Award now called the C. Earl Gray Award of Merit in honor of Chester Earl Gray, a pioneering founder of one of ADPI’s legacy organizations.
ADPI renamed the ADPI Award of Merit to the C. Earl Gray Award of Merit in honor of Chester Earl Gray, a pioneering founder of one of ADPI’s legacy organizations.
In June 1925, C. Earl Gray, at the time with the Golden State Company Ltd., led the formation and development of the American Dry Milk Institute. At the first meeting of its members, he was elected Chairman and was reconfirmed each year until his death in 1944.