Doris Davis Centini
Food scientist and home economist
About Doris Davis Centini
Lived 1931 – 2001 (aged 69–70).
Doris Davis Centini (October 7, 1931 – May 13, 2001) was a food scientist and home economist who led Stouffer's Food's home economics department. She served as manager of research and development at Stouffer's during development of the Stouffer's portions of the Apollo 11 space crew's meals eaten in quarantine on their return from space. She applied her home economics background in helping to develop Stouffer's freeze-dried method. One of her aides in that department was food scientist Julie Stewart.
Centini graduated from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina in 1953.
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Who was Doris Davis Centini?
food scientist and home economist
When was Doris Davis Centini born?
Doris Davis Centini was born on 7 October 1931.
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Doris Davis Centini died in 2001.
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