The R. C. Pollock Award
Sponsored in by the AMSA Development Council Robert Bray, Vern Cahill, and R. C. Pollock Mentor Recognition Funds
The R. C. Pollock Award is presented in honor of the first general manager of the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Pollock, a leader dedicated to the advancement of meat science, was the moving force in the establishment of the Reciprocal Meat Conference. The award honors a dedicated AMSA member whose work through teaching, extension, research, or service represents an extraordinary and lasting contribution to the meat industry.
Gordon W. Davis, Ph.D.
R.C. Pollock
2023
CEV Multimedia and Texas Tech University
“From my 54 years in meat science, I have learned: it’s all about the kids, and it’s important to give back.”
- Gordon W. Davis, Ph.D.
R.C. Pollock by American Meat Science Association
| 2022 | Savell, Jeffrey | Texas A&M University |
| 2021 | Dikeman, Michael | Kansas State University |
| 2020 | Forrest, John | Purdue University |
| 2019 | McKeith, Floyd | University of Illinois |
| 2018 | Berg, Paul | North Dakota State University |
| 2017 | Tatum,Daryl | Colorado State University (Retired) |
| 2016 | Wise, Jimmy | USDA & AMSA (Retired) |
| 2015 | Riemann, M. James |
Certified Angus Beef® (Retired) |
| 2014 | Sebranek, Joe |
Iowa State University |
| 2013 | Rust, Robert E. | Iowa State University |
| 2012 | Hunt, Melvin C. | Kansas State University |
| 2011 | Tompkin, R. Bruce | Armour Swift-Eckrich |
| 2010 | Schmidt, Glenn R. | Colorado State University |
| 2009 | Carr, Tom R. | University of Illinois |
| 2008 | Aberle, Elton D. | University of Wisconsin |
| 2007 | Anderson, David B. | Elanco Animal Health |
| 2006 | Huffman, Dale L. | Auburn University |
| 2005 | Allen, Dell M. | Cargill Meat Solutions |
| 2004 | Moody, William G. | University of Kentucky |
| 2003 | Kotula, Anthony W. | United States Department of Agriculture |
| 2002 | Borchert, Larry L. | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2001 | Smith, Gary C. | Colorado State University |
| 2000 | Mandigo, Roger W. | University of Nebraska |
| 1999 | Cross, H. Russell | IDEXX Food Safety Net Service, Inc. |
| 1998 | Johnson, H. Kenneth | National Live Stock & Meat Board |
| 1997 | Kauffman, Robert G. | University of Wisconsin |
| 1996 | Judge, Max D. | Purdue University |
| 1995 | Cassens, Robert G. | University of Wisconsin |
| 1994 | Johnson, V. K. | North Dakota State University |
| 1993 | Cahill, Vernon R. | The Ohio State University |
| 1992 | Adams, Charles H. | University of Nebraska |
| 1991 | Kropf, Donald H. | Kansas State University |
| 1990 | Hedrick, Harold B. | University of Missouri |
| 1989 | Merkel, Robert A. | Michigan State University |
| 1988 | Kemp, James D. | University of Kentucky |
| 1986 | Walters, Lowell E. | Oklahoma State University |
| 1985 | Kinsman, Donald M. | University of Connecticut |
| 1984 | Sleeth, R. B. | Armour Food Company |
| 1983 | Carpenter, Zerle L. | Texas A & M University |
| 1982 | Christian, J. A. | University of Georgia |
| 1980 | Kunkle, L. E. | The Ohio State University |
| 1979 | Pearson, A. M. | Michigan State University |
| 1978 | Mackintosh, Davey L. | Kansas State University |
| 1977 | Bray, Robert W. | University of Wisconsin |