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Phi Tau Sigma (ΦΤΣ) is the Honor Society for food science and technology. The organization was founded in 1953 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst by Dr. Gideon E. (Guy) Livingston, a food technology professor. It was incorporated under the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on 8 December 1953, as "Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society, Inc." ==Greek letters designation== Why the choice of ΦΤΣ to designate the Honor Society? Some have speculated or assumed that the Greek letters correspond to the initials of "Food Technology Society". However very recent research by Mary K. Schmidl, making use of documents retrieved from the Oregon State University archives by Robert McGorrin, including the 1958 Constitution, has elucidated the real basis of the choice. The 1958 Constitution is headed with three Greek words "ΦΙΛΕΙΝ ΤΡΟΦΗΣ ΣΠΟΥΔΗΝ" under which are the English words "Devotion to the Study of Foods". With the assistance of Petros Taoukis, the Greek words are translated as follows: ΦΙΛΕΙΝ: Love or devotion (pronounced Philleen, accent on the last syllable) ΤΡΟΦΗΣ:of Food (pronounced Trophees, accent on the last syllable) ΣΠΟΥΔΗΝ: Study (pronounced Spootheen, accent on the last syllable - th as in the word “the” or “this” not like in the word “thesis”). ΦΤΣ represent the initials of those three Greek words. 〔Mary K. Schmidl, private communication〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phi Tau Sigma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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