Aaron E. Wasserman

Aaron E. Wasserman (October 11, 1920 – July 5, 2015) was an American food scientist whose career started out in the medical field in microbiology, then evolved into research with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) into food chemistry. Following his retirement from USDA ARS, Wasserman served as Editor-In-Chief of the Institute of Food Technologists' (IFT) Journal of Food Science (JFS) from 1981 to 1990.

Early life and career
A Pennsylvania native, Wasserman earned his B.S. in 1942 from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He then worked for Merck and Company, and later with USDA ARS before his retirement in the late 1970s or early 1980s. During the same period Dr. Wasserman's Lab at USDA outside of Philadelphia pioneered the area of nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

Journal of Food Science editor-in-chief
Wasserman served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Science from 1981 to 1990. He retired to the Philadelphia area. For his service as editor of JFS, he received IFT's Calvert L. Willey Award in 1990. Wasserman was also named a fellow of IFT in 1979.

Selected works
 
 
 
 
 Wasserman, A.E. and J.W. Hampton. (1960). "Whey Utilization III. Oxygen Absorption Rates and the Growth of Saccharomyces fragillis in Several Propagators." Applied Microbiology. 8(5): 293-297.
 Wasserman, A.E. and W.J. Hopkins. (1958). "Dissimilation of C14-labeled Glucose by Serratia marcescens." Journal of Bacteriology. 75(4): 492-493.

Death
Aaron Wasserman died of natural causes in the early morning hours of July 5, 2015 surrounded by his family.

References
List of IFT past award winners
List of IFT Fellows

Category:1920 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:American food scientists
Category:American microbiologists
Category:Fellows of the Institute of Food Technologists
Category:Scientists from Philadelphia
Category:University of the Sciences alumni