Awards


The American College of Nutrition Announces the following awards and competitions

The American College of Nutrition Announces

The Amgen Award

at the 45 th Annual Meeting

in Long Beach California
September 30 to October 3, 2004

A one thousand dollar ($1000) prize
will be awarded at the ACN Annual Meeting for the best presentation during an Open Session given by an international ACN Member who does not work or reside in the United States.

GRACE A. GOLDSMITH AWARD

SEELIG MAGNESIUM AWARD

DEADLINE: APRIL 24, 2004

The Awards Committee of the American College of Nutrition announces its call for nominations for the American College of Nutrition, the Grace A. Goldsmith and the Seelig Magnesium Awards to be presented at the next annual meeting in Long Beach, California, September 30 to October 3, 2004.

The American College of Nutrition Award is for distinguished achievements over a lifetime in the field of nutrition.
The Grace A. Goldsmith Award is for significant achievements in the field of nutrition by a scientist under the ago of 50 years.
The Seelig Magnesium Award is for an outstanding contribution defining the role of magnesium in nutrition.

The winners are expected to address the attendees at a plenary session on a topic acceptable to the Program Committee. Transportation, hotel expenses and an honorarium are provided by the American College of Nutrition.

Send letters of nomination, curriculum vitae and bibliography by April 25, 2004, to Kay Franz, Ph.D., Brigham Young University , Food Science and Nutrition, S-231 ESE Science Center , Provo , Utah 84602 .
E-mail: kay_franz@byu.edu

Journal of ACN Awards

The American College of Nutrition is proud to recognize outstanding contributions to the JACN through annual awards for the best papers in various categories.

The following awards will be made at the 45 th Annual Meeting in Long Beach California September 30 to October 3, 2004 for papers selected from among those published in JACN between April 2003 and February 2004.

Charles E. Ragus Award

for Best Scientific Paper

Sponsored by
AdvoCare

$3000 will be given in the form of an unrestricted educational grant, plus $2000 to cover travel expenses to give a brief presentation at the Annual Meeting.

Best Review Paper Award

$2000 will be given in the form of an unrestricted educational grant, plus $1000 to cover travel expenses to give a brief presentation at the Annual Meeting.

THE ACN HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR 2004

Sponsored by

INTERHEALTH NUTRACEUTICALS

to be given at the 45 th Annual Meeting in Long Beach California

September 30 to October 3, 2004

The recipient of the ACN Humanitarian Award is a public figure residing near the location of the Annual Meeting who has gone beyond professional activities to affect positively the public’s nutritional health. The recipient may be engaged in work in the political, business, educational or other arenas.

An ad hoc Humanitarian Award Committee, selected by the ACN President, will submit three nominations to the ACN Board of Directors. The finalist will be chosen to receive the ACN Humanitarian Award by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. $2000 will be given to a charity or nonprofit organization of the awardees’ choice.

Candidates’ names should be sent in writing along with curricula vitae and other supporting documents to:

Humanitarian Award Committee

c/o American College of Nutrition
300 South Duncan Avenue, Suite 225
Clearwater , Florida 33755 .
Tel: (727) 446-6086
Fax: (727) 446-6202.

Best Poster Competition

SPONSORED BY

ADVOCARE

at the 45 th Annual Meeting in Long Beach California
September 30 to October 3, 2004

Honoraria will be awarded to three posters on the basis of scientific excellence by a jury of ACN scientists. Poster presenters will receive further instructions shortly before the annual meeting.

Award Recipients: American College of Nutrition

The American College of Nutrition Award

  • William B. Castle 1970
  • Irvine H. Page 1971
  • Alexander G. Bearn 1972
  • Jerome W. Conn 1973
  • Grace A. Goldsmith 1974
  • Victor Linden 1975
  • Ananda S. Prasad 1976
  • Edward M. Copeland, III 1977
  • David Kritchevsky 1978
  • Lloyd J. Filer 1979
  • Harold E. Harrison 1980
  • Nathan W. Shock 1981
  • Douglas W. Wilmore 1982
  • Edmund B. Flink 1983
  • W. C. Maddrey 1984
  • William E. Conner 1985
  • Francis J. Haddy 1986
  • Peter Furst 1987
  • Paul Leren 1988
  • George L. Brewer 1989
  • Charles Lieber 1990
  • David Mark Hegsted 1991
  • Charles E. Butterworth 1992
  • Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy 1993
  • Reginald C. Tsang 1994
  • Bart Chernow 1995
  • Charles H. Hennekens 1996
  • Norman I. Krinsky 1997
  • Richard A. Anderson 1998
  • Philip J. Garry 1999
  • Irwin H. Rosenberg 2000
  • Richard S. Rivlin 2001
  • Michael F. Holick 2002
  • Robert J. Cousins 2003

The Grace A. Goldsmith Award

  • Dennis M. Bier 1980
  • Richard S. Rivlin 1981
  • Stanley J. Dudrick 1982
  • Ranjit K. Chandra 1983
  • Irwin Rosenberg 1984
  • David J. A. Jenkins 1985
  • Stanley E. Fisher 1986
  • George L. Blackburn 1987
  • Charles H. Halsted 1988
  • Frank L. Meyskens 1989
  • Craig J. McClain 1990
  • Steven Zeisel 1991
  • Allen S. Levine 1992
  • Pamela J. Fraker 1993
  • Robert M. Russell 1994
  • Bernhard Hennig 1995
  • John J. Cunningham 1996
  • Charles J. Billington 1997
  • Winston Koo 1998
  • Mark A. Levine 1999
  • Ishwarlal (Kenny) Jialal 2000
  • Simin Nikbin Meydani 2001
  • Connie W. Bales 2002
  • Brian W. Tobin 2003

Master of the American College of Nutrition

  • Mildred S. Seelig 1993
  • Ananda S. Prasad 1994
  • Herta Spencer 1995
  • Robert D. Lindeman 1996
  • Seymour L. Halpern 1997
  • Stanley Wallach 1998
  • George L. Brewer 1999
  • Frank Q. Nuttall 2000
  • Harry G. Preuss 2001
  • Sohrab Mobarhan 2002
  • Mary Enig 2003
  • Gregory D. Miller 2003
  • Geltrude Mingrone 2003

The Seelig Award

  • Mildred S. Seelig 2000
  • Lawrence M. Resnick 2001
  • Burton M Altura 2002
  • Bella T. Altura 2002
  • Michael Shechter 2003

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