ASN Fellows
A Fellow is the highest honor ASN bestows, recognizing individuals for significant discoveries and distinguished careers in the field of nutrition.
Congratulations to the ASN Class of 2022 Fellows!
ASN looks forward to honoring the 2022 honorees at NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, ASN’s flagship meeting, which will be held virtually from June 14-16, 2022.
More information about the Call for Nominations/Applications for the ASN Class of 2023 Fellows will be available in fall 2023.
To be inducted as a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition is the highest honor that the Society bestows. Scientists who have had distinguished careers in the field of nutrition and are at least sixty-five years of age are eligible for consideration.
ASN Class of 2022 Fellows
The ASN Class of 2022 Fellows will be recognized during NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, held June 14-16, 2022. Members of the 2022 class join more than 500 other ASN Fellows who have been recognized since the program began in 1952.
- Steven Abrams, MD, University of Texas at Austin
- Peter Aggett, MSc, MBChB, University of Central Lancashire, UK
- Susan Fried, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Angel Gil, PhD, University of Granada, Spain
- Donald Jump, PhD, Oregon State University
- Gregory D. Miller, PhD, National Dairy Council
- Rachel Novotny, PhD, RDN, University of Hawaii
- José Ordovas, PhD, Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
- Pamela Pehrsson, PhD, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
- Aryeh Stein, PhD, Emory University
- June Stevens, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Linda Tapsell, PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Nancy Turner, PhD, Michigan State University
- Xiang-Dong Wang, MD, PhD, Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Past Fellows
The ASN Class of 2021 Fellows
• Rebecca Costello, PhD
• Teresa Davis, PhD
• Ralph Green, MD PhD
• Rachel Johnson, PhD, RD
• Samuel Klein, MD
• Martin Kohlmeier, MD PhD
• Mary L’Abbé, PhD
• Michael McBurney, PhD
• David McCarron, MD
• Neil Shay, PhD
• Helmut Sies, MD
• Maret Traber, PhD
• Katherine Tucker, PhD
The ASN Class of 2020 Fellows
• Margaret (Peggy) Bentley
• Robert A. Burns
• Naomi Fukagawa
• Catherine A. Geissler
• Harry Lee Greene
• William Harris
• Fatma Huffman
• Mindy Kurzer
• Daniel J. Raiten
• Sachiko St. Jeor
• Judith Storch
• Mary Story
• Roger A. Sunde
• Bruce A. Watkins
• Keith West
The ASN Class of 2019 Fellows
• Michele Forman
• Douglas Heimburger
• Michael F. Holick
• Gordon L. Jensen
• Nancy Krebs
• Shiriki Kumanyika
• Simin Meydani
• Alanna Moshfegh
• Denise Ney
• Andrew Prentice
• Jon Story
The ASN Class of 2018 Fellows
athryn Dewey
• Michael Gibney
• Eileen Kennedy
• David Klurfeld
• Alice Lichtenstein
• Judith Marlett
• Eric Ravussin
The ASN Class of 2017 Fellows
Roger A. Clemens
• Gerald Combs, Jr.
• Susan J. Fairweather-Tait
• Katherine M. Flegal
• James O. Hill
• Kathryn M. Kolasa
• Christine L. Taylor
• Malcolm Watford
• Steven Zeisel
The ASN Class of 2016 Fellows
• George Fahey
• Janet Greger
• Jesse Gregory
• Guy Johnson
• Allen Levine
• Bernadette Marriott
• Barry Shane
• Virginia Stallings
• Robert Suskind
• Connie Weaver
The ASN Class of 2015 Fellows
• Benjamin Caballero
• Mark Failla
• Pamela Fraker
• Barbara Hansen
• Penny Kris-Etherton
• Bo Lönnerdal
• Martha Stipanuk
• Ricardo Uauy
The ASN Class of 2014 Fellows
• Lynn Bailey
• Adam Drewnowski, PhD
• David Heber, MD, PhD
• Van Hubbard
• Joseph R. Prohaska
• Kathleen Rasmussen
• Beatrice Rogers
• Barbara Schneeman
• Dale A. Schoeller
• Allison A. Yates
The ASN Class of 2013 Fellows
• Kenneth Brown
• Paul Coates
• Cutberto Garza
• Reynaldo Martorell
