Noted food scientist Robert Decareau (1926-2009) helped to invent the processes necessary to develop the microwave oven. A longtime resident of Amherst (pop. 10,769), Decareau began his career in 1953 as a research and development scientist for Raytheon Corp. in neighboring Massachusetts, where he developed methods to cook food with microwave energy.
Inventor of Microwave Cooking
By American Profile on August 9, 2009
