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Benjamin Thompson
first to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's and invented the first range temperature controls -
Catherine Beecher
Wrote the first Family and Consumer Science textbook that is recognized by the department of education -
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W.O Atwater
invented the bomb calorimeter and is considered to be the father of nutrition -
Land Grant University
higher education teaching agriculture, science, military science, and engineering. -
Morrill Act of 1862
Established federal funding many of the United States public colleges and universities. -
C.F Langworthy
conducted metabolic tests and studied chemical compositions of food -
Land Grant Univeristies
The Univeristy of Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville are both land grant universities. -
Ellen Richards
Beginning of school lunch programs -
Chicago World's Fair
Sold nutritious lunches. The Rumford Kitchen -
Carolyn Hunt
Attended the Lake Placid Conference in 1899 -
Lake Placid Conference
11 leaders gathered together, and created "home economics" what we know today as family and consumer science. -
Martha Rensselaer
Attended the Lake Placid conference in 1899 -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
Established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land-grant universities. To inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, government, and etc. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
promoted vocational education iin agriculture, trades and industry, homemaking and gave funding to these. -
Foundation of ADA
ADA (American Dietetics Association) was founded by 58 people who saw the need for people educated in the science nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people. -
Vocational Educational Acts of 1963
Expanded the role of vocational education and the funding substantially increased -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 and 1973
addressed the nation's social and economic problems -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
required for states receiving funds to develop and carry out activities and programs. -
Name Change
AHEA voted to change the name from home economics to family and consumer science. The AHEA became the AAFCS. UCA changed the name in August 1994 -
Carl Perkins Act
aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States to help the economy.