• Linda Meyers
• John Milner
• Catharine Ross
• Jacob Selhub
• Allen Taylor
• Catherine Woteki
The ASN Class of 2012 Fellows
• Lindsay Allen
• Stephanie Atkinson
• Lynne Ausman
• Stephen Barnes
• Adrianne Bendich
• Werner Bergen
• Jere D. Haas
• Mohsen Meydani
The ASN Class of 2011 Fellows
• Leann Birch
• Peggy Borum
• Robert Cousins
• John Erdman
• Frank Greer
• Sooja Kim
• Roy Martin
• Barbara Rolls
• Walter Willet
The ASN Class of 2010 Fellows
• Gary Beauchamp
• Jeffrey Blumberg
• Fergus Clydesdale
• Richard Deckelbaum
• Olle Hernell
• Errol Marliss
• Michael Pariza
• Barry Popkin
• Judith Stern
The ASN Class of 2009 Fellows
• Margaret Cheney
• William Dietz
• Osman Galal
• MRC Greenwood
• Gail Harrison
• Steven Heymsfield
• Joanne Lupton
• Noel Solomons
• W Allan Walker
• Elizabeth Yetley
The ASN Class of 2008 Fellows
• D’Ann Finley
• K.C. Hayes
• David Jenkins
• Ronald Krauss
• Roland Leach
• Forrrest Nielsen
• Paul Pencharz
The ASN Class of 2007 Fellows
• Richard Allison
• Gladys Block
• Junshi Chen
• G. Harvey Anderson
• Dennis Bier
• Claude Bouchard
• William Flatt
• Rosalind Gibson
• Janet King
• Harriet Kuhnlein
• Suzanne Murphy
• Dale Romsos
• Robert Russell
The ASN Class of 2006 Fellows
• Barbara Harland
• Joel Kopple
• Orville Levander
• Harry Mersmann
• Charlotte Neumann
• Gretel Pelto
• Robert Rucker
The ASN Class of 2005 Fellows
• David Baker
• Bruce Bistrian
• Elsworth Buskirk
• Elizabeth Davis
• Peter Furst
• Leif Hambraeus
• Joseph Hautvast
• Melvin Mathias
• Fernando Monckeberg
• Marion Nestle
The ASN Class of 2004 Fellows
• Billy Baumgardt
• George Blackburn
• Johanna Dwyer
• Charles Elson
• Jean Hankin
• William Heird
• Lennart Krook
• Anthony Norman
• Wilson Pond
The ASN Class of 2003 Fellows
• David H. Alpers
• Peter Greenwald
• William E. Lands
• George M. Owen
• Quinton R. Rogers
• Patricia B. Swan
• Judith R. Turnlund
• Fernando E. Viteri
• Richard Wurtman
• Vernon R. Young
The ASN Class of 2002 Fellows
• Phyllis B. Acosta
• Ransom L Baldwin IV
• Carolyn D Berdanier
• James D Cook
• Jacqueline L Dupont
• Walter H. Glinsmann
• Charles Halsted
• Leslie M. Klevay
• Rachel A. Schemmel
• Ethan Allen Sims
The ASN Class of 2001 Fellows
• Jean Pierre Habicht
• Margit Hamosh
• Elaine Monsen
• Xavier Pi Sunyer
• Irwin Rosenberg
• James C Smith
• Louis Sullivan
• Milton L. Sunde
• William Thomas
• Myron Winick
The ASN Class of 2000 Fellows
• Kenneth Fisher
• K. Michael Hambidge
• Paul Lachance
• Gilbert A. Leveille
• Donald B. McCormick
• Richard S. Rivlin
• John W. Suttie
• Barbara A. Underwood
• Stanley Wallach
The ASN Class of 1999 Fellows
• Andre Bensadoun
• David Baird Coursin
• Carlos Krumdieck
• John Longenecker
• George V. Mann
• Paul Saltman
• James Headon Shaw
• Earl Shrago
• Joseph John Vitale
• Maija H. Zile
The ASN Class of 1998 Fellows
• Hamilton Eaton
• Peter Hahn
• James Iacono
• G. Richard Jansen
• Norge Winifred Jerome
• Fred A. Kummerow
• Lawrence J. Machlin
• Paul Baker McCay
• Sanford A. Miller
• Harold Sandstead
• Conrad Wagner
The ASN Class of 1997 Fellows
• George Bray
• Lieber Charles
• John Coniglio
• Jack Cooperman
• Leon Ellenbogen
• Richard Freedland
• Charles Richard Grau
• John Kinney
• M. Daniel Lane
• Michael Latham
• James G. Morris
• Malden Nesheim
• Buford L. Nichols
• Alex Roche
The ASN Class of 1996 Fellows
• Kiyoshi Ashida
• Lewis A. Barness
• Arthur L. Black
• Ratko Buzina
• William E. Connor
• Joaquim Cravioto
• Hector F DeLuca
• Harold H. Draper
• Richard Havel
• Sheldon Margen
The ASN Class of 1995 Fellows
• George Beaton
• Cecile Edwards
• Allan Forbes
• Stanley Gershoff
• Charles Hill
• Stanley Levenson
• Juan Navia
• Duane Ullrey
• Peter Van Soest
• Elsie Widdowson
The ASN Class of 1994 Fellows
• Ernest Beutler
• Felix Bronner
• Mary Carpenter
• Hans Fisher
