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Manfred Kroger, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

• Address: 104 Borland Lab, University Park, PA 16802
• Email: kv7@psu.edu
• Telephone: (814) 863-2958
• Born: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, 1933.
• Married, three children.

Education and Training

• High school diploma (1951), Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium Bad Oeynhausen, Federal Republic of Germany
• Apprenticeship in the West German dairy processing industry; dairy technologist diploma holder (1953, professional dairy trade school Muenster, Westfalia)
• B.S., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1961 (dairy science with minors in biochemistry and microbiology)
• M.S. (dairy science; dairy chemistry), The Pennsylvania State University, 1963.
• Ph.D. (dairy science; analytical chemistry, and biochemistry), The Pennsylvania State University, 1966 .

Professional Experience

• Positions as buttermaker, cheesemaker, yogurt maker, milk bottling operation supervisor, 1953-55, Grevenbroich and Wolfenbuettel, West Germany
• Quality control officer, 1960, Dairy Branch, Province of Manitoba, Canada
• Research and teaching assistant, 1961-63, Department of Dairy Science, The Pennsylvania State University
• Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor (with appointments in teaching and research), 1963-99, Department of Dairy Science (to 1975) and Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University; Professor of Science, Technology and Society, 1988-99; elected to the Faculty Senate, 1974-82; elected as Chair of the College of Agriculture Faculty Association, 1988; retired from Penn State University with Emeritus rank as of July 1999
• Consultant to numerous legal firms, notably Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia; companies, notably Lyons Maid, London, W.R. Grace & Co. New York and Madrid, Spain, American Cyanamid, Inc., Stamford, CT, and Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA; and associations, notably National Soft Drink Association, Washington, DC
• Translator of scientific literature items (German to English) for numerous clients

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Food Technologists, 1962-
• American Dairy Science Association, 1962-83
• German Dairy Science Association, 1965-99
• World Future Society, 1967-92
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968-78
• American Cultured Dairy Products Association, 1970-95
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, 1973-98
• Society of Analytical Chemists, 1973-96
• American Chemical Society, 1974-82
• American Council on Science and Health, 1978-
• Central Atlantic States Association of Food and Drug Officials, 1979-
• Society of Dairy Technology (United Kingdom), 1980-95

Appointments and Positions Held

• Penn State University: Numerous committees, notably Departmental and College Promotion & Tenure Review; faculty search committees; liaison to Agricultural College Alumni Society; Food Science Alumni Group; chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Libraries; vice chair, Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee; chair, Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean of Agriculture; core faculty member in three university programs: Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Pollution Control, and Science, Technology and Society; member of The Graduate School; on loan to the Vice President for Research, 1970, to obtain a $750,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation; faculty adviser to student groups, notably Food Science Club, Coaly Society of College of Agriculture, and Residential Life STS Interest House
• Institute of Food Technologists: Chair, Pittsburgh Section; National Councilor; Executive Committee on Publications; Food Science College Bowl moderator, 3 years; charter member of Dairy Technology Division and its Secretary for 16 years; charter member of Food Laws and Regulations Division and its Chair in second year; charter member of Keystone Regional Section; Food Science Communicator since 1980; Associate Editor of the Journal of Food Science since 1989; Food Technology book reviewer (with 100+ published reviews to date)
• State College municipality Board of Health, 1978-95; chair in 1982, 1986, 1990
• World Future Society, local coordinator, 1969-78
• Senior Associate Editor, Nutrition Forum, 1983- ,
• American Council on Science and Health: Scientific Adviser since its inception in 1978, and frequent contributor as writer or editor.
• Editorial Advisor, Prevention Magazine, 1987-
• Editorial board member:
  • Milchwissenschaft (German dairy science journal),
  • LWT (Swiss food technology journal),
  • Cultured Dairy Products Journal
  • Dairy & Ice Cream Field
  • International Dairy Journal
• Prometheus Books, Inc., occasional technical editor
• Technomic Publishing Company, Lancaster, PA, editor-in-chief (Food Science & Technology Division, for 3 years)
• Advisor to various groups: Milk Industry Foundation, International Food Information Council, Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers, PA Dept. of Agriculture, and U.S. government (provided 3 testimonies at Senate, House and USDA committees)
• Member, Board of Trustees, Drinking Water Research Foundation, 1990-96

Awards and Honors

• Research Award, IFT Pittsburgh Section, 1962
• Lindback Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State University, 1983
• Teaching Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Penn State Chapter, 1983
• Outstanding Communicator Award, IFT, 1987
• Elected to the following honor societies:
  • Gamma Sigma Delta (agriculture)
  • Phi Lambda Upsilon (chemistry)
  • Sigma Xi (scientific research)
  • Phi Tau Sigma (food science), national councilor, 1988-91, national president, 1995-96
  • Phi Kappa Phi (scholarship), Penn State Chapter president 1972
• Scientific Lectureship Award, IFT Philadelphia Section, 1989
• American Cultured Dairy Products Institute / Sanofi Bio-Industries Research Award. 1994
• Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists (elected 1996)
• Carl R. Fellers Award, IFT 1999

Publications (Co-authored or Edited)

• Consumer Health -- A Guide to Intelligent Decisions, Brown & Benchmark, Madison, WI. 1997
• Encyclopedia of Fermented Fresh Milk Products. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 1992 -
• Changing Food Technology: Innovation and Communication - Partners for Progress in the Food Industry. Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA. 1987.
• Changing Food Technology 2: Food Technology for a Dynamic Marketplace, by M. Kroger and J. Freed, editors. Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA. 1989.
• 53 papers in refereed science journals,
• 8 book chapters
• 76 articles in nonrefereed journals
• 150+ book reviews.

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