- George J. Hucker
George J. Hucker (
August 19 ,1893 -May 18 ,1988 ) was an American microbiologist who was involved in the founding of theInstitute of Food Technologists and was involved indairy microbiology .Career at Cornell University
Hucker was a professor of
bacteriology and chief of theNew York State Agricultural Experiment Station inGeneva, New York during the early 20th century.Involvement in the
Institute of Food Technologists Hucker attended an international conference held at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937 that proved so successful that would lead to two more meeting preliminary meetings in 1938 and 1939. These two meetings at MIT would lead to another conference later in 1939 that would lead to the formation of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) with Hucker being elected as Secretary-Treasurer, a position he would serve until 1947, when he was elected IFT President. Hucker would serve as IFT President during 1947-48 while his previous position was given toCarl R. Fellers , head of thefood technology department at theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst . Hucker would be named an IFT Fellow in 1976.References
* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMA02102.html Paul Jones Chapman papers at Cornell University: 1940-83] - Accessed November 8, 2006.
* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMA00661.html H.J. Conn papers at Cornell University: 1811-1959] - Accessed November 8, 2006.
* [http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/10.16.03/CU_symbols.html Cornell University chronicle: October 16, 2003] - Accessed November 8, 2006.
*Goldblith, S.A. (1993). "Pioneers in Food Science, Volume 1: Samuel Cate Prescott - M.I.T. Dean and Pioneer Food Technologist." Trumball, CT: Food & Nutrition Press. p. 102.
* [http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000288 List of IFT Fellows]
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