Alan Fredrick Rose

In reverent remembrance, Alan F. Rose peacefully entered heaven on August 9, 2020, just shy of his 85th birthday. Alan was born in Teaneck, NJ, on August 12, 1935, as the oldest son to Dr. Fred C. Rose and Mrs. Elinor J. Rose. Alan was preceded in death by his parents, older sisters, Doris Elinor Rose and Carol Alayne Dausch, and his younger brother, Paul Lindsay Rose. His surviving brother is Evan McCormack Rose of Columbia, MD. Alan attended Leonia High School, where he participated on the Track and Field team, played trumpet in the band, and sung tenor in the Leonia United Methodist Church’s choir. After receiving a B.S. in Chemistry in 1960 from Fairleigh Dickinson University, he served in the U.S. Army between 1960 – 1963 as a SP5E5 rank assisting in the Medical Corp (AMEDS). Notably, he was decorated with service medals for Good Conduct and Marksmanship for the Rifle M-1. He was recognized as a top preventive medicine specialist while serving in Germany during his military service. Alan was married to Helen Brown Rose on April 30, 1966, in Ingomar, PA and was the proud father of two daughters, Kimberly Rose Macrae (Donald Ferrin Macrae) of Orlando, FL and Janis Rose Hurter (Andrew Jerome Hurter III) of Granite Bay, CA and four grandchildren, Ashli Nicole Macrae, Dylan Folsom Macrae, Andrew Jerome Hurter IV, and Sydney Elizabeth Hurter. While working as an Analytical Chemist for International Nickel Company, he attended graduate school at New Jersey Institute of Technology, studying Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Alan served as a research and development scientist for Warner-Lambert Company (N.J.) from 1973-1979, Donruss/Leaf Incorporated. (Memphis, T.N.), from 1979-1993 and then finished his confectionary research at Hershey’s Chocolate (I.L.) until 1997. He was recruited to Memphis in 1979 to design and establish the analytical laboratory for Donruss Company specializing in quality control standards for Super Bubble and Color Bubbles Gum products. His professional achievements included increasing lab productivity by 40% and supporting over 300 products. Alan joyfully spoke of his role in analyzing and improving bubble gum products, especially while researching flavor profiles and bubble blowing sizes while surveying young children’s opinions. Alan concluded his professional career as a researcher for Hawaiian Tropic Tanning Research Labs, Incorporated in Ormond Beach, FL, until his retirement in 2000. Alan’s passion for movies led him to work post-retirement, so he could flash a massive smile while welcoming patrons as an usher for the Regal Cinemas in Ormond Beach (2000-2008) and Kissimmee (2008-2017). Alan was a lifetime Boy Scout serving as a troop leader in N.J. in the 1970s. As a founder of the Germantown Track Club in Memphis, his most notable volunteer contribution was coaching his daughters during the 1970s and 1980s. Between 2001-2004, Alan served as an official with the USATF (USA Track and Field Association). He sang in the Germantown First United Methodist Church throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alan was published in the Journal of Food Sciences in 1977 with the article “Forces Involved in Penetration Tests of Chewing Gums.” He was a member of the following professional societies: Association of Official

Analytical Chemists, Institute of Food Technologists, American Institute of Chemists, American Chemical Society, and American Oil Chemists’ Society. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made in his memory with the Parkinson’s Foundation at https://www.parkinson.org/.