Cedric Donald Atkins (September 7, 1913 – June 3, 2000) was a researcher for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). With

Edwin L. Moore Edwin L. Moore (May 26, 1916 – July 10, 2009) was a researcher for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). With Louis G. MacDowell and C. D. Atkins in the 1940s, he helped develop a new process for making frozen concentrated orang ...

and Louis G. MacDowell in the 1940s, he helped develop a new process for making concentrated orange juice.The New York Times: June 8, 2000- C. D. Atkins, 86, Inventor of Orange Juice Process
/ref> All three men were inducted together into the ''Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame'' in 1986 for their contributions to the Citrus Industry.

Early life and education

The only child of James H. Atkins, a railroad telegraph operator, and his wife Christina, an elementary school teacher, Cedric Donald "C.D." Atkins was born in Winter Haven, Florida. He enrolled at the University of Florida, where he became an Agriculture major and joined the

Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho (), commonly known as AGR, is a social/professional, agriculture fraternity in the United States, currently with 71 collegiate chapters. Founding The fraternity considers the Morrill Act of 1862 to be the instrument of its incepti ...

Agricultural Fraternity. He soon transferred to

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in Lakeland, Florida, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1937.

Career

After graduating from Florida Southern, he became a teacher and football coach at several area schools. Atkins was then hired by the USDA as a research scientist. Atkins died in his hometown of Winter Haven in June 2000 at the age of 86.

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Prominent UF alumni list
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, C. D. American food scientists People from Winter Haven, Florida University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumni Florida Southern College alumni 1913 births 2000 deaths