Betty J. Sullivan

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Betty Julia Sullivan (born May 31, 1902 in Minneapolis , † December 25, 1999 there ) was an American biochemist .

Life

Betty J. Sullivan was born in Minneapolis in 1902 and studied chemistry there at the University of Minnesota . In 1922 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and subsequently began to work for the Russell-Miller Milling Company , where she became a senior chemist in 1927. In the academic year 1924/25 she was studying at the University of Paris and then, in addition to her professional activity, studied biochemistry at the University of Minnesota, where she worked in 1935 under Clyde Harold Bailey (1887–1968) with a thesis on the lipids of wheat - Keimlings PhD . In 1947 she became director of the research division of the Russell-Miller Milling Company in Minneapolis. After being acquired by the Peavey Company (now part of Gavilon ), she became Vice President of Peavey Co. Flour Mills in 1967 and President in the mid-1970s.

Her research focused on the biochemical aspects of the use and processing of wheat, from the seeds to the flour obtained and the gluten it contains to the processes involved in baking. She published around 40 scientific papers and patented a process for the gluten fortification of flour. In 1948 she was awarded the Thomas Burr Osborne Medal by the American Association of Cereal Chemists , and in 1954 she received the Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society .

literature

  • Elizabeth H. Oakes: Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Revised Edition, Facts On File, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4381-1882-6 , p. 700 ( online ).
  • Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (Eds.): The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Volume 2, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7 , p. 1250.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Betty Julia Sullivan: The Lipids of the Wheat Embryo. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1935.
  2. ^ Myron J. Rand: Industrial research laboratories of the United States: including consulting research laboratories. Bulletin of the National Research Council, No. 120, Washington, DC 1950, p. 308.
  3. ^ A b c Elizabeth H. Oakes: Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Revised Edition, Facts On File, 2007, p. 700.
  4. ↑ Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (Ed.): The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Volume 2, Routledge, 2000, p. 1250.
  5. ↑ Patent US2957632A : Method of preparing protein rich flour. Published on October 25, 1960 , inventor: Betty J. Sullivan, George F. Dasher, Jr.
  6. ↑ Thomas Burr Osborne Medal. American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC International). Retrieved August 23, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sullivan, Betty J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sullivan, Betty Julia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1999
Place of death Minneapolis