Bruce Alcott Lister

Background

Lister, Bruce Alcott was born on December 23, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of James Alan and Georgana Martha (Hunt) Lister.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1943; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1947; certified in Food Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hofstra U., 1998.

Career

From laboratory assistant to division research director, General Foods Corporation, Hoboken, New Jersey and White Plains, New York, 1943-1962; from manager technical services to vice president corporation affairs, Nestle Foods Corporation, White Plains and Purchase, New York, 1962-1988; executive director, Tea Association United States of America, New York City, 1990-1991; consultant food industry, Baldwin, since 1989. President International Hydrolyzed Protein Council, Washington, 1979-1990. Trustee cacao biogenetic research project Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1988-1989.

Chairman Studies. regulations committee National Coffee Association, New York City, 1968-1988, technical committee Chocolate Manufacturers Association, McLean, Virginia, 1972-1988. United States delegate, chairman tea committee, member coffee committee International Studies Organisation. United States delegate, full commission, chocolate, soup, dietary foods, labeling committees Codex Alimentarius.

United States delegate, tea committee United Nations Commision on Trade and Development.

Achievements

• Bruce Alcott Lister has been listed as a notable Food scientist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, vice president, board directors, finance chairman Bethany Methodist Home, Brooklyn, since 1969;treasurer, director Council Against Drug Abuse, Baldwin, since 1969. Trustee, lay leader, finance chairman First Church Baldwin, United Methodist, since 1972. Chairman Nassau County Board Health, Mineola, New York, since 1975.

Member Research and Development Associations United States Military, 1966-1976, president, vice president. Board directors Nassau County Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome, 1972-1974. Vice chair, member of advisory board, chair scholarship committee, consultant fornew science building Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, since 1982.

President Republican Club, Baldwin, 1967-1968. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute Chemists.

Member AIChemE (professional), American Chemical Society (emeritus), Institute Food Technologists (emeritus, chairman international division 1985-1988, member awards committee 1989, member codex committee since 1996, chair codex committee since 1998, liaison to Codex Alimentarius 1989-1993), Phi Tau Sigma (national president 1989-1990), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Doris Ann Jonassen, May 20, 1990.

Father:

James Alan Lister

Mother:

Georgana Martha (Hunt) Lister

Spouse:

Doris Ann Jonassen