Frederick Conrad Blanck (October 14, 1881 – January 11, 1965) was an American

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who was involved in the founding of the

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(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

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in the

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be called the

. 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

Mellon Institute of Industrial Research The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research was a research institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that became part of Carnegie Mellon University. It was founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon as part of the University of Pittsbur ...

(

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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