History of FACS

By Loan Nguyen

  • Benjamin Thompson

    First to label nutrition as a science
    Invented the first range with temperature controls

  • Catherine Beecher

    wrote "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"
    the 1st book recognized by the Department of Education

  • Ellen Richard (1842-1911)

    The MIT Chemistry professor who is known as the founder of the FACS profession

  • W.O Atwater (1844-1907)

    Father of Nutrition
    Invented the Bomb Calorimeter

  • Justin Smith Morrill Act

    Established the land grant college system
    Allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales
    PROVIDE MONEY CAREER TECH. TO EDU.

  • Land Grant University

    An institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
    Today is 17 institutions

  • C.F Langworthy (1864-1932)

    Co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics
    Conducted metabolic tests
    Studied chemical composition of food

  • Caroline Hunt (1865-1927)

    Conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations
    Collected dietary histories and social& economic information
    Worked with Atwater

  • What are the Land Grant universities in Arkansas

    University of Arkansas
    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

  • Lulu C. Graves

    The first president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

  • Lake Placid Conference

    Home economics was adopted as the name for the new field of study

  • Martha Rensselaer

    President of AAFCS
    Cornell University professor, developed Cooperative Extension Service

  • Smith Level Act

    Created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS

  • Smith Hughes Act

    Established FACS as part of Vocational (CTE) Education

  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    To strengthen and improve the quality of vocational education and to expand the vocational education opportunities in the Nation

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968 &1973

    Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments
    Extend the work of the 1963 amendments, but the emphasis has changed from occupations to people. Priority to severe disabilities

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    Strengthening the emphasis on services to individuals with the most severe disabilities

  • Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984

    established equal opportunities for handicaps or adults that are disadvantaged, adults in need of training and retraining, single parents or homemakers, programs designed to eliminate sex bias/stereotyping, and criminal offenders

  • Carl D Perkins Vocation and Applied Technology Act of 1990

    Applied Technology
    Additional funding for technology and communication between business and education communities.

  • Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006

    Increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students
    Strengthens the connections between secondary and postsecondary education
    Improves state and local accountability.