Background
Hunziker, Otto Frederick was born on December 25, 1873 in Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Carl Otto and Louise (Pupikofer) Hunziker.
Hunziker, Otto Frederick was born on December 25, 1873 in Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Carl Otto and Louise (Pupikofer) Hunziker.
Graduate agricultural school, Zürich, 1892, Bryant & Stratton Business College, Providence, Rhode Island, 1896. Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Cornell Univercity, 1900. M.S.A., 1901; Doctor of Science, Purdue University, 1932.
Came to the United States, 1893, naturalized citizen, 1904. Instructor in bacteriology, Cornell Univercity, 1901-1902. Milk expert, Scranton Condensed Milk Company, 1902-1905.
Professor dairying, chief of dairy department, Purdue University, and Indiana Experiment Station, 1905-1916.
Manager of manufacturers director research laboratories, Blue Valley Creamery Company (23 factories) 1916-1939. Director Louisiana Grange Federal Savings & Loan Association, 1933-1954.
Delaware United States Department of Agriculture to International Dairy, Stockholm, 1911. London, 1928, Copenhagen, 1931, Berlin, 1937.
Stockholm. Sweden, 1949. and The Hague, 1953.
Chairman program committee, Industry and Economics, World’s Dairy Congress, Washington, 1923. Member Louisiana Grange Board of Health (president 1926-1927). Charter and life member American Dairy Science Association (president 1911-1913), National Dairy Council.
International Dairy and Food Sanitarians, American-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Zeta.
Winner Cornell-Ohio State University essay contest, 1899. Awarded Distinguished Service gold medal, Swiss Dairy Federation, Berne, 1928.
Clubs: Cornell, Kiwanis.
Married Florence Belle Burne, 1905. Children: Thelma Belle, Florence Louise, Karl Otto (deceased), Walter Burne, Isabelle Mary, Otto Frederick.