Honorary Membership
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has been granting honorary membership to non-members for their distinguished contributions to the field of nutrition and dietetics since 1920. Since 1954, the Academy has generally awarded honorary membership to two non-members every year based on their professional knowledge, technical expertise and promotion of the Academy’s mission, vision and values. Those chosen as honorary members have demonstrated goodwill through notable national or international service, promoted registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered, as contributors to the optimal health and nutritional status of the public and aided in the advancement of the profession and the Academy.
Qualifications
- Has never held Academy membership and/or the RDN/RD or NDTR/DTR credentials.
- Has made distinguished contributions to nutrition and dietetics through:
- professional knowledge.
- technical expertise.
- promotion of the Academy's mission, vision and values.
- Has demonstrated goodwill through notable national or international service through:
- the advancement of the profession.
- the advancement of the Academy.
- Has promoted Academy members as contributors to the optimal health and nutritional status of the population.
Scoring Criteria
- Has made distinguished contributions to nutrition and dietetics through professional knowledge, technical expertise and promotion of the Academy's mission, vision and values. (40 points)
- Has demonstrated goodwill through notable national or international service through the advancement of the profession and the Academy. (40 points)
- Has promoted Academy members as contributors to the optimal health and nutritional status of the population. (20 points)
Past Recipients
1954Martha N. Eliot |
1955Award not given |
1956Stuart B. Foster |
1957Leonard A. Maynard |
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1958Charles Glen King |
1959Russell M. Wilder |
1960Conard A. Elvehjem |
1961Robert R. Williams |
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1962Award not given |
1963Grace A. Goldsmith |
1964James M. Hundley |
1965George E. Cartmill |
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1966Frederick J. Stare |
1967Award not given |
1968Robert E. Shank |
1969Harald M. Graning |
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1970Jean Mayer |
1971Nevin S. Scrimshaw |
1972Helen Brown |
1973George J. Christakis |
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1974William Darby |
1975J. Warren Perry |
1976William Knisley |
1977Rosyln Alfin-Slater |
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1978Charles Butterworth |
1979Alfred E. Harper |
1980Donnell Etzwiler |
1981Maurice Shils |
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1982Arnold Schaefer |
1983Howard Jacobson |
1984Ronald A. Arky |
1985Samuel Fomon |
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1986Stephen Barrett |
1987C. Wayne Callaway |
1988Julian F. Haynes |
1989Charles E. Boyce |
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1990John P. Foreyt |
1991Douglas W. Wilmore |
1992George L. Blackburn |
1993Albert Barrocas |
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1994J. Michael McGinnis |
1995James E. Cimino |
1996K. Michael Hambidge |
1997George M. Owen |
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1998William J. Evans |
1999Gordon Jensen |
2000Van Saxton Hubbard |
2001Dominick P. DePaola |
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2002Susan E. Carlson |
2003James O. Hill |
2004Patricia M. Babjak |
2005Judith T. Barr |
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2006George A. Bray |
2007Richard J. Deckelbaum |
2008Stephen A. McClave |
2009Mary Christ-Erwin |
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2010David August |
2011Mark DeLegge |
2012Richard Bergenstal |
2013Louis J. Aronne |
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2014Beverly Broughton Bajus |
2015Michael O. Fleming |
2016Sylvia B. Rowe |
2017Andrew S. Narva |
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2018Roger A. Clemens |
2019Mark Corkins |
2020William D. Chey |
2021Karen Elizabeth Aspry |
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2022José Andrés |
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