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​​Awards

Cereals & Grains Association has a long history of honoring the members and supporters who support the efforts of our association and the cereal grain science industry, helping drive the science behind 77% of the world's diet forward. The following individuals have won awards since the establishment of our organization nearly 100 years ago. We welcome you to explore and celebrate their achievements with us.

Alsberg-French Schoch Memorial Award

This award recognizes individuals who have made distinguished contributions to fundamental starch science.

• Alsberg-French Schoch Memorial Awardees

  1967	William Whelan	1970	Roy Whistler
  1972	Carlyle Caldwell	1974	Dexter French
  1976	Rudolph Sandstedt	1978	C. Greenwood
  1980	Ziro Nikuni	1982	N. Badenhuizen
  1984	David Manners	1986	Otto Wurzburg
  1988	Christiane Mercier	1990	Jack Preiss
  1991	Susumu Hizukur	1993	William Doane
  1995	Keiji Kainuma	1997	James BeMiller
  1999	Paul Seib	2001	John Robyt
  2003	Alain Buleon	2005	Jay-lin Jane
  2007	Yasuhito Takeda	2009	Mike Gidley
  2013	Bruce Hamaker	2015	Kwan Hwa Park
  2017	Yasunori Nakamura	2018	Louise Slade & Harry Levine
  2021	Yong-Cheng Shi

  
  

​Carl Wilhelem Brabender Award​​

This award recognizes association ​members who made distinguished contributions to the application of rheology in milling and baking.

• Carl Wilhelm Brabender Awardees
  

  1967	Isydore Hlynka	1968	Arnoldus Crommetuyn
  1970	William Shuey	1972	Egon Drews
  1974	Walter Bushuk	1978	Keith Tipples & R. Henry Kilborn
  1985	Seiichi Nagao	1988	Dorian Weipert
  1990	Vladimir Rasper	1993	Rolf Kieffer
  1996	Ber D'Appolonia	2002	Jozef Kokini
  2008	Ton van Vliet	2014	Juan de Dios Figueroa Cárdenas

  
  

Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes members and teachers who have made significant contributions through teaching in the broad field of cereal science and technology.

• Excellence in Teaching Awardees
  

  1996	R. Carl Hoseney	1997	Lloyd Rooney
  1998	Raul Seib	1999	Steven Eckhoff
  2000	Do Sup Chung	2001	Pamela J. White
  2002	Don Thompson	2003	Randy Wehling
  2004	Sergio O. Serna-Saldivar	2005	John R. N. Taylor
  2006	Jan Delcour	2007	Ralph Waniska
  2008	Deborah Rogers	2009	Steve Mulvaney
  2010	Curtis Weller	2011	Jon Faubion
  2012	Andrew Ross	2013	Vijay Singh
  2014	Les Copeland	2015	Koushik Seetharaman
  2016	Joseph Awika	2017	M. Ambrogina Pagani
  2018	Weining Huang	2019	Senay Simsek
  2020	Luis A. Bello-Perez

  
  

Fellows

The Cereals & Grains Association Fellow program recognizes and honors association members who have made distinguished contributions to the field of grain science and technology in research, industrial achievement, leadership, education, administration, communication, or regulatory affairs.

• Fellow Awardees
  

  1986 Karel Kulp Karl Norris William Yamazaki	1987 Robert Matsuo J.G. Ponte, Jr. Gerald Reed	1988 Maura Bean Bienvenido Juliano Paul Mattern Hiroshi Matsumoto	1989 James Conn Darrell Medcalf Joseph Wall	1990 Elwood Caldwell Edith Christensen
  1991 R. Carl Hoseney Roland Morck Bill Webb	1992 Rattan Bhatty Gordon Rubenthaler Colin Wrigley	1993 Simon Jackel Donald Kasarda Lloyd Rooney	1994 Klaus Lorenz William Morrison	1995 Antoinette Betschart Bert D'Appolonia Peter Ranum Keith Tipples
  1996 Flloyd Huebner Peter Payne Gur Ranhotra Peter Wood	1997 Jerold Bietz Seeichi Nagao	1998 Finlay MacRitchie Finlay MacRitchie Vladimir Rasper Paul Seib Henry Zobel	1999 Jean-Claude Autran Sandy MacGregor Warren Schwecke	2000 George Lookhart Peter Shewry Frank Sosulski Philip C. Williams
  2001 Okkyung K. Chung Pierre Feillet Robert Hamer	2002 M. Rella Dwyer Helmut Glattes Charles E. Walker	2003 Olin Anderson Robert Cracknell Barry McCleary Mark Stearns	2004 Charles Gaines Ken Preston Bruce Stone	2005 George Inglett Craig Morris*
  2006 Ravindra Chibbar Domenico Lafiandra	2007 Tony Blakeney James Dexter Herbert Wieser* Phil Williams*	2008 Harry Levine David Lineback Louise Slade* John R.N. Taylor	2009 Jan Delcour* Larry Johnson Barry McCleary*	2010 Perry Ng David Wetzel Larry Johnson*
  2011 Hamed Faridi Gary Fulcher Matthew Morell*	2012 Barbara Heidolph Jay-lin Jane	2013 Geoff Fincher* Julie Jones Pamela White	2014 Clodualdo "Ody" Maningat Terry Nelsen Terry Siebenmorgen*	2015 Jonathan W. DeVries Peter Koehler Per B.J. Åman*
  2016 Charles Hurburgh Yong-Cheng Shi*	2017 Elsayed Abdelaal	2018 Kristof Brijs Marta Izydorczyk	2019 Mike Gidley Narpinder Singh	2020 Jae-Bom Ohm
  2021 Michael Tilley	2022 Weining Huang

