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MBAA - AWARD OF MERIT

The Award of Merit may be given annually to an individual (or individuals if they have worked as a team) who, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the brewing industry and who will be invited to give a lecture at the annual meeting.

Nominations may be made by any MBAA member and reviewed by the Technical Committee and submitted to the Executive Committee for approval. The award will consist of a suitably inscribed plaque and will be presented to the recipient at the annual meeting by the president. The Executive Committee may, at its discretion, elect not to make an award each year.

Past recipients:

1980 - Moritmer Brenner
1981 - Karl M. Strauss
1982 - Arnulfo Canales
1983 - Miroslav Dadic
1985 - Michael J. Lewis
1987 - Robert M. Halcrow
1989 - Charles E. Leiberman
1990 - Morten Meilgaard
1991 - John Ladish
1992 - Ludwig Narziss
1993 - Fritz Maytag
1994 - Joseph Owades
1995 - Walter Swistowicz
1996 - Egbert Pfisterer
1997 - Takashi Inoue
1998 - Klaus Zastrow
1999 - William K. Coors
2001 - Inge Russell
2003 - Nick Huige
2005 - Finn Knudsen
2007 - Frank Kirner
2009 - Bill Ladish