Obituary: Dr. Aaron L Brody

Dr. Aaron L Brody, 90, of Peachtree Corners, passed away peacefully July 26, 2021, with family at his side.

Aaron was born Aug. 23, 1930, in Boston, Mass., and lived in New England, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951 and earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 1957.

He became a world-renowned scientist in the field of food packaging technology as his career took him to Raytheon, Birdseye, Whirlpool, M&M’s Mars, Arthur D. Little, Mead Packaging and Container Corporation of America. He subsequently transitioned to the world of independent consulting and also became a professor and lecturer at multiple universities, including the University of Georgia.

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Dr. Brody held numerous patents, authored dozens of books and articles on food packaging and food technology and received multiple awards during his lifetime. He was named Packaging Man of the Year in 1985. Dr. Brody received the highest industry award, the Riester-Davis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Food Packaging from The Institute of Food Technologists’ Food Packaging Division. This award was later renamed the Riester-Davis-Brody Award.

He was the first recipient of the Institute of Food Technologists’ Industrial Scientist Award. In 1995, Dr. Brody was inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame, and in 2000 he was awarded the Nicolas Appert Award by the Institute of Food Technologists in recognition of his lifetime contributions.

The Michigan State University School of Packaging established the annual Aaron and Carolyn Brody Distinguished Lecture in Food Packaging endowment in recognition of his significant impact on the science of food packaging.

Aaron was predeceased by his wife Carolyn in April. He is survived by his three sons Stephen, Glen, Robyn, their spouses Susan and Sharon, and his six grandchildren Michelle, Derek, Camryn, Skyler, Natalia and Pierce.

The family requests contributions in Aaron’s memory be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, the MIT General Fund, or the MSU Aaron and Carolyn Brody Distinguished Lecture in Food Packaging endowment.

The funeral was held July 28 at Dressler’s Chapel followed by a procession to Arlington Memorial Park. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. Visit www.dresslerjewishfunerals.com to sign the online guestbook.