Larry L. Borchert of Madison, Dean W. Henderson of Hudson and Louis E.
Muench of Cumberland will be inducted into the Wisconsin Meat Industry
Hall of Fame on May 7 at a luncheon in Madison.

The luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on John Nolen Drive in
Madison. Cost for the event is $25. Send reservations before April 30
to Jeff Swenson, Wisconsin DATCP, Division of Agricultural
Development, 2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI
53708-8911. The Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council hosts the event.

Borchert retired in 1996 after a long career with the Oscar Mayer
company. Henderson spent more than three decades on the faculty of the
Department of Meat and Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-
River Falls. Muench is president of Louie”s Finer Meats of Cumberland.

Borchert began his 30-year career at Oscar Mayer as a lab technician
and ended up as Director of Central Research. Since retiring, he has
returned to his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to
serve as Adjunct Professor of Meat Science.

Throughout his career, Borchert developed methods to improve and solve
problems in many aspects of meat processing. He also led the
industry”s effort to address controversies surrounding the use of
nitrates as a curing ingredient and had a profound influence in the
area of risks posed by pathogens associated with meat products.

After retiring he helped create and direct a weeklong processed meats
course for Oscar Mayer employees at the UW-Madison, became a
scientific advisor to the American Meat Institute, and traveled to
Russia six times to teach modern meat processing principles at
technical schools and to small processors.

Henderson joined the faculty at the UW-River Falls in 1968, launching
a 33-year career at a teacher, mentor, academic leader, and meat
industry educator and advisor. He developed the department”s food
science curriculum, leadin