The American Meat Science Association announces that Mark Miller has been named an AMSA Fellow and is a recipient of the 2015 AMSA Signal Service Award. The AMSA Signal Service Award was established in 1956 and is given to members in recognition of devoted service and lasting contributions to the meat industry and to the association. The Signal Service Awards are sponsored by Cargill, Johnsonville Sausage Company and Elanco Animal Health. Mark Miller will be honored at an Awards banquet during the AMSA 68th Reciprocal Meat Conference on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Lincoln, NE.
Miller earned his B.S. degree in Animal Science (1982, magna cum laude) and then completed his M.S. (1984) from Texas Tech University. In 1987, Miller received his Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science from Texas A&M University. From 1987-1989, Miller was an assistant professor in the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Section at the University of Georgia. He then became the director of research/development and quality assurance at Montfort of Colorado, Inc. from 1989-1990. In 1990, Miller joined the faculty of Texas Tech University as professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences. In 2004, he received the San Antonio Livestock Show Distinguished Chair in Meat Science as well as in 2011 named the Horn Professor of Meat Science and Muscle Biology.