Marcus Urann
Marcus Libby Urann (1885 – April 4, 1963), known as "Mr. Cranberry",[1] was the captain of the 1893 University of Maine football team,[2] one of the founders of Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity,[3] a lawyer, a cranberry farmer, one of the founders of Ocean Spray cooperative, a cranberry entrepreneur and executive, and the first commercial producer or inventor of canned cranberry sauce.[4][5][6]
Career
[edit]In 1912 Urann experimented making cranberry sauce in his farm's packing house and began production for the local Massachusetts market. He later founded and ran his own company to produce the sauce, and began marketing it under the name Ocean Spray. After he helped found the agricultural cooperative that became known as Ocean Spray, the cooperative gradually began using the name. Canned cranberry sauce was first distributed nationally in 1941 by the cooperative. Urann was president of the newly formed cooperative from 1930 until 1954.[7] His nephew Marcus M. Urann also became a cranberry executive.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cape Cod Girl Crowned Queen At Annual Cranberry Festival". Cranberries: The National Cranberry Magazine. Archive.org. October 1952. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Phi Kappa Phi - History". Phi Kappa Phi. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Morales, Christina (22 November 2022). "How Jellied Cranberry Sauce Is Made". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Smith, K. Annabelle (27 November 2013). "This Man Made the First Canned Cranberry Sauce". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Jesse, Edward V.; Rogers, Richard T. (January 2006). The Cranberry Industry and Ocean Spray Cooperative: Lessons in Cooperative Governance (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Food System Research Group. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Marcus L. Urann Dead at 89; A Leading Cranberry Grower". New York Times. Associated Press. 5 April 1963. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Marcus M. Urann Canadian Ocean Spray President". Cranberries: The National Cranberry Magazine. February 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 29 November 2024.