Erdman, Jr. 1985: Norman N. Potter 1984: C. Anton Ernstrom 1983: James L. Oblinger 1982: John J. Powers 1981: Richard L. Merson 1980: Roy Arnold 1979: Theodore P. Labuza 1978: Owen R. Fennema 1977: Rose Marie Pangborn 1976: Fergus M. Clydesdale 1975: Charles M. Stine 1974: Elizabeth F. Stier 1973: John R. Whitaker 1972: Edward E. Burns 1971: Clifford E. Samuels 1970: Marcus Karel |