The Extension-Industry Service Award
Sponsored by the Foundation for Meat & Poultry Research & Education
The AMSA Distinguished Extension-Industry Service Award was established in 1965 to recognize outstanding achievement in meat science extension and service to the industry.
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| Year | Name | Organization |
| 2026 | McCullough, KatieRose | Meat Institute |
| 2025 | Garcia, Lyda G. | The Ohio State University |
| 2024 | Delmore, Robert J. | Colorado State University |
| 2023 | Campbell, Jonathan | Penn State University |
| 2022 | Lawrence, Ty | West Texas A&M University |
| 2021 | Delmore, Lynn | Allied Food Safety |
| 2020 | Rentfrow, Gregg | University of Kentucky |
| 2019 | Schroeder, Aubrey | Zoetis |
| 2018 | Hanson, Dana | North Carolina State University |
| 2017 | Brashears, Mindy | Texas Tech University |
| 2016 | Eilert, Scott | Cargill |
| 2015 | Sindelar, Jeff | University of Wisconsin |
| 2014 | Johnson, Roger | Smithfield Farmland |
| 2013 | Sosnicki, Andrzej | Kraft Foods Inc./Oscar Mayer Division |
| 2012 | Harris, Kerri B. | Texas A&M University |
| 2011 | Cutter, Catherine | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2010 | Schultz-Kaster, Collette | Farmland Foods, Inc. |
| 2009 | Huffman, Randall K. | Maple Leaf Foods |
| 2008 | Knipe, C. Lynn | The Ohio State University |
| 2007 | Boyle, Elisabeth A. E. | Kansas State University |
| 2006 | Mikel, W. Benji | Mississippi State University |
| 2005 | Dryden, Forrest D. | Hormel Foods Corporation |
| 2004 | Montgomery, Ted H. | West Texas A&M University |
| 2003 | Riemann, M. James | Certified Angus Beef |
| 2002 | Burson, Dennis E. | University of Nebraska |
| 2001 | Griffin, Davey B. | Texas A&M University |
| 2000 | McKeith, Floyd K. | University of Illinois |
| 1999 | Henning, William R. | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1998 | Hodges, James H. | American Meat Institute |
| 1997 | Booren, Alden M. | Michigan State University |
| 1996 | Hale, Daniel S. | Texas A & M University |
| 1995 | Ray, Fred K. | Oklahoma State University |
| 1994 | Wise, Jimmy W. | U. S. Dept. of Agriculture |
| 1993 | Allen, Dell M. | Excel Corporation |
| 1992 | Buege, Dennis R. | University of Wisconsin |
| 1991 | Sleeth, R. B. | Armour & Company |
| 1990 | Rogers, Robert W. | Mississippi State University |
| 1989 | Marriott, Norman G. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| 1988 | Cordray, Joseph C. | A. C. Legg Packing Co. |
| 1987 | Jones, William R. | Auburn University |
| 1986 | Brandt, A. W. | University of California-Davis |
| 1985 | Carr, Tom R. | University of Illinois |
| 1984 | Reynolds, Aaron Estes | University of Georgia |
| 1983 | Forrest, John C. | Purdue University |
| 1982 | Murphey, C. E. | Texas A & M University |
| 1981 | Romans, John R. | University of Illinois |
| 1980 | Tauber, F. W. | T.A.I. Consulting Co. |
| 1979 | Schafer, David E. | Kansas State University |
| 1978 | Epley, Richard J. | University of Minnesota |
| 1977 | Malkus, L. A. | University of Connecticut |
| 1976 | Kean, G. R. | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1975 | Orts, F. A. | Texas A & M University |
| 1974 | Stringer, William C. | University of Missouri |
| 1973 | vanStavern, B. D. | The Ohio State University |
| 1972 | Reddish, R. L. | University of Florida |
| 1971 | Schoonover, C. O. | University of Wyoming |
| 1970 | Varney, W. Y. | University of Kentucky |
| 1969 | Christian, John A. | North Carolina State University |
| 1968 | Christian, James A. | The University of Georgia |
| 1967 | Snyder, R. W. | Texas A & M University |
| 1966 | Pierce, E. A. | Cornell University |
| 1965 | Rust, Robert E. | Iowa State University |