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    ADPI seeks merit award nominations

    November 26, 2008

    The American Dairy Products Institute invites the submission of nominees to receive its prestigious Award of Merit in 2009. This award was established in 1991 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the dairy products industry in such fields as processed dairy products, equipment, technology and domestic and international marketing and/or product promotion.  
    Previous recipients include:

    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.

    Persons wishing to nominate individuals to be considered to receive the ADPI 2009 Award of Merit may submit the candidate's name in a brief letter of nomination to either the American Dairy Products Institute, 116 N. York St., Suite 200, Elmhurst, IL 60126, or to Affiliate Member Committee Chairperson, Ms. M. Jane Carlisle Jr., United International Industries Inc., 104 Mullach Court, Ste. 1008, Wentzville, MO 63385. Nominees must be living at time of nomination.

    Nominations must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. For more information on the 2009 Annual Conference you can contact the American Dairy Products Institute at 630/530-8700, or by e-mail at info@adpi.org.

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