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Stuart Patton
Bald man in overcoat next to woman wrapped in a blanket
Stuart Patton and wife, Colleen, in 1970.
Born
Stuart Joseph Patton

(1920-11-02)November 2, 1920
Ebenezer, New York
DiedOctober 9, 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 96)
La Jolla, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPenn State, Ohio State University
Known forPioneer of gas chromatography in flavor research and seminal contributions to the understanding of human lactation
Spouse
Colleen Patton
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(m. 1945⁠–⁠2016)​
Children7
AwardsBorden Award (1957), Bond Award (1973), Agricultural and Food Chemistry Award (1973), Senior Scientist Award, (1981), Macy-Gyorgy Award for Research in Human Milk Lactation (1997)
Scientific career
FieldsDairy Science, Food Science
InstitutionsPenn State, University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University
Doctoral advisorD. V. Josephson
Notable studentsAllen Day, Dave Force, Neil Walker, Takashi Sagabe, Herman Timmen, A.I. Vertanen

Stuart Joseph Patton (November 2, 1920 – October 9, 2017) was an American dairy scientist known for his research in the fields of milk chemistry and the biological processes that regulate milk synthesis in the mammary gland. He was professor of dairy science/food science at Pennsylvania State University from 1949 to 1980 and adjunct professor in the Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and in the School of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences at San Diego State University until his retirement in 2001.

Life

Patton was born in

UCSD
after his retirement from Penn State in 1980.

Research

Some of Patton's earliest research in collaboration with D. V. Josephson revealed that a change in

MUC1 and MUC-X, which are transferred to the milk fat globule upon secretion, have greater size in human milk and therefore may carry greater protection against infections and injurious environmental agents.[13] In the 55 years of his active research career Patton collaborated with more than 100 scientists from around the world, including with his twin sons, John and Richard,[14] who both went on to successful careers in the sciences, each of them writing dissertations under colleagues of their father.[15] And, coming full circle, in some of his final research he collaborated with R. V. Josephson, son of his first mentor at Penn State in the 1940s.[16] A scholarship is named in honor of D. V. Josephson and Patton at Penn State, awarded to graduate students and faculty on a yearly rotating basis.[17]

In addition to the textbook Patton co-wrote with R. Jenness (1959), Principles of Dairy Chemistry, New York and London), he addressed a broader audience in a Scientific American article “Milk” (1969, 221: 59–68) and in his final publication: Milk: Its Remarkable Contribution to Human Health and Well-being (2004, New York), a comprehensive treatment of its subject and advocacy for its benefits.

The Stuart Patton Auditorium in the Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building at Penn State is dedicated in his honor “for his inquisitive nature and skill in imparting knowledge; for his enthusiasm for science and uncompromising respect for peers.”

Awards

References

  1. ^ US 3870800A, US 3895640A, US 3904556A, all of which were published with Alan Pittet, John Pascale and Michael Brodnitz in 1975
  2. ^ S. Patton and D. V. Josephson, 1953, “Methionine-Origin of sunlight flavor in milk, Science 118: 211; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(54)91278-3/pdf
  3. ^ https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(51)91763-8/pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ http://www.jlr.org/content/8/6/696.full.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ S. Patton, D. A. Forss and E. A. Day, 1956, “Methyl sulfide and the flavor of milk,” JDS 39: 1469-71; https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122065739354405621.
  6. ^ M. Kroger, 2007, Trends in Food Science; History at Penn State, Lancaster, PA, 143.
  7. ^ The results of their work were published in a series of articles in the Journal of Dairy Science in the 1960s: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(60)90304-0/pdf; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(60)90305-2/pdf; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(62)89373-4/pdf; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(63)89062-1/pdf; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(63)89179-1/pdf; https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(64)88696-3/pdf. https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(65)88250-9/pdf;
  8. ^ Written with R. G. Jensen. 1976, Oxford.
  9. ^ On the Alpha Helix and the Dolphin (1968, 1970, 1972-74), research vehicles of Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
  10. PMID 1206716
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  11. PMID 4340990
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  12. ^ S. Patton, P. T. Chandler, E. B. Kalan, A. R. Loeblich III, G. Fuller, A. A. Benson, 1967, “Food Value of Red Tide (Gonyaulax polyedra),” Science 158: 789-90.
  13. PMID 11787701
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  14. ^ With John, who completed his doctorate in marine biology at Scripps Institute of Oceanography with Andrew Benson: http://www.jlr.org/content/10/3/260.full.pdf; with Richard, who complete is doctorate in animal science at Virginia Tech with P. T. Chandler: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(90)79057-1/pdf.
  15. ^ For examples of work with Benson, see above notes 9 and 10; with Chandler, see note 11.
  16. PMID 8574921
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  17. ^ The Donald V. Josephson and Stuart Patton Mentorship Award in Dairy and Food Science. https://agsci.psu.edu/students/scholarships/listing/donald-v.-josephson-and-stuart-patton-mentorship-award-in-dairy-and-food-science
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