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W.O. Atwater
He obtained his PhD in Chemistry at Yale University. He
invented the Bomb Calorimeter as well as wrote nutrition bulletins at Richard’s request. He is considered to be the “Father of Nutrition”
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Land Grant Univerisity
The original mission of these institutions, as set forth in the first Morrill Act, was to teach agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanic arts as well as classical studies so members of the working classes could obtain a liberal, practical education. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.” -
CF Langworthy
He studied the chemical composition of food and wrote nutrition bulletins for his experimental stations. (1864-1932) -
Land Grant Universities in AR
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff -
Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
He was heavily involved in the Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 named after Rumford and invented the first range with temperature controls (1753-1814) -
Ellen S. Richards
She scientifically prepared foods for the World’s Fair and sold nutritious lunches at the 1894 Chicago World’s Fair. As well as
specializes in water pollution and FACS. (1842-1911) -
The Rumford Kitchen
Developed by Ellen Swallow Richards, the Rumford Kitchen at the 1893 Colombian Exposition displayed to the world advances from MIT and elsewhere in sanitation and industrial foodservice technologies and procedures. -
Martha Rensselaer
Developed Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N.Y., 1900 and she became a president of AAFCS. (1864-1932) -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
Extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
That provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
ADA/AND was founded in 1917 by 58 people who saw the need for persons educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people and the first President was Lulu C. Graves. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
States receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
She was the first African-American graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, became an educator, and raised sons who became doctors. In 1980 she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from New Mexico State University who apologized for treatment as a student (1885-1993). -
Carl Perkins Act
Enacted to increase learner access to high-quality CTE programs of study, especially to those students who had been underserved in the past or who had substantial education needs. -
UCA Name Change
UCA changed the name from "Home Economics" to "Family and Consumer Sciences" in August of 1994 -
Voted Name Change
In June 1994, American Home Economics Association (AHEA) voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS).