The Distinguished Teaching Award
Sponsored by Hawkins, Inc.
The AMSA Distinguished Teaching Award was established in 1965 and recognizes excellence in the teaching of undergraduate and graduate meat science courses, influencing the lives of students in a highly positive manner.
Stacy Zuelly, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching
2023
Purdue University
"It is my greatest honor to serve the agricultural community, specifically the meat science world, as an educator. My students bring me joy and purpose that goes beyond words. I pray I can inspire them as much as they inspire me."
- Stacy Zuelly, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching by American Meat Science Association
| 2022 | Carr, Chad | University of Florida |
| 2021 | Woerner, Dale | Texas Tech University |
| 2020 | Huff Lonergan, Elisabeth | Iowa State University |
| 2019 | Mafi, Gretchen | Oklahoma State University |
| 2018 | Henson, John | California State University |
| 2017 | Doumit, Matthew | University of Idaho |
| 2016 | Berg, Eric | North Dakota State University |
| 2015 | Claus, Jim | University of Wisconsin |
| 2014 | Vanoverbeke, Deborah | Oklahoma State University |
| 2013 | Wiegand, Bryon | University of Missouri |
| 2012 | Pringle, T. Dean. | University of Georgia |
| 2011 | Brooks, J. Chance | Texas Tech University |
| 2010 | Mills, Edward | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2009 | Kerth, Chris | Auburn University |
| 2008 | Lonergan, Steven M. | Iowa State University |
| 2007 | Wulf, Duane M. | South Dakota State University |
| 2006 | Miller, Rhonda K. | Texas A&M University |
| 2005 | Morgan, James Brad | Oklahoma State University |
| 2004 | Unruh, John A. | Kansas State University |
| 2003 | Tatum, J. Daryl | Colorado State University |
| 2002 | Jones, Steven J. | University of Nebraska |
| 2001 | Miller, Markus F. | Texas Tech University |
| 2000 | Henderson, Dean W. | University of Wisconsin |
| 1999 | Carr, Tom R. | University of Illinois |
| 1998 | Ramsey, C. Boyd | Texas Tech University |
| 1997 | Savell, Jeff W. | Texas A & M University |
| 1996 | Dolezal, H. Glen | Oklahoma State University |
| 1995 | Sebranek, Joseph G. | Iowa State University |
| 1994 | Hunt, Melvin C. | Kansas State University |
| 1993 | Costello, William J. | South Dakota State University |
| 1992 | Moody, William G. | University of Kentucky |
| 1991 | Skelley, Jr., George C. | Clemson University |
| 1990 | Addis, Paul B. | University of Minnesota |
| 1989 | Bailey, Milton E. | University of Missouri |
| 1988 | Parrish, Jr., Fredrick C. | Iowa State University |
| 1987 | Dikeman, Michael E. | Kansas State University |
| 1986 | Orme, Leon E. | Brigham Young University |
| 1985 | Hedrick, Harold B. | University of Missouri |
| 1984 | Smith, Gary C. | Texas A & M University |
| 1983 | Aberle, Elton D. | Purdue University |
| 1982 | Merkel, Robert A. | Michigan State University |
| 1981 | Kinsman, Donald M. | University of Connecticut |
| 1980 | Allen, Dell M. | Kansas State University |
| 1979 | Carpenter, J. W. | University of Florida |
| 1978 | Plimpton, R. F. | The Ohio State University |
| 1977 | Kline, E. A. | Iowa State University |
| 1976 | Kropf, Donald H. | Kansas State University |
| 1975 | Carpenter, John A. | University of Georgia |
| 1974 | Stouffer, James R. | Cornell University |
| 1973 | Kelly, Robert F. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| 1972 | Kauffman, Robert G. | University of Wisconsin |
| 1971 | Bratzler, L. J. | Michigan State University |
| 1970 | Kunkle, L. E. | The Ohio State University |
| 1969 | Adams, Charles H. | University of Nebraska |
| 1968 | Kemp, James D. | University of Kentucky |
| 1967 | Cahill, Vernon R. | The Ohio State University |
| 1966 | Walters, Lowell E. | Oklahoma State University |
| 1965 | Mackintosh, Davey L. | Kansas State University |