Howard Raymond Lacey

Background

Lacey, Howard Raymond was born on March 18, 1919 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence Frederick and Sarah Lovisa (Hancock) Lacey.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Massachusetts, 1942. Processed foods inspector United States Department of Agriculture, various locations, 1942-1946. Technical director P.J. Ritter Company (now Curtice-Burns, Incorporated.), Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1946-1967.

General manager, vice president manufacturing Brooks Foods (now Curtice-Burns, Incorporated.), Mount Summit, Indiana, 1967-1974, technical director, 1974-1985.

President Lacey Associations, Incorporated., 1985-1996. Consultant Cape May Canners, New Jersey, Party Tyme Corporation, New York City.

Instructor Better Process Control School, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1981-1985. Inventor 100% corn sweetner added to catsup, improved method for firming diced red peppers, Stannous chloride added to asparagus.

Career

Processed foods inspector United States Department of Agriculture, various locations, 1942-1946. Technical director P.J. Ritter Company (now Curtice-Burns, Inc.), Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1946-1967. General manager, vice president food manufacturing Brooks Foods (now Curtice-Burns, Inc.), Mount Summit, Indiana, 1967-1974, technical director, 1974-1985, retired.

President Lacey Associates, Inc., 1985-1996. Consultant Cape May Canners, New Jersey, Party Tyme Corporation, New York City. Instructor Better Process Control School, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1981-1985.

Achievements

• Howard Raymond Lacey has been listed as a noteworthy food technologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Assistant manager Little League Baseball, Bridgeton, 1958-1961. Merit badge, counselor, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts American, 1957-1967. Contributing member United States Senatorial Republican Club, Washington, since 1978, Republican National Committee, since 1982.

Volunteer Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, since 1990. Consultant Junior Achievement, 1991-1998. Member Institute Food Technology (national, Hoosier chapter, quality assurance section), Phi Tau Sigma (local, national, international), Toastmasters (Bridgeton), Masons, Elks.

Interests

• Travel, tennis, reading, big band music, bicycling.

Connections

Married Dorothy Louise Daulton, August 23, 1947. Children: Howard R. Junior, Janet H. Lacey Wanink.

Father:

Clarence Frederick Lacey

Mother:

Sarah Lovisa (Hancock) Lacey

Spouse:

Dorothy Louise Daulton

child:

Janet H. Lacey Wanink Lacey

child:

Howard R. Junior Lacey