  
  

  *Thomas Burr Osborne or Phil Williams Applied Research Award Recipient

  
  

Edith A. Christensen Award for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methodology

This award recognizes association members who have made scientific contributions in analytical methodology, and service to the society through approved methods leadership.

• Edith A. Christensen Awardees
  

  2005	Edith A. Christensen	2006	Philip C. Williams
  2007	Charles Gaines	2008	Barry McCleary
  2009	Jon DeVries	2010	John MacDonald
  2011	Janette Gelroth	2012	Terry Nelsen
  2013	Stephen Delwiche	2014	Elaine Sopiwnyk
  2015	Nancy Ames	2016	Wayne Moore
  2017	Paul Wehling	2018	Ray Shilito
  2019	Kathryn Philips	2020	Padmanaban Krishnan
  2021	Sheryl Tittlemier	2022	Andreia Bianchini

  
  

Phil Williams Applied Research Award

This award is presented to association members who made distinguished contributions to the application of science in the cereals area.

• Phil Williams Applied Research Awardees
  

  2007	Phil Williams	2008	Harry Levine & Louise Slade
  2009	Barry McCleary	2010	Larry Johnson
  2011	Matthew Morell	2014	Terry Siebenmorgen
  2016	Yong-Cheng Shi	2018	Vijay Singh

  
  

Thomas Burr Osborne Medal

This award recognizes association members who made distinguished contributions in the field of cereal chemistry. The award was named after the outstanding protein chemist Thomas Burr Osborne, who received the first award in 1928.

• Thomas Burr Osborne Medal Awardees
  

  1928	Thomas Burr Osborne	1932	Clyde Bailey	1936	Morris Blish
  1938	Charels Swanson	1942	Ross Gortner	1945	John Baker
  1948	Betty Sullivan	1950	William Geddes	1954	Rudolph Sandstedt
  1957	J. Ansel Anderson	1961	Majel MacMasters	1964	Thomas Schoch
  1967	Paul Pelshenke	1969	Nicolaas Badenhuizen	1971	Dale Mecham
  1974	Roy Whistler	1976	Isydore Hlynka	1978	James Pence
  1980	Yeshajahu Romeranz	1983	Walter Bushuk	1985	Karl Finney
  1986	Karl Norris	1988	Bienvenido Juliano	1989	Joseph Wall
  1991	R. Carl Hoseney	1992	Colin Wrigley	1993	Donald Kasarda
  1994	William Morrison	1996	Peter Payne	1998	Finlay MacRitchie
  1999	Jerold Bietz	2000	Peter Shewry	2002	Paul Seib
  2003	Olin Anderson	2004	Bruce Stone	2007	Herbert Wieser
  2008	Domenico Lafiandra	2009	Jan Delcour	2013	Geoff Fincher
  2015	Per B.J. Aman	2017	Kaisa Poutanen	2019	Craig Morris
  2021	John R.N. Taylor

  
  

Young Scientist Research Award

This award recognizes members who made an outstanding contributions in basic and applied research to grain science with the expectation that contributions will continue.

• Young Scientist Research Awardees
  

  2007	Vinjay Singh	2008	Christophe Courtin
  2009	Mirko Bunzel	2010	Sajid Alavi
  2011	Jinsong Bao	2012	Girish Ganjyal
  2014	Devin Rose	2015	Laura Nyström
  2016	Mario Jekle	2017	Andreia Bianchini
  2018	Katharina Scherf	2019	Filiz Koksel
  2020	Mario M. Martinez	2022	Stephen Lindemann

  
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