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Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
He was the first to label nutrition as a science. He was the first person to draw attention to temperature controls and created the first range. -
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Ellen S. Richards
Ellen Richards was a woman that was known for founding of the home economics movement in the United States. She opened a kitchen in Boston to draw attention to the methods of preparing nutritious food to offer to the working class at low cost. School lunches were eventually bought from this kitchen as well. She was named to the council of the National Education Association with the responsibility of overseeing the public teaching of home economics in public schools. She started this movement. -
Land Grant Universities in AR
The land grant universities in Arkansas include the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. -
Land Grant University
This is what the land that has been designated by the Morrill Act is called. These are set up to include the benefits of the acts made in 1862, 1890, and 1994. These were set up to teach agriculture, military tactics, mechanic arts, and classical studies so that the working class could have the proper education. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
This act set aside federal lands to be set aside solely to "benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts." It granted each state 30,000 acres of land in the west that was evenly distributed by each senator and representative of the state. -
Charles Ford Langworthy- Assistant for Nutrition Investigations
Charles was appointed this as W.O. Atwater's assistant. The two worked very closely together. Together, they published data from 3.600 metabolism experiments. This is what started the conduction of the metabolic tests he achieved. He also helped edit the Journal of Home Economics. -
W.O. Atwater - "Father of Nutrition"
He is considered to be the "Father of Food Composition Activities in the United States. He was known for his studies in human nutrition and metabolism. In 1894, he was named as the special agent in charge of nutrition investigations. This is where his name comes from and the beginning of his amazing findings and research on nutrition. He even invented the bomb calorimeter which is still used to this day. -
Martha Van Rensselaer-Lake Placid Conference
She organized a very successful extension program for New York State's rural women. This was based on her belief that only adopting new scientific strategies could ease the burdens of daily tasks involved in farm life for women. By 1908, she had offered full courses of home economics to people. She even established a whole school dedicated to home economics in 1919. -
The Smith Lever Act of 1914
This act was passed to enable the spreading of information that was produced by the experiment stations' research in the land grant universities. This act helped increase American agricultural productivity drastically in the 20th century. -
Lulu G. Graves- Co-founded American Dietetic Association
She helped find the American Dietetic Association alongside Lenna Frances Cooper. The purpose of this at that time was for hospital dietitians to meet and discuss the public health and food conservation needs during WWI. She became the first president of the association as well. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act provided federal aid to states to promote vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics before college. -
Public Law 80-36
President Truman signed this law which established the Women's Medical Specialist Corps as part of the United States Army. This granted permanent military status to dietitians. -
First International Congress of Dietetics
The first meeting was held in Amsterdam. This brings a lot of dietitians together due to having a national dietetics association member in almost 50 countries today. This would have never happened if the first meeting was not approved. This first meeting was just organized by an international committee of volunteers that have changed the vision for dietetics today. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This act provided grants to states to help maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. Funds were also provided for constructing area schools for vocational education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This amendment addressed the nation's social and economic problems. It also helped continue funding for the students that were at risk or with disabilities. -
First Registered Dietitian Exam
This first exam was passed by all 56 people that took it. This marked history for dietitians and their credibility for the future. This was made possible after a system of national professional registration rules were formed in 1969. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
This was known as the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This approved grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. This also included a set of rights, advocacy, and protection for people with disabilities. -
First Ever National Nutrition Week
This was created as a way to draw awareness of nutrition education to the public and make it easier to learn about while also promoting the profession of dietetics as a whole. Eventually, it was expanded into a whole month which is still celebrated today in March. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The sole purpose of this act that was put into place was to extend, improve, and maintain programs already set in place. It was also to overcome discrimination or bias based on different genders as well as develop new programs. -
Creation of the Nutrition Mascot
The mascot was named Nutribird. This bird had a body shaped like a head of lettuce with a carrot beak. It was featured on promotional items to draw attention and curiosity to nutrition. However, it was done away with in the 1980s as some people saw it as too much for the nutrition profession. -
The Carl Perkins Act
The purpose of this act was to develop more clearly the academics, careers, and technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs. This act also gave a source of federal funding to help this be pushed.