Rose Marie Pangborn
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Rose Marie Pangborn was an American
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 scientist
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, born in Las Cruces
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, New Mexico
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. She was a pioneer in the sensory analysis
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 of food
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Education

Professor Pangborn earned a B.S. at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
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 and a M.S. at Iowa State University
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Career

After joining the Department of Food Technology at the University of California
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, Davis
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 in 1955, Pangborn was pioneer in the field of sensory analysis of food attributes, publishing over 180 scientific articles and supervising over 40 graduate students in this area. Her research and excellence in teaching would earn her the Institute of Food Technologists
Institute of Food Technologists
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 (IFT) William V. Cruess Award
William V. Cruess Award
The William V. Cruess Award has been awarded every year since 1970. It is awarded for excellence in teaching in food science and technology and is the only award in which student members in the Institute of Food Technologists can nominate. This award is named after William V...

 in 1977 and an IFT fellow in 1980.

Legacy

Professor Pangborn also co-authored three textbooks, including the Principles of Sensory Evaluation by Amerine, Pangborn and Roessler, which served as the definitive text for an entire generation of sensory scientists. She also served on the editorial boards of eight different scientific journals, and was a co-founder of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Today, the Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium, an international meeting of sensory scientists is dedicated in her memory. At the IFT Annual Meeting, the Sensory Evaluation Division has their graduate student competition named in Pangborn's honor.

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