• Paul Griminger
• Avanelle Kirksey
• Robert Neal
• Ananda Prasad
• Joyce Beare Rogers
• Daniel Rudman
The ASN Class of 1993 Fellows
• Virginia A. Beal
• Charles S. Davidson
• Stanley M. Garn
• Robert P. Heaney
• Victor Herbert
• Jules Hirsch
• Robert E. Hodges
• Henry C. McGill
• Donald S. McLaren
• Al Mendelof
The ASN Class of 1992 Fellows
• Abraham E. Axelrod
• Myrtle Brown
• Kenneth K. Carroll
• Elaine B. Feldman
• Norman Kretchmer
• Kenneth P. McConnell
• Gerhard Plaut
• John R. Schubert
• Al Tappel
• Robert H. Wasserman
The ASN Class of 1991 Fellows
• Aaron Altschul
• Halvor Niels Christensen
• Frank Chytil
• George Graham
• Helen Guthrie
• Irvin E. Liener
• Robert O. Nesheim
• Raymond Reiser
• William Shive
• Eleanor Young
The ASN Class of 1990 Fellows
• Charles E. Butterworth
• Kenneth J. Carpenter
• John E. Halver
• Paul M. Newberne
• James E. Oldfield
• James A. Olson
• Marion F. Robinson
• Daphne A. Roe
• Samuel B. Tove
• Willard J. Visek
The ASN Class of 1989 Fellows
• Doris Howes Calloway
• Gerald F. Combs
• Samuel J. Fomon
• Norman L. Jacobson
• Walter Mertz
• Hugh Sinclair
• Herta Spencer
• Marian Swendseid
• George Wolf
• Donald B. Zilversmit
The ASN Class of 1988 Fellows
• Guillermo Arroyave
• Dena Cederquist
• James S. Dinning
• Clement A. Finch
• Richard M. Forbes
• Douglas V. Frost
• Alfred E Harper
• Lucille S. Hurley
• Fred H. Mattson
• Philip L. White
The ASN Class of 1987 Fellows
• Stanley R. Ames
• Lloyd J. Filer
• R. Gaurth Hansen
• F. Howard Kratzer
• Willard A. Krehl
• David Kritchevsky
• Ruth L. Pike
• Robert E. Shank
• Maurice E. Shils
• Theodore Van Itallie
The ASN Class of 1986 Fellows
• John G. Bieri
• George M. Briggs
• Harry P. Broquist
• LaVell Henderson
• Ralph T. Holman
• B. Connor Johnson
• Jean Mayer
• Robert E. Olson
• Howerde E. Sauberlich
• Milton L. Scott
The ASN Class of 1985 Fellows
• Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater
• Franklin C. Bing
• Alexander Campbell
• Fredric Hill
• Max Milner
• Alvin L. Moxon
• Boyd L. O’Dell
• Helen G. Oldham
• Arnold E. Schaefer
• Nevin S. Scrimshaw
The ASN Class of 1984 Fellows
• George O. Burr
• William J. Darby
• R. W. Engel
• D. Mark Hegsted
• Ruth L. Huenemann
• Herbert P. Sarett
• Howard A. Schneider
• Stanley S Slinger
The ASN Class of 1983 Fellows
• Herbert R. Bird
• Helen M. Linkswiler
• John K Loosli
• Olaf Mickelsen
• Hamish N. Munro
• Neige Todhunter
• Andre van Veen
• Harold H. Williams
• Maxwell M. Wintrobe
• Lemuel D. Wright
The ASN Class of 1982 Fellows
• Harry G. Day
• Karl Folkers
• Max K. Horwitt
• Esmond Snell
• Madelyn Womack
The ASN Class of 1981 Fellows
• George K. Davis
• Paul B. Pearson
• Fredrick J. Stare
• E.L.Robert Stokstad
• Harry M. Vars
The ASN Class of 1980 Fellows
• Carl A. Baumann
• Herbert E. Carter
• Gladys A. Emerson
• James M. Orten
The ASN Class of 1979 Fellows
• Helen E. Clark
• Robert S Harris
• Max O. Schultze
The ASN Class of 1978 Fellows
• R. H. Barnes
• O. Lee Kline
• Harold S. Olcot
The ASN Class of 1977 Fellows
• Arthur R. Kemmerer
• Ruth M. Leverton
• Pearl P. Swanson
The ASN Class of 1976 Fellows
• C. M. Coons
• E. T. Mertz
• C. A. Storvick
The ASN Class of 1975 Fellows
• Mildred Adams
• F. S. Doft
• Ancel Keys
The ASN Class of 1974 Fellows
• C. P. Berg
• E. S. Eppright
• G. A. Goldsmith
The ASN Class of 1973 Fellows
• Lela E. Booher
• W. B. Castle
• T. H. Jukes Jukes
The ASN Class of 1972 Fellows
• E.S. Nasset
• M. E. Ohlson
• M. S. Reynolds
The ASN Class of 1971 Fellows
• T. S. Hamilton
• Ruth Okey
• James Waddell
The ASN Class of 1970 Fellows
• Paul L Day
• Charles N. Frey
• Harold M. Scott
The ASN Class of 1969 Fellows
• S. K. Kon
• Karl E. Mason
• Bernard L. Oser
The ASN Class of 1968 Fellows
• Herman J. Almquist
• Paul H. Phillips
• Henry Sebrell, Jr.
