Background
Hucker, George James was born on August 19, 1893 in Cascade, Iowa, United States. Son of James Burleigh and Esther (Pangburn) Hucker.
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George James Hucker
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Bachelor of Science, Lenox College, 1915. AM, Columbia University, 1916. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1924.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges.
Career
Hucker was a professor of bacteriology and chief of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York during the early 20th century. Hucker attended an international conference held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1937 that proved so successful that would lead to two more meeting preliminary meetings in 1938 and 1939. These two meetings at Massachusetts Institute of Technology would lead to another conference later in 1939 that would lead to the formation of the Institute of Food Technologists (Institute of Food Technologists) with Hucker being elected as Secretary-Treasurer, a position he would serve until 1947, when he was elected Institute of Food Technologists President.
Hucker would serve as Institute of Food Technologists President during 1947-1948 while his previous position was given to Carl R. Fellers, head of the food technology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Hucker would be named an Institute of Food Technologists Fellow in 1976.
Achievements
Membership
Member Institute Food Technologists, Society of America Bacteriologists, American Public Health Association, International Milk Sanitarians.
Connections
Married Alice Mackenzie, September 4, 1917.
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Nationality
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Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican