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Jacob Bauernfeind, 91
Ret. Chemist/Nutritionist
Jacob Christopher Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla., a former resident of North Branch, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Gainesville of pneumonia and heart-related problems. He was 91 years of age.
The son of the late Edward C. and Nellie Metzger Bauernfeind, he was born April 30, 1914, in North Branch.
He attended the one-room school in North Branch, graduated from Callicoon High School in 1932 and received a BS in Agriculture and Chemistry in 1936 from Cornell University. He received his MS degree in 1939 and his PhD degree in Nutrition, Biochemistry and Physiology in 1940.
After a four-year nutrition-teaching assistantship at Cornell, he joined Hiram Walker & Sons in Illinois as a research chemist and nutritionist. In 1944, he moved to the New Jersey Research Center of Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., in Nutley, N.J., retiring 1979 and moving to Florida. Mr. Bauernfeind had published over 150 scientific papers, patents and reviews and edited three books relating to nutrition.
Mr. Bauernfeind was the recipient of several awards and was a member of various organizations including the American Society of Nutritional Sciences, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and the American Chemical Society. He traveled widely to third world countries to work on nutrition related issues.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lillian Nurmi Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla.; a daughter, Kathleen Bauernfeind Hurwitz of Scarsdale; two sons, Michael Bauernfeind of New Milford, N.J., and Lt. Col Edmund and his wife, Donna Bauernfeind, of Hobe Sound, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Elizabeth Cox and Mabel Gloor, both of Liberty. He was predeceased by a sister, Grace B. Wagner.
A memorial service will be held on June 18 at the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Fla., where he was a member.
Jacob Bauernfeind, 91
Ret. Chemist/Nutritionist
Jacob Christopher Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla., a former resident of North Branch, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Gainesville of pneumonia and heart-related problems. He was 91 years of age.
The son of the late Edward C. and Nellie Metzger Bauernfeind, he was born April 30, 1914, in North Branch.
He attended the one-room school in North Branch, graduated from Callicoon High School in 1932 and received a BS in Agriculture and Chemistry in 1936 from Cornell University. He received his MS degree in 1939 and his PhD degree in Nutrition, Biochemistry and Physiology in 1940.
After a four-year nutrition-teaching assistantship at Cornell, he joined Hiram Walker & Sons in Illinois as a research chemist and nutritionist. In 1944, he moved to the New Jersey Research Center of Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., in Nutley, N.J., retiring 1979 and moving to Florida. Mr. Bauernfeind had published over 150 scientific papers, patents and reviews and edited three books relating to nutrition.
Mr. Bauernfeind was the recipient of several awards and was a member of various organizations including the American Society of Nutritional Sciences, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and the American Chemical Society. He traveled widely to third world countries to work on nutrition related issues.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lillian Nurmi Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla.; a daughter, Kathleen Bauernfeind Hurwitz of Scarsdale; two sons, Michael Bauernfeind of New Milford, N.J., and Lt. Col Edmund and his wife, Donna Bauernfeind, of Hobe Sound, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Elizabeth Cox and Mabel Gloor, both of Liberty. He was predeceased by a sister, Grace B. Wagner.
A memorial service will be held on June 18 at the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Fla., where he was a member.
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Jacob Bauernfeind, 91
Ret. Chemist/Nutritionist
Jacob Christopher Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla., a former resident of North Branch, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Gainesville of pneumonia and heart-related problems. He was 91 years of age.
The son of the late Edward C. and Nellie Metzger Bauernfeind, he was born April 30, 1914, in North Branch.
He attended the one-room school in North Branch, graduated from Callicoon High School in 1932 and received a BS in Agriculture and Chemistry in 1936 from Cornell University. He received his MS degree in 1939 and his PhD degree in Nutrition, Biochemistry and Physiology in 1940.
After a four-year nutrition-teaching assistantship at Cornell, he joined Hiram Walker & Sons in Illinois as a research chemist and nutritionist. In 1944, he moved to the New Jersey Research Center of Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., in Nutley, N.J., retiring 1979 and moving to Florida. Mr. Bauernfeind had published over 150 scientific papers, patents and reviews and edited three books relating to nutrition.
Mr. Bauernfeind was the recipient of several awards and was a member of various organizations including the American Society of Nutritional Sciences, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and the American Chemical Society. He traveled widely to third world countries to work on nutrition related issues.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lillian Nurmi Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla.; a daughter, Kathleen Bauernfeind Hurwitz of Scarsdale; two sons, Michael Bauernfeind of New Milford, N.J., and Lt. Col Edmund and his wife, Donna Bauernfeind, of Hobe Sound, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Elizabeth Cox and Mabel Gloor, both of Liberty. He was predeceased by a sister, Grace B. Wagner.
A memorial service will be held on June 18 at the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Fla., where he was a member.
Jacob Bauernfeind, 91
Ret. Chemist/Nutritionist
Jacob Christopher Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla., a former resident of North Branch, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Gainesville of pneumonia and heart-related problems. He was 91 years of age.
The son of the late Edward C. and Nellie Metzger Bauernfeind, he was born April 30, 1914, in North Branch.
He attended the one-room school in North Branch, graduated from Callicoon High School in 1932 and received a BS in Agriculture and Chemistry in 1936 from Cornell University. He received his MS degree in 1939 and his PhD degree in Nutrition, Biochemistry and Physiology in 1940.
After a four-year nutrition-teaching assistantship at Cornell, he joined Hiram Walker & Sons in Illinois as a research chemist and nutritionist. In 1944, he moved to the New Jersey Research Center of Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., in Nutley, N.J., retiring 1979 and moving to Florida. Mr. Bauernfeind had published over 150 scientific papers, patents and reviews and edited three books relating to nutrition.
Mr. Bauernfeind was the recipient of several awards and was a member of various organizations including the American Society of Nutritional Sciences, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and the American Chemical Society. He traveled widely to third world countries to work on nutrition related issues.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lillian Nurmi Bauernfeind of Gainesville, Fla.; a daughter, Kathleen Bauernfeind Hurwitz of Scarsdale; two sons, Michael Bauernfeind of New Milford, N.J., and Lt. Col Edmund and his wife, Donna Bauernfeind, of Hobe Sound, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Elizabeth Cox and Mabel Gloor, both of Liberty. He was predeceased by a sister, Grace B. Wagner.
A memorial service will be held on June 18 at the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Fla., where he was a member.
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