Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 10/31/11

Broiler industry pioneer Russell Franklin “Frank” Frazier died October 20 at the age of 91.

He served as the first president of the National Broiler Council, now the National Chicken Council, from 1955 to 1972 where he helped developed national programs for promoting consumer demand for chicken, according to an obituary published by the NCC.

A native of Kentucky and a former poultry and egg marketing specialist for USDA, in May of 1954, Frazier met with poultry industry leaders in Atlanta to discuss the broiler industry and the economic challenges the industry was facing at that time.  The meeting resulted in the creation of the National Broiler Council, and Frazier was elected its first secretary-treasurer, then the organization’s first executive vice president, a position that later became president, according to the NCC.

Frazier received numerous awards including being inducted in 1988 into the American Poultry Historical Society’s Poultry Hall of Fame. In 2004 the National Chicken Council honored him as a “broiler industry pioneer.”  After leaving the National Broiler Council in 1972, he founded the American Agribusiness Associates.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Elizabeth and is survived by two daughters and four grandsons.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in his memory to the American Cancer Society or to a charity of choice.
 

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