Background
Gortner, Willis Alway was born on December 20, 1913 in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States. Son of Ross Aiken and Catherine (Willis) Gortner.
Gortner, Willis Alway was born on December 20, 1913 in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States. Son of Ross Aiken and Catherine (Willis) Gortner.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1940.
Research chemist, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1934-1937, 40-42;
teaching assistant biochemistry, U. Rochester Medical School, 1937-1940;
assistant professor biochemistry and chemical engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1943-1945;
associate professor biochemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1945-1948;
head chemistry department, Pineapple Research Institute, Hawaii.
head chemistry department, Pineapple Research Institute, Honolulu, 1948-1964;
director human nutrition research division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1964-1972;
member of national program staff coordinating human nutrition and family living, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 1972-1976;
Executive officer, American Institute Nutrition, Bethesda, Maryland., 1976-1978. Hoffman LaRoche lecturer Canadian Nutrition Society, 1971. With Bikini Science Resurvey Team, 1947, Bjorksten Research Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1953, National Research Council-National Academy Science, 1957, National Canners Association Research Laboratory, 1960-1961.
Department nutritional science University of California at Berkeley, 1963. Affiliate graduate faculty U. Hawaii, 1956-1964. Chairman National Academy Sciences committee International Union Nutritional Sciences, 1973-1976.
Secretariat International Congress FoodSci. and Technology, 1970. Advising committee Honolulu County Air Pollution Control, 1957-1964, State Hawaii Radiological Health, 1958-1964, Nutrition Foundation, 1968-1979, Cornell Univercity Institute Food Science, 1971-1976, American Health Foundation, 1973-1976, Federation American Socs. Experimental Biology Life Sciences Research Office, 1974-1977, Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Program, National Cancer Institute, 1975-1977, Office Bio-chemical Nomenclature, National Research Council, 1976-1977.
Board directors National Nutrition Consortium, 1973-1978.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Food Technologists (member committee on constitution 1947, councilor 1955-1957, editorial board 1965-1970). Member American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, American Chemical Society (Cornell executive committee 1946-1947, Hawaii executive committee 1948-1953, 56-59, Hawaii chairman 1949-1950, councilor 1950-1953, 56-59), Society of America Archaeology, American Rock Art Research Association, American Institute Nutrition (executive officer 1976-1978), Sigma Xi (Hawaii president 1955-1956), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Susan Leet Reichert, August 25, 1960. Children– Willis Alway II, David Allen, Catherine Willis, Frederick Aiken.