The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) announces that Dr. John Forrest has been named the 2020 AMSA R.C. Pollock Award winner. The R.C. Pollock Award is presented annually in honor of the first general manager of the National Live Stock and Meat Board. This award is sponsored by the AMSA Development Council R.C. Pollock, Robert Bray, and Vern Cahill Mentor Recognition Funds. All the organization’s awards were presented virtually at the recent ICoMST/Reciprocal Meat Conference, held August 3-6.
Raised on a farm in Larned, Kansas, Dr. John Forrest began his education with a B.S. and M.S. from Kansas State University in 1960 and 1962 respectively, and a Ph. D. from University of Wisconsin in 1966. After a short stint at the University of Minnesota, Forrest joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1967 and served there until his retirement in 2002.