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Benjamin Thompson
Thompson had many accomplishments in his life, some of the more important ones being: he was the first to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's. He invented the first range with temperature controls. Thompson improved fireplaces by designing the smoke shelf, the throat and the damper. He also designed the Rumford photometer which measured the intensity of light. -
Catherine Beecher
Catherine was known for promoting equal access to education for women. Catherine is the author of the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852), which is a best selling book about antislavery. Catherine was very good at what she did and ended up writing 33 text books in her lifetime. -
Justin Smith Morrill
Justin Smith was the founder of the Tariff Act of 1861 and of the land grant bill. He was a Representative and Senator from Vermont. He served as a Senator from 1867-1898. -
Ellen Richards
Ellen was the first professional female chemist and the first woman to be accepted by a scientific school. Ellen paved the way for woman who wished to receive a higher education. In 1890 she performed a survey that led to the first state water quality standards. Ellen is very well known for he studies and contribution to understanding environmental systems. -
W.O. Atwater
Wilbur Atwater was considered to be the "father of nutrition." He received his PhD in Chemistry from Yale and went on to invent the bomb calorimeter. -
Morrill Act of 1862
This act provided 30,000 acres of land to each member of the congressional delegation. The land was sold to fund public colleges that had a focus on agriculture and mechanical arts. 69 colleges benefited from this act. -
Land Grant University
Land Grant Universities are institutes that were given land by the Morrill Act of 1862. Kansas State University was the first to use the land grant program in 1863. Rutgers University was founded in 1766 but was not recognized as a land grant university until 1864. -
C.F. Langworthy
Langworthy wrote many books regarding nutrition and was the co editor of the "Journal of Home Economics." He studied the chemical composition of food and wrote many articles about that. He also performed metabolic tests which measures different chemicals in the blood. -
Caroline Hunt
Hunt received her bachelors degree in chemistry from Northwestern in 1888. In Chicago she did a study where she collected dietary histories and gathered social and economic information. This study was published by governmental departments. Hunt was also an attendee at many Lake Placid Conferences. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas and The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff are land grant universities in the state of Arkansas. UofA was established in 1871 and under the Morrill Act, it became the first state assisted college in Arkansas. UofAPB was founded in 1873 but was not recognized as a land grant university until the 1890 amendments to the Morrill Act. -
Lake Placid Conference 1899
Lake Placid is known for the birthplace of "Home Economics." Eleven leaders came together at Lake Placid and came up with the new field of study, which is now known as Family and Consumer Sciences. -
AAFCS
At the Lake Placid conference, the American Home Economics Association was created. In 1994 the organization was renamed to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. This organization helps people who are in the FACS profession by sharing knowledge, research and experience. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith Lever Act created a national Cooperative Extension Service that had outreach programs through land grant universities that allowed Americans to become more educated on agriculture and technology. These programs helped agricultural productivity immensely in the 20th century. These services are still available today. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith Hughes Act, also known as the National Vocational Education Act, provides federal aid to promote education in agriculture, industrial trades, and home economics. This act was adopted in 1917. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
The Vocational Education Act gave financial aid to vocational students and those who were in work study programs. The act required that employment agencies and vocational organizations allowed for federal funds to go to work study programs and vocational schools. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
The amendment to the Vocational Education Act extended services to "persons who have academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps that prevent them from succeeding in the regular vocational education program." The act was to ensure that anyone would have access to high quality vocational training or retraining. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
This amendment renamed to "The Rehabilitation Act of 1973" ensures that no discrimination will take place against those who are disabled and are in programs funded by federal agencies, receiving financial aid or federally employed. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The amendments made to the Vocational Act in 1976 required that states who received federal funding for vocational education had to create programs and activities that would eliminate gender bias, stereotyping and discrimination that took place in vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Act
This act which has been revised into the Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act provides a focus on academic achievement of vocational and technical students. It also ensures that connections between secondary and postsecondary education will strengthen and improve state and local accountability. -
Cynthia Miller
Cynthia Miller is the current president of AAFCS. Miller is an "assistant professor for Career and Technical Education in the Department of Agriculture and Family & Consumer Sciences through the College of Education and Technology at Eastern New Mexico University."
