2024 Dr. Gary C. Smith Scholarship Recipients
A special thank you to the Bellinger Foundation for supporting our students with $1,000.00 scholarships for earning high individual at selected AMSA Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contests. Students cannot receive the scholarship more than one time in a competitive season.
2023 Dr. Gary C. Smith Scholarship Recipients
A special thank you to the Bellinger Foundation for supporting our students with $1,000.00 scholarships for earning high individual at selected AMSA Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contests.
Robert Delmore
Signal Service
Established in 1956, the AMSA Signal Service Award is given to members to recognize devoted service and lasting contributions to the meat industry and the association. The Signal Service Award is sponsored by CTI Foods, Cargill, Clemens Food Group, Johnsonville, LLC., and Elanco Animal Health.
Dr. Robert Delmore, Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU), has been instrumental in moving meat science and food safety education forward. In addition to teaching courses in meat science, meat safety, and meat processing, Dr. Delmore oversaw the university processing facilities and was instrumental in designing and constructing a new Meat Processing Center at CSU. He and his wife, Dr. Lynn Graves Delmore, live in Wellington, CO, with their two daughters, Ainsley and Tessa.
"I am thankful for the many teachers, mentors, and colleagues during graduate school, industry, and academia that shaped my career and prepared me to teach meat science. One of the most rewarding parts of my career is the daily interaction with students finding their way into the meat industry," stated Dr. Delmore.