In 1969 the ICC decided to create an award for outstanding achievements in the service of cereal science and technology, which was at the time to commemorate Dr. Clyde H. Bailey, (ICC Honorary President 1958 - 1968) who had died the year before.

Medallists so far:

1970	Dr. Friedrich Schweitzer, Austria
1974	Dr. Reinhard Schneeweiss, GDR Prof. Dr. John A. Shellenberger, USA
1978	Prof. Jean Bure, France Prof. Dr. L.A. Trisviatsky, USSR
1982	Prof. DDr. Ing. Radomir Lásztity, Hungary Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seibel, Germany
1988	Dr. Werner Saurer , Switzerland
1992	Dr. Pierre Feillet, France
2000	Prof. Dr. Raimondo Cubadda, Italy
2008	Dr. Barry McCleary, Ireland