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AACC names Knight as Geddes Award winner
Elizabeth Knight received the William
F. Geddes Memorial Award from AACC
International at the association's awards
ceremony held during the World Grains
Summit in San Francisco, CA. Ms. Knight,
a McCormick & Co. account executive
based at St. Louis Park, MN, currently
serves as the group's treasurer as well as
chairman of its International Finance
Committee and treasurer of its Northwestern Section.
Announcing the award whose winner
is always kept secret until the moment of
presentation, Stuart Craig, Ph.D., current

AACC president and director of scientific
and regulatory affairs for Danisco USA, Ardsley, NY, noted Ms. Knight's many years of
volunteer service to the association and the
important role she has played in maintaining the group's financing stability.
This is the 43rd time AACC has given
out the Geddes award, which "honors the
zeal and unselfish industry of an individual
member," Dr. Craig said, "and emphasizes
the importance of his or her contributions
to the work of the society." The award was
named for Dr. Geddes, who served the association as president (1938-1939), vice-

president (1937-1938) and editor-in-chief
of Cereal Chemistry (1943-1961).
This year, AACC presented Philip C. Williams, Ph.D., principal of PDK Projects,
Nanaimo, BC, the Edith Christensen Award
for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methods. While at the Canadian Grain
Commission, from which he retired in 2002,
he pioneered use of near-infrared spectroscopy for testing wheat.
Jan A. Delcour, Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Food Chemistry at Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, received the
association's Excellence in Teaching award.

Wheat Foods Council launches 'Grain Talk' blog
The Wheat Foods Council, Parker, CO,
launched a blog titled "Grain Talk with Marcia Scheideman," a series of bimonthly entries
published by Marcia Scheideman M.S., R.D.,
president of WFC. The blog, which will be
located at grainblog.wheatfoods.org, is the first
of its kind solely devoted to grains.
"Grains are vital to the American economy in addition to being a critical dietary
staple," Ms. Scheideman said. "The purpose
of the on-line platform is to provide con-

sumers, health professionals and industry
with clear, relevant and fact-based information with the goal of debunking myths,
showcasing credible science and providing
insights gathered from the grain industry in
its entirety."
In publishing the blog, Ms. Scheideman
will rely on her own experience as well as
that of the Wheat Foods Council's diverse
membership, which includes wheat producers, millers, bakers, state wheat commissions

and manufacturers.
"I want to educate and offer unique insights
and ideas about grain topics ranging from increased interest in the glycemic index to how
reduced wheat yields and quality impact the
industry," Ms. Scheideman said. "We hope that
'Grain Talk' will encourage dialogue among a
diverse audience about nutrition, agriculture,
ingredient innovation and more."
"Grain Talk" is made possible by Archer
Daniels Midland Co.

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