Arthur C. Dahlberg
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Arthur Chester Dahlberg was an American
food scientist
specializing in the dairy industry. His research helped to improve the methods of processing milk and milk products. He was Professor and Professor Emeritus of Dairy Industry at Cornell University
. He received the 1944 Borden Award for excellence in research in dairy manufacturing.
Born on a dairy farm, he was awarded Bachelor of Science
and Master of Science
degrees in agricultural chemistry from the University of Minnesota
. He worked at the Geneva Experimental Station in New York
from 1921 until 1943, obtaining a PhD in 1929 from the University of Illinois. He was the United States Government delegate to the International Dairy Congress in Berlin, Germany in 1937. In 1943 he was appointed Professor of Dairy Science at Cornell University, a post he held until his retirement in 1963.
His work at Cornell helped to improve the safety and shelf life of milk, and together with fellow professor Frank V. Kosikowski he developed the hot-pack process of making cream cheese, which stabilizes cream cheese to keep it from spoiling. During his career he authored, or co-authored, 179 papers, monographs, and books and took out several patents. From 1928 until 1938 he was editor of the Journal of Dairy Science.
He served as an advisor on numerous committees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He also served as director, vice-president, and president of the American Dairy Science Association
, and in 1960 was elected a fellow of the American Public Health Association
. He received the ASDA Distinguished Service Award in 1961.
United States
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food scientist
Food science
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specializing in the dairy industry. His research helped to improve the methods of processing milk and milk products. He was Professor and Professor Emeritus of Dairy Industry at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. He received the 1944 Borden Award for excellence in research in dairy manufacturing.
Born on a dairy farm, he was awarded Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
and Master of Science
Master of Science
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degrees in agricultural chemistry from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. He worked at the Geneva Experimental Station in New York
New York
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from 1921 until 1943, obtaining a PhD in 1929 from the University of Illinois. He was the United States Government delegate to the International Dairy Congress in Berlin, Germany in 1937. In 1943 he was appointed Professor of Dairy Science at Cornell University, a post he held until his retirement in 1963.
His work at Cornell helped to improve the safety and shelf life of milk, and together with fellow professor Frank V. Kosikowski he developed the hot-pack process of making cream cheese, which stabilizes cream cheese to keep it from spoiling. During his career he authored, or co-authored, 179 papers, monographs, and books and took out several patents. From 1928 until 1938 he was editor of the Journal of Dairy Science.
He served as an advisor on numerous committees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He also served as director, vice-president, and president of the American Dairy Science Association
American Dairy Science Association
The American Dairy Science Association is a non-profit professional organization for the advancement of dairy science. ADSA is headquartered in Savoy, Illinois, located near the Urbana-Champaign, Illinois area....
, and in 1960 was elected a fellow of the American Public Health Association
American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association is Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. Founded in 1872 by Dr. Stephen Smith, APHA has more than 30,000 members worldwide...
. He received the ASDA Distinguished Service Award in 1961.