donors to the college Leslie N. Watson and Gary W. Beers David E. and Joanne T. Wemmer Ronald B. and Lucy D. Wetzel Robert S. Wilhelm and Sun Hee Lee Roger G. and Molly W. Williams Derek R. and Anne M. Witty Gar Lok Woo Richard F. Wormsbecher William J. Wright Sachio Yamamoto Nolan L. Yee Sheila W. Yeh
Calvin Club $500 to $999 Frances H. Abramson Carlo and Barbara Alesandrini Keith and Elaine Alexander Daniel R. and Shelley A. Arenson Richard M. Azocar
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although they are widely used in Europe as a sweetener and flavor enhancer in citrus products. That’s when I first learned that hard work and good process chemistry don’t always lead to market success.” Clark worked for the USDA until 1972, when he joined the chemical engineering faculty at Virginia Tech, where he spent six years. In 1978 he was recruited to join industry and went to work for ITT Continental Baking Company. “Going into industry was a huge change, but it was worth the risk. It’s important to keep yourself fresh,” he says. ITT Continental then was best known for iconic baked goods like Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies. But Clark worked on a new technology, the retort pouch. Says Clark, “The retort pouch was first developed by the Department of Defense labs in Natick, MA. The concept was to use a sealed, flexible polymer package that would be low-weight and would not injure soldiers who fell on the continued next page Clark (left) in a processing plant in Moldova, where the workers are processing corn for a snack food. annual report, ’13