The Nicolas Appert Award has been awarded every year since 1942 by the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists.
Given for lifetime and consistent achievement in food technology, it is named after Nicolas Appert, the French inventor of airtight food preservation.
Award winners receive a bronze medal with a front view of Appert from the Chicago Section of IFT and a USD 5000 honorarium from IFT. This is considered one of the highest honors in food technology.
Want to Nominate a Member?
The nominee must have made consistent and essentially lifetime contributions to food science and technology. Factors of personality or achievement outside the field of food technology cannot be considered.
Nominations are managed by IFT and more information can be found on IFT’s Nicolas Appert Award page.
Past Award Recipients
- 1943 – Samuel C. Prescott
- 1944 – C.E. Browne
- 1945 – A.W. Bitting
- 1946 – C.H.Bailey
- 1947 – C. Olin Ball
- 1948 – C.A. Elvehjem
- 1949 – Roy C. Newton
- 1950 – Thomas M. Rector
- 1951 – A.E. Stevenson
- 1952 – Edward M. Chace
- 1953 – Victor Conquest
- 1954 – Charles N. Frey
- 1955 – Charles G. King
- 1956 – Bernard E. Proctor
- 1957 – Emil M. Mrak
- 1958 – William F. Geddes
- 1959 – Berton S. Clark
- 1960 – Ernst H. Wiegand
- 1961 – Helmut C. Diehl
- 1962 – Arnold Kent Balls
- 1963 – Karl F. Meyer
- 1964 – Gail M. Dack
- 1965 – Harold W. Schultz
- 1966 – Maynard A. Josly
- 1967 – Michael J. Copley
- 1968 – Donald K. Tressler
- 1969 – Edwin M. Foster
- 1970 – Samuel A. Goldblith
- 1971 – Reid T. Milner
- 1972 – John C. Ayres
- 1973 – Hans Lineweaver
- 1974 – George F. Stewart
- 1975 – Ernest J. Briskey
- 1976 – Amihud Kramer
- 1977 – Richard L. Hall
- 1978 – Jasper Guy Woodroof
- 1979 – F.J. Francis
- 1980 – Evan F. Binkerd
- 1981 – Bernard S. Schweigert
- 1982 – Clinton O. Chichester
- 1983 – Steven S. Chang
- 1984 – John J. Powers
- 1985 – Alina S. Szczesniak
- 1986 – Marcus Karel
- 1987 – Elmer H. Marth
- 1988 – Owen R. Fennema
- 1989 – Fergus M. Clydesdale
- 1990 – Myron Solberg
- 1991 – Raymond J. Moshy
- 1992 – Irving J. Pflug
- 1993 – Wilbur A. Gould
- 1994 – Roy L. Whistler
- 1995 – Philip E. Nelson
- 1996 – Michael P. Doyle
- 1997 – H. C. Rudolf Heiss
- 1998 – Theodore P. Labuza
- 1999 – Robert G. Cassens
- 2000 – Aaron L. Brody
- 2001 – Adolph S. (Al) Clausi
- 2002 – Daniel F. Farkas
- 2003 – Dietrich Knorr
- 2004 – Larry R. Beuchat
- 2005 – Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
- 2006 – George E. Inglett
- 2007 – Todd R. Klaenhammer
- 2008 – Gilbert A. Leveille
- 2009 – Daryl Lund
- 2010 – R. Paul Singh
- 2011 – Dr. Malcolm Bourne
- 2012 – Casimir Akoh
- 2013 – Kenneth R. Swartzel
- 2014 – Patrick Dunne
- 2015 – Stephen Taylor
- 2016 – E. Allen Foegeding
- 2017 – Jozef Kokini
- 2018 – Dennis R. Heldman
- 2019 – Dr. Julian McClements
- 2020 – José M. Aguilera
- 2021 – Eric Decker
- 2022 – Michael Eskin
- 2023 – Fereidoon Shahidi
- 2024 – Harjinder Singh, Ph.D.
- 2025 – Levente Diosady, Ph.D.
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