The ASN Class of 1967 Fellows
• Georgian Adams
• Earle W. Crampton
• L. Emmett Holt
The ASN Class of 1966 Fellows
• Max Kleiber
• Samuel Lepkovsky
• John B. Youmans
The ASN Class of 1965 Fellows
• Paul György
• Genevieve Stearns
• Raymond W. Swift
The ASN Class of 1964 Fellows
• J. B. Brown
• Henrik Dam
• Hazel K. Stiebeling
The ASN Class of 1963 Fellows
• Wendell H. Griffith
• C. Glen King
• Leo C. Norris
The ASN Class of 1962
• J. S. Hughes
• Lydia J. Roberts
• W. D. Salmon
The ASN Class of 1961 Fellows
• R. Adams Dutcher
• Helen T. Parsons
• Arthur H. Smith
The ASN Class of 1960 Fellows
• Icie Macy Hoobler
• Paul E. Howe
• Leonard A. Maynard
The ASN Class of 1959 Fellows
• Albert G. Hogan
• Agnes Fay Morgan
• William C. Rose
The ASN Class of 1958 Fellows
• Thorne M. Carpenter
• George R. Cowgill
• Eugene F. DuBois
• Ernest B. Forbes
• Casimir Funk
• Elmer V. McCollum
• Harold H. Mitchell
• John R. Murlin
• Harry Steenbock
• Robert R. Williams
Application Portal is No Longer Open for the ASN Class of 2022 Fellows!
APPLICATION WEBSITE: ASN Foundation Portal
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 28, 2022
Applications should be submitted by the individual interested in being considered for the ASN Class of 2022 Fellows.
The ASN Class of 2022 Fellows will be honored at NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, ASN’s annual meeting which will be held virtually from June 14-16, 2022.
The deadline for applications was January 28, 2022.
Any questions, please contact awards@nutrition.org.
Click here to download a PDF detailing ASN Class of 2022 Eligibility and Guidelines.
Application and Selection Process
All applications must be submitted via the ASN Foundation Portal. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Applications will be retained for 2 years. Applications received will be considered for 2022 and 2023 Fellows selection.
Confidential selection juries are appointed each year. Juries rate the candidates based on the award criteria.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be a scientist who has had a distinguished career in the field of nutrition
- Be at least sixty-five years of age
Applicant Guidelines
The following information will be required during the submission process. Please note that ASN recommends the application information first be written and saved in a Word document and then copied and pasted into the appropriate boxes during the application process.
- Applicant’s contact information
- Letter(s) of support author contact information
- Application information:
- Personal statement summarizing contributions to field of nutrition science/practice/education (up to 500 words).
- Description/list of leadership roles and service within ASN and/or the broader nutrition community
- Description/list of honors and awards
- Required uploads (in PDF format)
- Letter(s) of support (maximum of 2 letters) to address the following:
- Impact of applicant’s contributions to the field
- Demonstrated excellence and/or commitment
- Reputation in the nutrition science/practice/education community
- Curriculum vitae of the applicant
- Letter(s) of support (maximum of 2 letters) to address the following:
Click here to view a historical list of Society Fellows. To view past tribute videos presented at the Fellows, 50-Year Members and Past Presidents Luncheon, please visit the ASN YouTube Channel.