Geneva Experiment Station Library To Receive $2.1 Million Gift GENEVA, N.Y. Frank A. Lee, Cornell University profes sor emeritus of food chemistry, has left an estate gift valued at more than $2.1 million to the li brary at the New York State Ag ricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva, NY. Lee, who con ducted pioneering research in the freezing of fruits and vegeta bles, worked at the Station from 1936 until his retirement in 1967. He died on September 25, 1999, at the age of 98, in Water loo, NY. Lee was devoted to the Exper iment Station, and, in particu lar, to the library there. He was an ardent proponent of main taining strong university librar ies so scholars could pursue peer-reviewed research in their chosen fields. In his will, Lee specified that his bequest be used to purchase library re sources that “can be of use to the research staff,” including im portant back issues of Scientific journals missing from the Geneva collections, scientific journal subscriptions, and a small portion for “modern sci entific books.” “In recognition of this ex traordinary gift, the Experiment Station library will be renamed the Frank A. Lee Library,” said Janet McCue, Associate Univer sity Librarian for Life Sciences. “The gift will benefit station re searchers as well as the entire Cornell community. Journals that are of value to the Geneva community are just as import ant to Ithaca researchers. And, when the journal is in electronic form, it is immediately accessi ble to faculty and students on either campus.” “The tuning of this gift could not be better,” said Station Di rector James E. Hunter. “The acquisition budget of the Experi ment Station library has grown only moderately during a period when the cost of print literature has increased significantly. At the same time, scientific litera ture is rapidly becoming avail able electronically. These funds will help the Station gain access to this valuable resource. Profes sor Lee’s generosity will ensure that the Library will continue to meet the needs of the faculty, staff, and graduate students at the Station.” “This gift is a tribute to the value of the library to the station community, and a tribute to the dedication of former librarians and library staff. ” said Marty Schlabach, director of the Ex periment Station library. “The gift will allow the continuation of print journal subscriptions and expansion of access to elec tronic journals.” Lee’s associates in food sci ence remember him as very pri vate, conscientious and hard working man, who liked to hunt and fish, collect early American antiques, cook, and travel, espe cially to Germany where he had family. As professor of food chemis try, Lee conducted research on the blanching and freezing of fruits and vegetables when that industry was in its infancy. He was perhaps best known for his studies on the oxidation of lipids and more ireenhouse in vegetables and in explaining the role of oxidation and other changes in the deterioration of frozen fruits and vegetables, particularly peas, snap beans, soybeans and carrots. Lee had more than 65 peer-reviewed sci entific articles published during his career plus numerous review articles and bulletins. In addi tion to his work at Geneva, Lee traveled extensively in Europe, presenting lectures at interna tional symposia on food and bio logical chemistry. Bom in Seattle in 1901, Lee received his 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D from the University of Washington. Before coming to the Experiment Station in 1936, he was an assistant chemist for the State of Washington; an as sistant professor of pharmacol ogy and food chemistry at Duquesne University, where he eventually attained the rank of associate professor; and a post doctoral associate at Leland Stanford University where he worked in the Food Research Institute. With 19 unit libraries and a total of more than six million volumes in its collection, Cornell University Library is one of the 10 largest academic research li braries in the United States. The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station was estab lished in 1882 by an act of the New York State Legislature. The Experiment Station library is one of the oldest in the Cornell system. 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