List of Institute of Food Technologists presidents

This is 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