Fred C. Blanck (October 14, 1881 – 1965) was an American food scientist who was involved in the founding of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) which was involved in the publishing of

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and

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articles and books.

IFT founding

A charter member of IFT when it was founded in 1939, Blanck proposed at the last session of the meeting at the

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to have the new society dealing with food science in the

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be called the Institute of Food Technologists. He would serve as president of IFT in 1944-45 and would be named the first winner of the Stephen M. Babcock Award, now the

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in 1948.

Career

During his career, Blanck worked for the

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, the

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(

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since 1967), and the

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Selected works

* A. H, Jr., F.C. Blanck, and F.C. Wooster. (1950). ''Reviews of Nutritional Data.'' Pittsburgh: H.J. Heinz Company. * Blanck, F.C., Ed. (1955). ''Handbook of Food and Agriculture.'' New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp.

References

* 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. * ''Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.'' (1955). 3(6):473.
List of past IFT award winners.

''Reviews of Nutritional Data'' book information.
American food scientists Carnegie Mellon University faculty 1881 births 1965 deaths {{US-scientist-stub