Louis G. MacDowell

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Louis Gardner MacDowell was a researcher for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). With Edwin L. Moore and C. D. Atkins in the 1940s, he helped develop a new process for making concentrated orange juice. [1] All three men were inducted together into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1986 for their contributions to the Citrus Industry. [2]

MacDowell died in July 1986 at his home in Lakeland, Florida. [1]

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