American Dairy Science Association

American Society of Animal Science

Canadian Society of Animal Science

July 21-25, 2002 - 2002 Joint Annual Meeting - Quebec City, Canada

Meisinger receives 2002 Fellow Award

Dr. David Meisinger is the recipient of the 2002 ASAS Fellow Award Industry. The award will be presented as part of the American Society of Animal Science Awards banquet on July 22 during the Annual Meeting in Quebec City. The Fellow Award, sponsored by the American Society of Animal Science, recognizes ASAS members for their distinguished service to the animal industry for 25 years or more. Each nominee must have made exceptional contributions to the animal industry, to an animal related discipline, or to ASAS; must have had continuous professional membership in ASAS for a minimum of 25 years; and must be in good standing with the Society.

Meisinger joined ASAS in 1973 as a graduate student at Southern Illinois University. After earning his Ph.D. from Iowa State University, he spent a short time there as an ISU Extension area field livestock specialist. The rest of his career has been in industry. He became director of Research and Education for the National Pork Producers Council, followed by managing global programming for new swine products at IMC/Pitman Moore. When an opportunity arose in the packing industry in a new start-up plant, Indiana Packers Company, he jumped at the chance. He left there with the CEO to start the 5,000-sow Fetterman Farms in east-central Illinois. After those ten years in various industry capacities, Meisinger returned to the National Pork Producers Council as assistant vice-president of pork quality, where he has been the past six years.

His personally conceived program ideas included the System for Assuring Pork Quality, PORK 101, Sulfa-Safe pork, Trichina Safe pork, Trucker Quality Assurance, the Pork Quality Research Initiative, and many more.

He is a very respected and sought-after speaker in the industry in this country and worldwide. He has served as president of ARPAS, Midwest ASAS, and the Agricultural Research Institute. He is in his sixth year as secretary-treasurer of American Meat Science Association.

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