David Theno

Stop Foodborne Illness presented its first annual Dave Theno Food Safety Hero Award July 9 at the International Association of Food Protection (IAPF) conference in Tampa Bay, Fla. This prestigious award recognizes the numerous contributions the late David M. Theno (’72 journalism) made to the food safety field. For 40 years, Theno worked to advance collaboration between the scientific community and the meat industry to solve food-safety issues and in so doing, left an indelible mark on the food safety landscape. Theno died June 19 while swimming off the coast of Lanai, Hawaii.