The award is named after Carl R. Fellers, a food science professor who chaired the food technology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and when the first Phi Tau Sigma chapter was founded in 1953.
The award was established by recognizing Carl R. Fellers, a renowned food science professor who served as the head of the food technology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was instrumental in establishing the first Phi Tau Sigma chapter.