Carl R. Fellers

Carl R. Fellers (1893–1960) was an American

.

Early life and career

A native of

manufacturing on December 1, 1925.

Career at the University of Massachusetts

From 1925 to 1941, Fellers, current department head Walter Chenoweth, and two other professors worked to develop the research and teaching areas of the department.

Fellers' research during that time involved canning of blue crab, an article that was featured in a 1939 Time magazine article which greatly increased the quality and quantity of crab produced in the US for consumption.

Following Chenoweth's retirement in 1941, Fellers became department chair in 1941 and would serve in that position until his retirement in July 1957. During his tenure as department chair, the department would change its name to

at the University of Massachusetts (known as Massachusetts State College from 1931 to 1947) would come from the food technology department.

Fellers as department chair also gave the go ahead to faculty member

foods.

Institute of Food Technologists

Fellers was a charter member of the

Stephen M. Babcock

Award in 1950.

Other activities

Fellers served as chairman of the American Chemical Society's Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He also was a very competitive badminton player as noted by Roy E. Morse, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst would later be elected to IFT President in 1987 - 1988.

Death and legacy

Fellers died in 1960. In 1984, IFT presented the Phi Tau Sigma award in honor of a member of both the honor society and IFT who brought honor and recognition in food science through achievements in areas other than teaching, research, technology transfer, or development. The award changed to it current name, the Carl R. Fellers Award by 1987.

References

• A history of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 1918-93. - Accessed October 21, 2006.
• Fairlex biography on Fellers^{[dead link]}
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. May 1957: 332.
• IFT Babcock-Hart Award winners and list of Carl R. Fellers Award winners