Background
Bates, Charles Johnson was born on May 4, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Philip Knight and Eleanor (Johnson) Bates.
Bates, Charles Johnson was born on May 4, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Philip Knight and Eleanor (Johnson) Bates.
Bates would then enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where he would earn his Doctor of Philosophy in food technology in 1957. After earning his Doctor of Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bates went to work at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio where he developed formulas for cake mixes of angel food and devil"s food cakes as part of the Duncan Hines brand during the 1960s.
Away from his research, Bates was also involved with the Boy Scouts of America in Indiana, earning numerous awards. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Bates moved to Massachusetts and California where he would enroll at the California Institute of Technology, graduating with his Bachelor of Surgery there in 1951. In 1972, Bates moved to Hammond, Indiana where he worked for American Maize Company (now Cargill).
While there, Bates developed high fructose corn syrup sweetener for Coca-Cola in their soft drinks.
He would retire from American Maize in 1993 as Vice President-Technical. His main activity though was focused on the Institute of Food Technologists (Institute of Food Technologists) where he joined in 1951 as a student.
While a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954, Bates was a student member on Institute of Food Technologists"s National Education Committee, then worked on their Committee on Divisions in 1963. He represented Institute of Food Technologists on the Executive Committee during 1981-1984, then served as Institute of Food Technologists President in 1985-1986, and later as Institute of Food Technologists Treasurer in 1989-1990.
Additionally, Bates served as Chair of Institute of Food Technologists"s Chicago section in 1983-1984.
His father, Philip Senior (1902-1993) was Institute of Food Technologists President in 1954-1955, making them the only father-son combination to ever hold the Institute of Food Technologists Presidency. Bates served for many years with the Boy Scouts of America (Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture) as a volunteer in the Calumet Council Bachelor of Agricultural Science of Munster, Indiana.
This included Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Council Commissioner of the council, and chairman of physical arrangements of the National Scout Jamboree 1997–2005.
He would be awarded the Silver Beaver Award, Silver Antelope Award, the Heroism Award, and the James East. West fellow in 1996. Bates was married to Nancy for fifty years before her death in 2004.
Bates died on September 28, 2006 in Crown Point, Indiana. Memorials were listed in the November 2006 issue of Food Technology, the Institute of Food Technologists Chicago section, and in the Calumet Council Bachelor of Agricultural Science November/ December 2006 newsletter.
Executive board Calumet Council Boy Scouts American, Munster, Indiana, since 1974, vice president, 1987-1993, council commissioner, since 1993. Member AACC (board directors since 1992), Institute Food Technologists (president 1985-1986), American Association Cereal Chemists (chairman carbohydrate division 1979-1980), Masons.
Married Nancy Lindbeck, June 27, 1953. Children: Charles J. Junior, Richard L., Priscilla Crosland.