Philip E. Nelson
Philip E. Nelson (born 1934
He received the World Food Prize in 2007 for his work on aseptic food storage.[2][3]
Nelson was president of the
In his early life, Nelson worked at his family's tomato cannery on their farm near Morristown,
Nelson retired from teaching at Purdue in 2010. The Food Science Building at Purdue which he helped design that opened in 1998 was renamed in his honor as the Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science.[5]
References
- ^ "The World Food Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "World Food Prize – 2007 World Food Prize Laureate Revolutionized Post-Harvest Technology". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ^ "Happynews.com, June 18, 2007, reproducing an Associated Press article, "Indiana Scientist Awarded World Food Prize"". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ "From Tomato King to World Food Prize Laureate" Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
- ^ "Purdue honors Nelson". Food Technology. October 2010. p. 94.
- "Carl R. Fellers Award: Philip E. Nelson". (2005). In 2005 IFT Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO Program & Exhibit Directory. Chicago: Institute of Food Technologists. p. 34.
- Higgins, Kevin T. "The aseptic king". Food Engineering. October 2007. pp. 119–20.
- IFT Staff. "Food Scientist wins World Food Prize". Food Technology. July 2007. pp. 59–60.
- Inside Indiana Business, June 18, 2007 – Purdue Professor Wins World Food Prize Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine