Ricardo Bressani
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Dr. Ricardo Bressani Castignoli
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Native name | Ricardo Bressani Castignoli |
Born | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
28 September 1926
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Nationality | Guatemalan |
Fields | Biochemistry, Nutrition |
Institutions | Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Universidad del Valle de Guatemala |
Alma mater | University of Dayton |
Notable awards | Babcock-Hart Award (1970) McCollum Award (1976)[1] Albert Einstein World Award of Science[2] (1984) Abraham Horwitz Award (1990) Order of the Quetzal, Grand Cross (1999) Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología[3][4][5] (2001) Danone International Prize for Nutrition[6] (2003) Distinguished Alumnus Award[7] (2012) |
Spouse | Alicia Herman |
Ricardo Bressani[8] (28 September 1926 – 30 January 2015[9]) was a Guatemalan food scientist. Born in Guatemala City, he received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering degree at the University of Dayton in 1948. In 1951, he received a Master's degree from Iowa State University. In the same year he returned to Guatemala where he worked at the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, INCAP. In 1952, he obtained a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study biochemistry at Purdue University, where he obtained his PhD in 1956. Afterwards, he reincorporated to the INCAP, this time as the Head of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Food until 1993.
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Further reading
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External links
- UNICEF campaign 'Te Toca' (It's your turn)(Spanish)
- Corinne A. Pernet, “Between Entanglements and Dependencies: Food, Nutrition, and National Development at the Central American Institute of Nutrition (INCAP),” In Sönke Kunkel, Corinna Unger und Marc Frey, eds., International Organizations and Development, 1945-1990, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, p.101-125.
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- 1926 births
- 2015 deaths
- Food scientists
- Guatemalan scientists
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Quetzal
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science Laureates
- University of Dayton alumni
- Iowa State University alumni
- Purdue University alumni
- Guatemalan people of Italian descent