title: List of Institute of Food Technologists presidents
text: # List of Institute of Food Technologists presidents
  
  This a list of the people who have served as president of the Institute of Food Technologists since its establishment in 1939.
  
  * 1939–41: Samuel C. Prescott
  * 1941–42: Laurence V. Burton
  * 1942–43: Roy C. Newton
  * 1943–44: William V. Cruess
  * 1944–45: Fred C. Blanck
  * 1945–46: Fred W. Tanner
  * 1946–47: Ellery R. Harvey
  * 1947–48: George J. Hucker
  * 1948–49: Helmut C. Diehl
  * 1949–50: Carl R. Fellers
  * 1950–51: Paul F. Sharp
  * 1951–52: Charles N. Frey
  * 1952–53: Bernard E. Proctor
  * 1953–54: Berton S. Clark
  * 1954–55: Philip K. Bates
  * 1955–56: LaVerne E. Clifcorn
  * 1956–57: George F. Garantz
  * 1957–58: Emil M. Mrak
  * 1958–59: Askel G. Olsen
  * 1959–60: Ray B. Wakefield
  * 1960–61: Irmi J. Hutchings
  * 1961–62: Harold W. Schultz
  * 1962–63: John M. Jackson
  * 1963–64: C. Olin Ball
  * 1964–65: Charles T. Townsend
  * 1965–66: Maynard A. Joslyn
  * 1966–67: John H. Nair
  * 1967–68: George F. Stewart
  * 1968–69: Bernard L. Oser
  * 1969–70: Herbert E. Robinson
  * 1970–71: Hans Lineweaver
  * 1971–72: Richard L. Hall
  * 1972–73: Ben F. Buchanan
  * 1973–74: Reid T. Milner
  * 1974–75: Charles F. Niven, Jr.
  * 1975–76: Ernest J. Briskey
  * 1976–77: John C. Ayres
  * 1977–78: Howard E. Bauman
  * 1978–79: Bernard S. Schweigert
  * 1979–80: Walter L. Clark
  * 1980–81: Frederick Jack Francis
  * 1981–82: Arthur T. Schramm
  * 1982–83: Owen R. Fennema
  * 1983–84: Gilbert A. Leveille
  * 1984–85: Bernard J. Liska
  * 1985–86: Charles J. Bates
  * 1986–87: John J. Powers
  * 1987–88: Roy E. Morse
  * 1988–89: Theodore P. Labuza
  * 1989–90: Paul F. Hopper
  * 1990–91: Daryl B. Lund
  * 1991–92: John H. Litchfield
  * 1992–93: David R. Lineback
  * 1993–94: Adolph (Al) S. Clausi
  * 1994–95: Roy G. Arnold
  * 1995–96: Francis F. Busta
  * 1996–97: Robert E. Smith
  * 1997–98: Mary K. Wagner
  * 1998–99: Bruce R. Stillings
  * 1999–2000: Charles E. Manley
  * 2000–01: Mary K. Schmidl
  * 2001–02: Philip E. Nelson
  * 2002–03: Mark R. McLellan
  * 2003–04: C. Ann Hollingsworth
  * 2004–05: Herbert F. Stone
  * 2005–06: Margaret A. Lawson
  * 2006–07: Dennis R. Heldman
  * 2007–08: John D. Floros
  * 2008–09: Sheri Schellhaass
  * 2009–10: Marianne Gillette
  * 2010-11: Robert B. Gravani
  * 2011–12: Roger A. Clemens
  * 2012–13: John Ruff
  * 2013–14: Janet Collins
  * 2014–15: Mary Ellen Camire
  * 2015–16: Colin Dennis
  * 2016–17: John Coupland
  * 2019: Michele Perchonok
  