Ezra “Demp” Alford, who was well known in the flavor and fragrance industry for his unique ability to unravel the most difficult GC-MS analyses, died on Jan. 7 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 74 years old.
Alford was a career mass spectroscopist and president of Alford Consulting for the last 20 years and his consulting clients included many well-known companies in the USA, Japan, India and Europe. He was often sought after to assist companies in improving their own GC-MS laboratory techniques.
