Awards Information

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GRACE A. GOLDSMITH AWARD

 This special award acknowledges a scientist who is under the age of 50 years, for significant achievements in the field of nutrition. 

ALEXANDER & MILDRED SEELIG MAGNESIUM AWARD

The Seelig Magnesium Awards recognizes outstanding contributions defining the role of magnesium in nutrition.  The award was established by Mildred Seelig after her husband Dr. Alexander Seelig, passed away in 1990.  With the loss of Dr. Mildred Seelig, the award was changed to include her name as well.

ACN AWARD

The American College of Nutrition Award recognizes the career accomplishments of senior scientists in the field of nutrition and acknowledges distinguished achievements and contributions to the field. The award dates back more than 30 years and inclues some of the most outstanding nutritionists of the 20th century and beyond.  

HUMANITARIAN AWARD  

This special award acknowledges an individual (non-ACN member) who has worked selflessly and effectively in the broader field of nutrition to benefit humanity.  It includes a formal presentation and a cash award.

MARK BIEBER AWARDS (PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY)

The Bieber Awards are sponsored by Unilever Bestfoods to honor the memory of a special member of the American College of Nutrition, Dr. Mark Bieber.  Dr. Beiber received hi Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Michigan State in 1973. After four years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH, he joined Bestfoods (now Unilever Bestfoods), where his responsibilities within the Nutrition Department included reviewing all medical and consumer publicity matters as well as advertising and nutrition labeling information.  He was also incredibly active in a host of professional organizations, including AHA, IFT and AOCS, as well as the ACN.  In 2001, Mark suffered a fatal heart attack while on a business trip in Germany.  He is fondly remembered throughout the nutrition community, where a number of memorials have been established.  The ACN gives two awards each year, one for academic accomplishments and one for distinguished accomplishments in nutrition related industry fields.

ACN MASTERSHIP AWARD

The Mastership Award of the American College of Nutrition is for ACN Members/Fellows who have demonstrated over an extended period of outstanding service to the ACN and/or have been recognized nationally and internationally for outstanding contributions in the field of nutrition.  Only those who are currently active members may be so honored.

 BEST POSTER AWARDS

This award acknowledges the top three posters presented at the annual meeting.  The competition includes the poster as well as an oral presentation of the research by the three finalists, and is sponsored by AdvoCare International LP.

 CHARLES A. RAGUS AWARD FOR  BEST JACN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PAPER AWARD

This award acknowledges an outstanding research paper published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition in the past year. The award is sponsored by AdvoCare International LP.

ACN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA AWARD SPONSORED BY THE PERRICONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION HUMANITARIAN AWARD

This award acknowledges a journalist, author or a well known TV spokesman for his/her outstanding media contribution to promote better nutrition. 
Awards

Past Award Recipients:

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 Alexander & Mildred Seelig Magnesium Awards every year, and receives nominations until end of May.  Awards are presented during ACN’s Annual Meeting.

Awards Committee Chair:  Carolyn L. Abitbol, M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, 6955 SW 128th Street, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, FL 33156

E-mail: cabitbol@med.miami.edu

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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. hael F. HRivlin 2001
  • Micolick 2002
  • Robert J. Cousins 2003
  • John J.B. Anderson 2004
  • Connie Weaver 2005
  • Frank Q. Nuttal & Mary C. Gannon 2006
  • Steven H. Zeisel 2007
  • Jacob Selhub 2008
  • Clifford L. Johnson 2009

 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
  • Rhian M. Touyz 2006
  • Elizabeta Nemeth 2007 
  • Alan L. Buchman 2008
  • Not given  2009


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
  • Rita P. Raman 2004
  • Marcello Giovannini 2005
  • Reginald C. Tsang 2006
  • Connie Bales 2007
  • Claude K. Lardinois 2008
  • Raul A. Wapnir 2008
  • Kay B. Franz  2009


 The Alexander and Mildred Seelig Magnesium Award

  • Mildred S. Seelig 2000
  • Lawrence M. Resnick 2001
  • Burton M Altura 2002
  • Bella T. Altura 2002
  • Michael Shechter 2003
  • William B. Weglicki 2004
  • Kay B. Franz 2005
  • Harry Rubin 2006
  • Ronald J. Elin 2007
  • Robert K. Rude 2008
  • Not given   2009

