‘IUNS Living Legend Award’

Professor Joe Millward, one of our Honorary Fellows, is known to many in The Nutrition Society, having a long and illustrious record of service, both to the Society and the field of nutrition science. Amongst his many achievements Professor Millward served as a Nutrition Society Council Member during 1978–1982, 1993–1998 and 2002–2005, and as the Society’s representative on the Royal Society National Committee for Biochemistry from 1976 to 1982. He also served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Nutrition, (1976–1982, 1993–2002, and since 2012 as Deputy Editor), and Nutrition Research Reviews, (1987–2002).

It is, therefore, gratifying to learn that the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) announced at its recent International Congress of Nutrition in Tokyo that Professor Millward has been given the ‘IUNS Living Legend Award’. This prestigious award recognises a senior individual’s (and they must be aged over 80 years!) contribution to the work of their national nutrition body or regional organisation. We heartily congratulate Professor Millward on this well-deserved recognition of his long service to our Society.