The Myron Solberg Award has been awarded every year since 2004 by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). It is awarded for leadership in establishing, successfully developing, and continuing a cooperative organization involving academia, government, and industry. The award is named for Myron Solberg (1930-2001), a food science professor at Rutgers University who founded the institution Center for Advanced Food Technology in 1984 and headed the center until his 2000 retirement.[1]
Award winners received a USD 3000 honorarium and a plaque from the Myron Solberg Endowment Fund of the IFT Foundation.
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | W. Steven Otwell | |
| 2005 | C. Patrick Dunne | |
| 2006 | Richard H. Linton | |
| 2007 | John B. Luchansky | |
| 2008 | Ken Swartzel | |
| 2009 | George J. Flick, Jr. | |
| 2010 | Award not given |