Bor S. Luh International Award
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The Bor S. Luh International Award has been awarded every year since 1956. Before 2005, this award was named the International Award. It is given to an individual or institution that had outstanding efforts in one of the following areas in food technology
Food technology
Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...

: 1) International exchange of ideas, 2) better international understanding, and/or 3) practical successful technology transfer to an economically depressed area in a developed or developing area.

The award was renamed for Bor S. Luh
Bor S. Luh
Bor Shium Luh was a Chinese-born American food scientist who was known was for his research in fruit and vegetable products and in developing food science and technology in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East....

 (1916-2001), who was born and educated in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 before completing his education in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Luh was the first president of the Chinese American Food Society
Chinese American Food Society
The Chinese American Food Society is an American-based organization founded in 1974 to develop relationships among Chinese-born food scientists in academia, government, and industry...

 in 1974-5 and received its Professional Achievement Award in 1984.

Award winners receive a plaque from the Bor S. Luh Endowment Fund of the Institute of Food Technologists
Institute of Food Technologists
The Institute of Food Technologists or IFT is an international, non-profit professional organization for the advancement of food science and technology. It is the largest of food science organizations in the world, encompassing 22,000 members worldwide as of 2006. It is referred to as "THE Society...

 Foundation and a USD 3000 honorarium
Honorarium
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Winners

Year Winner
1956 Robert S. Schull
1957 Laurence V. Burton
1958 Henri Cheftel
1959 Ross A. Chapman
1960 James R. Vickery
1961 Maynard A. Joslyn
Maynard A. Joslyn
Maynard Alexander Joslyn was a Russian-born, American food scientist who involved in the rebirth of the American wine industry in California following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933...

1962 Lawrence J. Lynch
1963 Emil M. Mrak
Emil M. Mrak
Emil Marcel Mrak was an American food scientist, microbiologist, and former chancellor of the University of California, Davis. He was recognized internationally for his work in food preservation and as a world authority on the biology of yeasts.-Early years:Mrak was born in San Francisco,...

1964 E.C. Bate-Smith
1965 Moritmer L. Anson
1966 George F. Stewart
George F. Stewart
George F. Stewart was an American food scientist who was involved in processing, preservation, chemistry, and microbiology of poultry and egg-based food products...

1967 Zoltan I. Kertesz
Zoltan I. Kertesz
Zoltan I. Kertesz was a Hungarian-born, American food scientist who was involved in the early development of food microbiology and food chemistry...

1968 Max Milner
1969 Nevin S. Scrimshaw
1970 David B. Hand
1971 Alton Altschul
1972 Fritz H. Reuter
1973 Francis Aylward
1974 Hisateru Mitsuda
1975 Georg A. Borgstrom
1976 Clinton O. Chichester
1977 Joseph H. Hulse
1978 Stephan Bogyo
1979 John Hawthorn
1980 John C. Ayres
1981 Frode Bramsnaes
1982 Frederick Jack Francis
1983 Frank V. Kosikowski
1984 James Bunnell
1985 Keith H. Steinkraus
Keith H. Steinkraus
Keith H. Steinkraus was an American food scientist who was well known in food fermentation which led to the growth of soy-based foods. He also was involved in bacterial diseases used in the control of European chafer and Japanese beetles in New York state.-Career:A native of Minnesota, Steinkraus...

1986 Richard L. Hall
1987 Adolph (Al) S. Clausi
1988 R. Paul Singh
1989 Stephen S. Chang
Stephen S. Chang
Stephen S. Chang was a Chinese-born, American food scientist who was involved in the research of lipid and flavors in food, including the development of technology transfer between the United States and Taiwan.-Early career:...

1990 Judson M. Harper
1991 University of Georgia
University of Georgia
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-Griffin
Griffin, Georgia
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 & University of Nigeria
University of Nigeria
The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Founded in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has four campuses – Nsukka, Enugu and Ituku-Ozalla – located in Enugu State and one in Aba, Abia...

1992 Malcom C. Bourne
1993 Jose Miguel Aguilera
1994 Alex Malaspina
1995 Daryl B. Lund
Daryl B. Lund
Daryl Bert Lund is an American food scientist and engineer who has served in various leadership positions within the Institute of Food Technologists, including President in 1990-1991 and currently as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Science...

1996 Larry R. Beuchat
1997 Daniel Y.C. Fung
1998 Herbert W. Ockerman
1999 B. Ozuma Okezie
2000 Khee Choon Rhee
2001 Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas
2002 James H. Moy
2003 Poul Hansen
2004 Soliman Y.K. Shenouda
2005 INTSOY (International Soybean Program)
2006 Miguel A. Jimenez
2007 Manjeet S. Chinnan
2008 Bruce Hamaker
2009 Anna V.A. Resurreccion
2010 Syed S.H. Rizvi
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