Paul A. Lachance
The Rev. Dr. Paul A Lachance, professor emeritus of food science, passed away on January 21, 2017, in Somerset, NJ. He was 83. Prior to his 40-year career as a Rutgers professor, Lachance was responsible for establishing the hazard analysis and critical control points system (HACCP) to make food safer. He was also responsible for the research and development of aerospace flight food and astronaut nutrition at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. Lachance also wrote the requirements for the Gemini and Apollo food systems, now an industry standard.
At Rutgers, Lachance was a professor and chair of the Department of Food Science, director of the graduate program in food science and a major advisor to more than 60 doctoral and master’s degree recipients. As executive director of the Nutraceutical Institute he was responsible for a groundbreaking partnership between Rutgers and Saint Joseph’s University.
Read more about Paul A. Lachance at In Memoriam.
