FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE AWARD

During the 1988 annual meeting the CIFST approved the creation of a new award category titled "Fellow of the Insti­tute". The purpose of the award is to honor a CIFST member of outstanding and distinguished accomplishment as mea­sured by extraordinary performance. The qualification requirements and selection criteria and procedures are outlined below.

This represents your invitation to consider a deserving colleague and perhaps put himlher forward in nominations. Nomi­nations may come from any quarter of CIFST but the criteria below should be considered carefully.

CIFST FellowshipAn award conferred upon a living, active member of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology of out­

standing and distinguished accomplishment as measured by extraordinary performance in the field of food science orfood technology.

RecognitionA person recognized as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology shall be entitled to use

the designation FCIFST following hislher name.

Qualifications

The CIFST Fellowship is an award of extraordinary professional distinction to be conferred upon a living person whohas been a member-in-good-standing of CIFST for at least 7 years prior to nomination. The candidate shall be activein the practice of the profession of food scienceltechnology and shall have attained distinction, as measured by perfor­mance, normally over a period of five to ten years in at least one, but preferably more than one, of the following measure­ment criteria. Performance may be measured as publication of important technicallscientific papers, books or patents;inspired teaching of courses in food science or creation of important scientificltechnical courses in an institution speciali­zing in the teaching of the discipline of food science; outstanding technical direction or leadership, or other creative con­tributions to the profession promoting the achievement of one or more Institute objectives, as may be deemed accepta­ble by a majority of the Fellowship Selection Committee.

Selection of Fellows

A Fellowship Selection Committee shall be struck by the Awards Committee Chairman, will serve for a period of twoyears and will consist of seven Fellows of the Institute. To be elected a Fellow of CIFST, a candidate must receive theapproval of five of the seven Selection Committee members. The Chairman of the Fellowship Selection Committee willbe elected from among the seven Fellowship Selection Committee members by majority vote. The Selection CommitteeChairman is responsible for transmission of documents to Selection Committee members, receiving and collating mem­bers votes and transmitting Selection Committee decisions to the Awards Committee Chairman for action.

Nomination of Candidates

Nominations of candidates may come from any quarter of CIFST; individuals, sections, committees or national execu­tive for example. The nomination should be accompanied by :1. A carefully written statement by the nominator highlighting the candidate's accomplishments and explaining clearly

the candidate's merits for fellowship selection.2. A carefully detailed curriculum vitae of the candidate including reference to important accomplishments, lists ofpubli­

cations or other documentation providing additional detail and supporting the nominator's written statement.These two documents should be as brief and concise as possible, consistent with a fair description of the candidate's

career and accomplishments. A single accomplishment, if of sufficient merit, might warrant election to fellowship.

Limitations

The total number of Institute Fellows shall not exceed 3.0% of the number of professional members of the Instituteand no more than five Fellows may be elected in anyone year.

Please submit your nominations to : Dr. T. Beveridge, Chairman, Inaugural CIFST Fellow Selection Committee, ResearchStation, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada VOZ 1ZOo Deadline for nomination: March 31, 1990.

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