Moyer had a distinguished career in food science at Cornell that spanned 44 years. He was retired from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, where he worked from 1938 to 1982.
Although his formal training was largely in biochemistry, Moyer's expertise was in the engineering aspects of food processing, and he was recognized as a world expert in the processing of Concord grapes and apples for juice. Well over 100 publications resulted from his studies, and he worked very closely with New York fruit and vegetable processors.
Born in Guelph, Canada, in 1914, Moyer received his B.S. in agriculture from the University of Guelph in 1936, his M.S. in agronomy from the University of Toronto in 1938 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell in 1942.
He was appointed an instructor at the Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva in 1942 and became an assistant professor in 1944, an associate professor in 1949 and a full professor in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Mann Kirk, and their three children, Margaret Moyer of Auburn, Steven Moyer of Rochester, and Elizabeth D. Michael Powanda of California.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Research, 15825 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, Md 20850-4022.
Birny Mason Jr., former Cornell trustee and retired chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, died Jan. 5, 1997, at his home in Rye, N.Y., after an extended illness. He was 87.
Mason, born in Brownsville, Pa., in 1909, was a graduate of the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and Cornell, where he received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in 1931. He served as a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees from 1964 to 1969.
Mason is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Brownson Smith; their son, Jerome A. Mason, and two grandchildren, Jerome A. Mason, Jr. and Elizabeth Ford Mason.