1992 - M.E. "Mel" Franks (posthumously) 1993 - William F. Dietrich & Nico van Zwanenberg 1994 - Harvey H. Ebert 1995 - Wesley E. Eckert 1996 - William A. Diehl 1997 - Donald C. Storhoff & Robert E. Vaughn 1998 - Lyle Brenne 1999 - Larry L. Claypool 2000 - Mark Davis & A. Kent Keller 2001 - H. Jack Pollei & A. Marriott Walker (posthumously) 2002 - Warren Clark 2003 - Harlan Mammen 2004 - Bernard S. Horton 2005 - William J. Merrick, III 2006 - Bobby Hall 2007 - John Burke 2008 - John Whetten
The individual selected to receive the Award of Merit will be honored at the 2009 Annual Conference of the American Dairy Products Institute and American Butter Institute. This premier event will be held April 26-28, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.