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This Lectureship was established in 1981 by ARS to honor the memory of Sterling B. Hendricks and to recognize scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the chemical science of agriculture. Hendricks contributed to many diverse scientific disciplines, including soil science, mineralogy, agronomy, plant physiology, geology, and chemistry. The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2022.  For more information, direct inquiries to HendricksLecture@usda.gov.

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2023 Awardee

Gary List is a veteran of the U.S. Army (1960-1963) where he worked as a technican at the U.S. Army Medical Laboratory at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland. He was the coauthor of two publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. His contributions were further recognized by a commendation from the U.S. Secretary of Defense and a promotion to E-5.

 

Gary began his career in the USDA-Agricultural Research Service at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria, Illinois in 1963 as a physical science aid and was quickly promoted to GS-9. In 1971, he completed an AD with 30 hours of chemistry, and in 1975, he was promoted to GS-11 Chemist. He retired in 2007 as a GS-15.

 

Gary was awarded a D.Sc.(Honoris Causa) by the University of Illinois in 2011 in recognition of his reseach on soybean oil. His research has encompased virtually every phase of oilseed processing and edible fats and oils. He is the author of 490 publications, including 45 book chapters and editor of 8 books. He has contributed to four revisions of the standard fats and oils textbook Baileys Industrial Oil And Fat Products publinshed in 1985, 1996, 2005, and 2020.

 

Gary has received the top awards in lipids, food, and agricutural chemistry from the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), American Chemical Society (ACS), and European Federation Lipid Technology. He has been active in AOCS, IFT, and ACS and is a fellow in each. Service awards from AOCS include the Award of Merit and the Baldwin Distinguished Service Award. He was selected as the IFT Chicago Section Fred W.Tanner Lecturer and was only the second bench chemist to give it in its 50 year history. The IFT Minnesota Section presented him with the Harold Macy Award for technology transfer activities between government, industry, and academia. Just two other USDA scientists have received the Macy Award since 1981. In 2006, the United Soybean Board honored him with a Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his contributions to the soybean industry. He has given invited plenary lectures in Canada, Austria, China, Turkey, and Taiwan.

 

Gary and his wife have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. His hobbies include military history and the history of the fats and oils industry. They are both active in their local church and inner city ministry. From 1989 to 2002, they were foster and adoptive parents to 20 children.

Past Awardees

1981

Norman E. Borlaug, Nobel Laureate, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, Mexico

1982

Warren L. Butler, University of California-San Diego

1983

Melvin Calvin, Nobel Laureate, University of California-Berkeley

1984

Frederick Ausubel, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

1985

Alan Putnam, Michigan State University, East Lansing

1986

Ralph Hardy, Cornell University and BioTechnica International, Ithaca, New York

1987

Mary-Dell Chilton, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

1988

Bruce N. Ames, University of California, Berkeley

1989

Sanford A. Miller, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas

1990

Roy L. Whistle, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1991

Peter S. Eagleson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

1992

John E. Casida, University of California-Berkeley

1993

Philip H. Abelson, Deputy Editor, Science, and Scientific Advisor to AAAS, Washington, DC

1994

Wendell L. Roelofs, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

1995

Winslow R. Briggs, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California

1996

Hugh D. Sisler, University of Maryland, College Park

1997

Ernest Hodgson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

1998

Morton Beroza, USDA-ARS (retired), Beltsville, Maryland

1999

Bruce D. Hammock, University of California-Davis

2000

William S. Bowers, University of Arizona, Tuscon

 

 

 

2001

Malcolm Thompson, USDA-ARS (retired), Beltsville, Maryland

2002

Irvin E. Liener, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

2003

Kriton Kleanthis Hatzios, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

2004

Robert L. Buchanan, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland

2005

Donald L. Sparks, University of Delaware, Newark

2006

Stanley B. Prusiner, Nobel Laureate, University of California, San Francisco

2007

Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University, East Lansing

2008

Fergus M. Clydesdale, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

2009

Charles J. Arntzen, Arizona State University-Tempe

2010

Chris Somerville, Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute, Berkeley, California

2011

Deborah P. Delmer, University of California-Davis

2012

Eric Block, University at Albany, State University of New York

2013

Keith Solomon, University of Guelph, Canada

2014

Robert T. Fraley, Monsanto, Company, St. Louis, Missouri

2015

James Tumlinson, Penn State, University Park

2016

May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2017

John Pickett, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

2018

James N. Seiber, University of California, Davis

2019

John W. Finley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

2020

Thomas C. Sparks, Corteva Agrisciences, Wilmington, DE

2021

Fereidon Shahidi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada

2022

Stephen Duke, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS

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