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Benjamin Thompson
- First to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's
- Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago world fair of 1893 named after Rumford
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Ellen S. Richards 1842 - 1911
- Mobilized a multitude of forces to launch the new applied field
- Believed science could be used to improve health and well being or people
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Lake Placid Conference 1899
- Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, NY
- Decided that "Home Economics" would be the new name for their study
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March 1944
- 29 Home Economics (presently know as Family and Consumer Sciences) leaders met in Chicago, IL with the idea of creating one national student organization
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June 11, 1945
- Future Homemakers of America (FHA) was officially founded at a convention in Chicago, IL
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December 1977
- Rhode Island was the last of the 53 state associations (including Washington D.C, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Island) to affiliate
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July 1980
- The National Board of Directors approved the purchase of land on which the build the national headquarters and leadership center in Reston, VA
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September 28, 1981
- The official groundbreaking ceremony was held at the building site in Reston, VA
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July 1983
- The national headquarters and leadership center was dedicated during the 1983 National Leadership meeting in Washington D.C
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Fall 1984
- For the first time, one copy of the Teen Times, FCCLA's national Magazine was mailed to every FCCLA member
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June 1995
- 76 honorees were inducted into the FCCLA's Leadership Hall of Fame at the National Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. in recognition of FCCLA's 50th anniversary
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July 1999
- Voting delegates voted in favor of the proposed name change to Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) at the National Leadership Meeting in Boston, MA