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1917 Honorary Recognition Award
John Q. Emery, Educator and Food Commissioner
A man of timeless energy and profound beliefs, Mr. Emery has spent his life, as a teacher and as public servant, in the service of better education and improved agriculture. His work to secure the enactment of enforcement of uniform laws for the protection of the public against adulterated and misbranded foods and drugs, as dairy and food commissioner of the state, is pre-eminent.