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Vercellotti, John Raymond was born on May 2, 1933 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Francis and Mary Teresa (Walowski) Vercellotti.
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John Raymond Vercellotti, American Research chemist. Achievements include research on food flavor quality and agriculturalcommodity utilization, origin of flavor from carbohydrates, lipid oxidation products, and peptides. U. Tennessee minority colleges grantee, 1968-1970, National Science Foundation grantee, since 1964.
Education
Bachelor, St. Bonaventure U., 1955; Master of Science, Marquette U., 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1963.
Career
Lecturer, research associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1963-1964;
assistant professor, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1964-1967;
associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1967-1970;
professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1970-1979;
visiting professor, Institute G. Ronzoni, Milan, Italy, 1977-1978;
senior scientist, Gulf South Reserve Institute, New Orleans, 1980-1985;
research chemist, research leader, Southern Regional Research Center USDA, New Orleans, 1985-1996. Vice-president and senior chemist V-Labs Inc., Covington, Louisiana, 1980-1985, 96-. Senior research advisor Sugar Processing Research Institute, Incorporated, New York Orleans, since 1996.
Adjunct professor of chemistry and physics S.E. Louisiana U., Hammond, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society (secretary 1968-1990, Melville L. Wolfrom award 1994), Institute Food Technologists. Fellow Sigma Xi.
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Married Sharon Cecile Vergez, September 3, 1966. Children: Ellen Theresa, Paul Auguste.
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Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Democrat