STEVEN PHELPS:
CLASS OF 1977
West Aurora High SchoolClass of 1977
Aurora, IL
STEVEN's Story
After more than 40 years away from the Aurora area, I am in Sugar Grove having recently become a widower. My employer, Kerry, where I serve as the RD&A Director of Taste Process Innovation has its North American headquarters in Beloit, Wisconsin. Harvest Bible Chapel, Aurora campus, is my new church home.
In 1981, I received my BS in Animal Ecology but did not find a job in that field, After a few years of restaurant work, I discovered Food Science and Technology at Virginia Tech and received my MS in 1989.
My wife Vickie and I spent 10 years after my graduation in the Baltimore, Maryland region as my career developed in the meat processing industry. We were active members in a Columbia based church and grew to love the rich historic sites and varied nature preserves of the Mid-Atlantic.
In 1999, we moved to Tampa, Florida. We continued to be...Expand for more
active in a church where I played acoustic guitar while leading the worship music. NOTE: Kudos to my longest standing, close friend Jon Ball for teaching me to play guitar over four decades ago.
My privately owned employer Crystals International, Inc. was acquired by Kerry Group plc in 2003 which afforded me the opportunity to expand my career experiences through drying, distillation and extraction process and product development of numerous types of materials. While being based out of our Lakeland and Plant City Florida sites, Vickie and I had the blessings of visiting numerous of Kerry's global manufacturing sites.
Being back in the Midwest, I plan on renewing my love of camping and hiking in the rich forests of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. I am looking forward to joining one of my cousins to maintain my bicycling regimen.
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