List of Institute of Food Technologists presidents
# List of Institute of Food Technologists presidents

This a list of the people who have served as president of the Institute of Food Technologists since its establishment in 1939.

* 1939–41: Samuel C. Prescott
* 1941–42: Laurence V. Burton
* 1942–43: Roy C. Newton
* 1943–44: William V. Cruess
* 1944–45: Fred C. Blanck
* 1945–46: Fred W. Tanner
* 1946–47: Ellery R. Harvey
* 1947–48: George J. Hucker
* 1948–49: Helmut C. Diehl
* 1949–50: Carl R. Fellers
* 1950–51: Paul F. Sharp
* 1951–52: Charles N. Frey
* 1952–53: Bernard E. Proctor
* 1953–54: Berton S. Clark
* 1954–55: Philip K. Bates
* 1955–56: LaVerne E. Clifcorn
* 1956–57: George F. Garantz
* 1957–58: Emil M. Mrak
* 1958–59: Askel G. Olsen
* 1959–60: Ray B. Wakefield
* 1960–61: Irmi J. Hutchings
* 1961–62: Harold W. Schultz
* 1962–63: John M. Jackson
* 1963–64: C. Olin Ball
* 1964–65: Charles T. Townsend
* 1965–66: Maynard A. Joslyn
* 1966–67: John H. Nair
* 1967–68: George F. Stewart
* 1968–69: Bernard L. Oser
* 1969–70: Herbert E. Robinson
* 1970–71: Hans Lineweaver
* 1971–72: Richard L. Hall
* 1972–73: Ben F. Buchanan
* 1973–74: Reid T. Milner
* 1974–75: Charles F. Niven, Jr.
* 1975–76: Ernest J. Briskey
* 1976–77: John C. Ayres
* 1977–78: Howard E. Bauman
* 1978–79: Bernard S. Schweigert
* 1979–80: Walter L. Clark
* 1980–81: Frederick Jack Francis
* 1981–82: Arthur T. Schramm
* 1982–83: Owen R. Fennema
* 1983–84: Gilbert A. Leveille
* 1984–85: Bernard J. Liska
* 1985–86: Charles J. Bates
* 1986–87: John J. Powers
* 1987–88: Roy E. Morse
* 1988–89: Theodore P. Labuza
* 1989–90: Paul F. Hopper
* 1990–91: Daryl B. Lund
* 1991–92: John H. Litchfield
* 1992–93: David R. Lineback
* 1993–94: Adolph (Al) S. Clausi
* 1994–95: Roy G. Arnold
* 1995–96: Francis F. Busta
* 1996–97: Robert E. Smith
* 1997–98: Mary K. Wagner
* 1998–99: Bruce R. Stillings
* 1999–2000: Charles E. Manley
* 2000–01: Mary K. Schmidl
* 2001–02: Philip E. Nelson
* 2002–03: Mark R. McLellan
* 2003–04: C. Ann Hollingsworth
* 2004–05: Herbert F. Stone
* 2005–06: Margaret A. Lawson
* 2006–07: Dennis R. Heldman
* 2007–08: John D. Floros
* 2008–09: Sheri Schellhaass
* 2009–10: Marianne Gillette
* 2010-11: Robert B. Gravani
* 2011–12: Roger A. Clemens
* 2012–13: John Ruff
* 2013–14: Janet Collins
* 2014–15: Mary Ellen Camire
* 2015–16: Colin Dennis
* 2016–17: John Coupland
* 2019: Michele Perchonok
