Dr. John H. SILLIKER: A Celebration of a Distinguished Career in Feed Science

摘要

Although Dr. John H. Silliker "officially" retired in 1987 from the food testing and consulting organization he founded, he has spent the last 17 years as an educator, technical consultant, writer, and researcher. It's hard to believe that this admired member of the food science community once gave serious consideration to pursuing other career paths. Born in Canada, but raised in Hollywood, CA, where he counted future movie stars like Jason Robards, Jr. among his high school classmates, Dr. Sillikerenrolled as a pre-med student at the University of Southern California in 1940. Three years into his studies, he had second thoughts of becoming the next Dr. Kildare and switched majors. "I wanted to be an engineer, which was a joke and a half," he recalled. "In fact, I practically flunked out of school."