Background
Senti, Frederic Raymond was born on April 29, 1913 in Cawker City, Kansas, United States. Son of Peter and Jennie (Huiting) Senti.
Senti, Frederic Raymond was born on April 29, 1913 in Cawker City, Kansas, United States. Son of Peter and Jennie (Huiting) Senti.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, 1935. Master of Science in Chemistry, Kansas State University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Kansas State University, 1963.
Assistant, associate physicist, physicist, principal physicist, USDA, Eastern Regional Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, 1941-1948;
chemist, head analytical physical chemistry & physics division, USDA, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois, 1948-1954;
chief, cereals laboratory, USDA, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, 1954-1959;
director, USDA, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, 1959-1964;
deputy administrator, nutrition, consumer and industrial use research, USDA, Agricultural Research Svc., Washington, 1964-1972;
assistant adminstr, national program staff, USDA, Agricultural Research Svc., Washington, 1972-1974;
research associate, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Life Sciences Research Office., 1974-1977;
associate director, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Life Sciences Research Office., 1978-1983;
senior scientific consultant, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Life Sciences Research Office., 1983-1986;
private practice consultant food safety, since 1987. Board of trustees American Type Culture Collection, 1962-1972, chairman, 1968-1969. Chief staff officer com on processed foods for developing countries anddomestic food distribution programs USDA, 1964-1974.
Member patent policy committee Federal Council Science and Technology, 1964-1974. Member liaison panel food protection committee, National Research Council, 1971-1974. Consultant Agency for International Development, Government of India, 1966,68, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1977.
Program chairman World Soy Protein Food Conference, Munich, 1973.
Member school board Wilder-Waite Community School, Peoria County, Illinois, 1952-1957, president school board, 1955-1957. Member school board Dunlap (Illinois) High School, 1958-1964, president school board, 1961-1964. Member Rotary, Peoria, 1950-1964.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Soybean Association (honorary, life), American Chemical Society (chairman carbohydrate chemistry division 1963-1964, executive board 1961-1966), American Association Cereal Chemists, American Crystallographic Association, Institute Food Technologists, Agricultural Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences, Cosmos Club.
Married Alice Geneva Buikstra, September 21, 1939. Children: Neal Clinton, Nancy Kay, Patricia Alice.