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Benjamin Thompson
Was the first to label nutrition as a science. Founded the Royal Institution to promote useful science. -
Morrill Act of 1862
This act established federal funding for higher education in every US state. -
Land Grant University
A place of higher education that is designated by the state to benefit from the Morrill Act. In Arkansas the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff are land grant universities. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
The founder of AAFCS -
W.O. Atwater
The father of nutrition. He started major food investigations and created the bomb calorimeter. -
Rumford Kitchen
An exhibit at the World's fair that showed the connection between science and cooking. -
Ellen Richards
Began the first school lunch program and was the first woman to attend MIT. -
Lake Placid Conference
Conference held to discuss home economics education. "Home economics" was created. -
Martha Rensselaer
Cornell professor, she attended the Lake placid conference, and was president of AAFCS. -
Smith Lever Act
This act established extension services connected to land grant universities. This was a way to inform people about new discoveries in agriculture, government, and economic developments. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The National Vocational Education Act was created to promote education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking. -
American Dietetic Association
Large organization of food and nutrition professionals. -
Human Nutritionists
Home economists became recognized as nutrition experts -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Appointed to serve on President Roosevelt's First Nutritional Congress -
The USDA Bureau of Home Economics
The USDA Bureau of Home Economics changed to the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This was put in place by congress to offer new vocational education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
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Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment created a more equal opportunities for those of opposing genders people who needed special appropriations. -
Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984, 1990, 2006
These acts aimed to increase the quality of technical training in the US in order to boost the economy. -
Name Change
Name officially changed to FACS. (Family and consumer science)