 

Mark Bieber Awards: 

  • 2002                                                                                      

Stanley Wallach (Professional)            

Gregory D. Miller (Industry)                            

  • 2003

George Cowan (Professional)

Adrianne Bendich (Industry)

  •  2004

Harry G. Preuss (Professional)

Debasis Bagchi (Industry)

  • 2005

          Connie W. Bales (Professional)

          David C. Madsen (Industry)

  • 2006 

             Tamas Szamosi (Professional)

          Raj K. Chopra (Industry)

  • 2007

          Jeffrey Blumberg,  (Professional)

          Sidney Stohs (Industry)

  •  2008

          Carol S. Johnston (Professional)

          Vijaya Juturu (Industry)

  •  2009

          Omer Kucuk (Professional)

          James Elliott (Industry)

            Humanitarian Award:  

  • Mildred Brooks 1995
  • Alice Waters 1996
  • Peter A. DeFazio 1997
  • Nonie Woolf 1998
  • Robert L. Thompson 1999
  • Candice Rutledge and Dwan Baker 2000
  • Suzanne S. Laws 2001
  • Steven Kwon 2005
  • Susan Hanigan Eckes & Cherie Jamason, 2006
  • Peter Walker 2007
  • No recipient in 2008 
  • Food For The Poor 2009

Best Poster Awards    (in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place order):

  • 1998                                                                                      

1. Douglas H. Teitelbaum                                           

2. Geltrude Mingrone                                     

3. John McNeil

  •  2000                                                                                      

1. Susan S. Cho

2. Anna Gvozdjkova

3. Midori Naruse                                                       

  •  2001                                                                          

1. Marcel Nimni  

2. Dana R. Wislocki

3. Tamas Szamosi/Joan Kent                                                    

  •  2002

1. Judith Hallfrisch  

2. B. Martin    

3. Julie Roth                                                                                      

  •  2003  

1. Sam J. Bhatena

2. Sam J. Bhatena

3. Akemi Ando

  •  2004

1. Taharat Yasmin

2. Gerald Moss

3. Susan E. Brown

  •  2005

              1. Raul Wapnir

              2. George J. Brewer

              3. Bettina Fiege

  •  2006

              1. Taharat Yasmin

              2.  F.A. Khan

              3. Susan Moyer

  •  2007

              1. Ariana Cunningham

              2. F.K. Khan

              3. Meenah Shah

  •  2008

             1. Zainulabedin M. Saiyed

             2. Arpita Basu

             3. Anastasia Snelling

  •  2009

             1. Geltrude Mingrone

             2. David D. Kitts

             3. Brian Williams  

  Charles A. Ragus Award for Best Scientific Paper Journal of the American College of Nutrition 

  • 1998

          Denis Blanche

  • 1999

          Richard Anderson 

  • 2000

Jaya Venkrataraman

  • 2001

Robert Heaney 

  • 2002

Bipin Kumar/D.J. Graves, et al                      

  • 2003

Torun Itani & Ishikawa       

  • 2005

          Karen Rafferty,,  Michael Davies, and Robert P. Heaney

  • 2006 

          Harry G. Preuss

  • 2007

          Jeanne Freeland-Graves

  •  2008

          Claudia P.M.S. de Oliviera

  • 2009

          Bernhard Hennig 

 ACN Communication and Media Award Sponsored by the Perricone Charitable Foundation

  • 2007         Jean Carper- Author and USA Today Columnist
  • 2008         Not given
  • 2009         Mark Hyman

This special award acknowledges a journalist, author or a well known TV spokesman for his/her outstanding media contribution to promote better nutrition. 

  New Investigator Award:   
  •   2008       Yuanyuan Zheng
  •   2009       Not given   

   Stanley Wallach Lectureship Award:   

  •  2008       Robert Heaney
  •  2009       Stanley Dudrick 

 NOTE: The winners of the ACN Award, The Grace Goldsmith Award, Alexander & Mildred Seelig Magnesium Award and the Medium award 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 .