Past Award Winners  -  Honorary Members
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1954    * Frank Kemp, Great Western Sugar Company
             * V. F. Bozemen, John Deere Wagon Works

1958    * Dan Gutleben, Editor of the Sugar Tramp

1960    * Oswald Rose, British Sugar Corporation

1964     *J. Earl Coke, Bank of America
            * Albert Carruthers, British Sugar Corporation

1966     * C. von Englebrechten, Institut International de Recherches Betteravieres

1968     No Honorary Members

1970   * Harvey E. Brewbaker, Great Western Sugar Company
            * Charles E. Cormany, Holly Sugar Corporation
            * Phillip  B. Smith, Great Western Sugar Company

1971   * Dr. C. W. Bennett, U.S. Department of Agriculture
            * Dewey Stewart, U.S. Department of Agriculture
            * Bion Tolman, Utah-Idaho Sugar Company

1974   * Richard A. McGinnis, Spreckels Sugar Division/Amstar
            * Helen Savitsky, U.S. Department of Agriculture

1976   * George H. Coons, U.S. Department of Agriculture
            * Lysle D. Leach, University of California, Davis
            * Henk Rietberg, IIRB President
 
1978   * James H. Fischer, Beet Sugar Development Foundation
            * Russell T. Johnson, Spreckels Sugar Division/Amstar (Retired)
            * Asa C. Maxson, Great Western Sugar Company (Retired)

1981    No Honorary Members

1983   * Raymond Hull, Broomâs Barn Experimental Station, England (Retired)
            * Dr Hugh Rounds, Amalgamated Sugar Company (Retired)

1985    Dr. Albert Ulrich, University of California (Retired)

1987   * Dr. John S. McFarlane, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Retired)
            * Lloyd W. Norman, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative (Retired)

1989   Dr Donald D. Dickenson, Holly Sugar Company (Retired)

1991   * Dr. Robert K. Oldemeyer, Hillshog Mono-Hy, Incorporated (Retired)
            * Arthur E. Benning, The Amalgamated Sugar Company
            * David C. Carter, U.S. Beet Sugar Association
            Dr. Donald Oldemeyer, The Amalgamated Sugar Company (Retired)
            Dr. Richard J. Hecker, USDA-ARS (Retired)

1993   No Honorary Members

1995   Aldrich Bloomquist, American Crystal Sugar Company (Retired)
            Laurent Weickmans, Institute for Beet Research (IIRB) (Retired)

1997   J.E.A. "Bob" Rich, Holly Sugar Corporation (Retired)
            * Margaret A. Clarke, Sugar Processing Research Institute
            Giorgio Mantovani, Italy
            M.C.G. Chris Middelburg, D. J. van der Have (Retired)

1999    Roger W. Hill, Holly Sugar Corporation (Retired)
            * Leif Nielsen, Michigan Sugar Company, posthumous
            Dr. Richard Zielke, Michigan Sugar Company (Retired)

2001   Allan M. Lipman, Jr., Amalgamated Research Incorporated (Retired)

2003   Dr. Jim N. Widner, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (Retired)
            Dr. Susan S. Martin, USDA-ARS (Retired)
            Dr. Alan G. Dexter, North Dakota State University, University of Minnesota (Retired)

2005   Michel Desprez, Florimond Desprez (Retired)
            Robert Levos, American Crystal Sugar Company (Retired)
            Stewart Bass, American Crystal Sugar Company (Retired)

2007   Ralph C. Burton, The Amalgamated Sugar Co., LLC (Retired)
            Dr. A. Philip Draycott, Draycott Plan

2009   E. Joe Dahmer, Betaseed, Inc.
            Robert L. Hetzler, Michigan Sugar Company (Retired)
            John A. Richmond, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (Retired)

*Deceased