Earl R. Kooi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Earl R. Kooi

Corn syrup maker

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1917

Place of Birth: Morrison, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 23-Apr-2003

Profession: inventor, biochemist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Earl R.
Kooi (1917–2003) was an American biochemist best known for being the first to make high fructose corn syrup in 1957 with his partner Richard O.
Marshall at the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station.
They first discovered how to use the glucose isomerase enzyme to convert glucose to fructose while working at the Corn Products Company.
They patented the process in 1960.