Marcus Urann Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cape Cod Girl Crowned Queen At Annual Cranberry Festival . 1 December 2024 . Archive.org . Cranberries: The National Cranberry Magazine . October 1952.
  2. Web site: 2019 Maine Football Media Guide . University of Maine . 2019 . 85 . June 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923194140/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf. September 23, 2021.
  3. Web site: Phi Kappa Phi - History . Phi Kappa Phi . 1 December 2024.
  4. News: Morales . Christina . How Jellied Cranberry Sauce Is Made . 1 December 2024 . . 22 November 2022.
  5. News: Smith . K. Annabelle . This Man Made the First Canned Cranberry Sauce . 29 November 2024 . . 27 November 2013.
  6. Book: Jesse . Edward V. . Rogers . Richard T. . The Cranberry Industry and Ocean Spray Cooperative: Lessons in Cooperative Governance . January 2006 . Food System Research Group . Madison, Wisconsin . 29 November 2024.
  7. News: Marcus L. Urann Dead at 89; A Leading Cranberry Grower . 1 December 2024 . . . 5 April 1963.
  8. News: Marcus M. Urann Canadian Ocean Spray President . 29 November 2024 . Cranberries: The National Cranberry Magazine . February 1960 . 13.

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