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Dr. James Lind
He was a sailor that noticed, and tested experimentally, the importance of food by realizing that his crew would develop scurvy if they were not eating fruit. This changed the way Drs looked at food in medicine. -
Antoine Lavoisier 1770
Known as the "Father of Nutrition and Chemistry. He was the first person to conceptualize, and bring to light with experimental research, the idea of metabolism -
A Treatise on Domestic Economy 1841
Catherine Beecher wrote the first FACS textbook that recognized by the Department of Education -
Justin Smith/Morril Act of 1862
The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff law adopted in 1861. Morrill is best known for sponsoring the Morrill Act, also known as the Land Grant College Act. This act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. -
Land Grant Universities
A land-grant university is a United States institute of higher education that was given federal land by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The Land Grant Universities in AR include U of A and UAPB. -
Extension Services 1900
Marth Rensselaer developed these services at Cornell University, and was also the President of AAFCS at the time. -
Ellen Richards 1909
She is responsible for the creation of the American Home Economics Association and is known as the founder of FACS. -
Casimir Funk 1912
Coined the term vitamins. His reasoning for the name was because vitamins are "vital" to survival and originate from "amine" groups in chemistry terms. -
E.V. McCollum 1912
Discovered the first fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin-A -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith–Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 was an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking", and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
The First Vitamin Supplements 1930
Once the importance of vitamins were not only realized, but understood, the rat-race for the magic vitamin pill began with many unregulated products being sold by chemists in hopes of hitting it big. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was put in place to extend certain programs established in such Act, to establish a community service employment program for handicapped individuals, and to provide comprehensive services for independent living for handicapped individuals, to amend the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act to revise and extend the programs under that Act, and for other purposes. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The Amendment that helps uphold the Vocational Education Act of 1963. -
Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984
The act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. -
Carl Perkins Act of 1990
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1990 -
Carl Perkins Act of 2006
It was reauthorized again in 2006.