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Shelia Brown And Mike Harris Oral History, Shelia Brown, Mike Harris, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Shelia Brown And Mike Harris Oral History, Shelia Brown, Mike Harris, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Shelia Brown and Mike Harris have worked in school nutrition at the Maryland School for the Blind since the 1960s. Shelia is now a supervisor and Mike is an assistant supervisor.
Lynn Parker, Lynn Parker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Lynn Parker, Lynn Parker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Lynn Parker recently retired from Food Research and Action Center, FRAC, after thirty years of dedicated service to improving the nutrition of the nation’s children. She has now moved to the Institute of Medicine, where she is heading up a standing committee on childhood obesity prevention.
Ed Cooney, Ed Cooney, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Ed Cooney, Ed Cooney, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Ed Cooney is the Executive Director of the Congressional Hunger Center, which operates the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program. The Fellows who participate in these programs gain both with hands-on experience and policy experience. Before coming to the Congressional Hunger Center, Ed spent eighteen years with the Food Research and Action Center, as their lobbyist on school nutrition programs.
Jim Weill, Jim Weill, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jim Weill, Jim Weill, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
For the past decade, Jim Weill has led the Food Research and Action Center as its President. The FRAC’s mission is to end hunger in the United States. The Center works toward this noble goal primarily through its support of public policy, federal nutrition programs, food stamps, school meals and summer food programs.
Sue Tettleton, Sue Tettleton, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Sue Tettleton, Sue Tettleton, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Sue Tettleton worked in the Nutrition and Education Training Program at the University of Mississippi, beginning in the 1960s, training state school lunch personnel. Sue is now retired from the North Mississippi Regional Center, a former member of the faculty at the University of Mississippi in the Department of Home Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences, and a member of the NET Program in Mississippi.
Ora Mae Reeves, Ora Mae Reeves, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Ora Mae Reeves, Ora Mae Reeves, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Ora Mae Reeves did school lunch before there was school lunch. In the depths of the Great Depression, with four children in public school, Mrs. Reeves walked two miles in rural Vernon, AL, to volunteer to cook hot meals for the students, who brought a canned good from home as payment for their lunch. Update: Ora Mae Reeves, age 101, of Vernon, Alabama, died Jan. 31, 2012, at Aurora Australis Lodge in Columbus, Miss.
Ann Nicholson, Ann Nicholson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Ann Nicholson, Ann Nicholson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Ann Nicholson is a role model to all who may want to work their way up through a system. Ann started out in the Okolona Public School System as a cafeteria worker, moved up to be manager of the Okolona Elementary School cafeteria, and has been food service director since 1980. A firm believer in on-the-job training, she is an inspiration to all who work with her.
Jane Jantz, Jane Jantz, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jane Jantz, Jane Jantz, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Like many others who have made child nutrition into a career, Jane Jantz came to the profession in a roundabout way. She and her husband moved from California to Mississippi, where farmland is more affordable. She planned to work one year to tide them over from a bad crop – that was nineteen years ago, and Jane loves serving the children more each year as manager of the Okolona Elementary School cafeteria.
Ruth Jonen, Ruth Jonen, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Ruth Jonen, Ruth Jonen, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
A Wisconsin native, Ruth Jonen earned a degree in Dietetics at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, and then moved to Chicago. She has worked in school nutrition programs for almost 30 years, 27 of them in the suburban Cook County community in which she lives. Ruth served as School Nutrition Association President in 2005-2006.
Jane Logan, Jane Logan, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jane Logan, Jane Logan, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Dr. Jane Logan, a Pennsylvania native, was educated at Indiana State College, Ohio University, and The Ohio State University, and spent her working career in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and Mississippi. She is a former Virginia State Director for the School Nutrition Programs, as well as a past Executive Director of the National Food Service Management Institute.
Offie Karnes, Offie Karnes, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Offie Karnes, Offie Karnes, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Offie “Mama” Karnes was born and reared in Bedford, Virginia, where she attended a one-room school. After working for the American Viscose Company in the Food Service department, Mrs. Carnes went to work for Roanoke City Schools in 1959. Her salary then was 62¢ per hour. “Mama” Karnes credits excellent training in the Roanoke City system with enabling her to work her way up to Manager and having a very successful and rewarding thirty-year career with this school system.
Polly Holloway, Polly Holloway, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Polly Holloway, Polly Holloway, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Polly Holloway grew up on a farm in Tasewell County, Virginia. After graduating from a two-room high school, she went on to Virginia Tech, where she earned a degree in Home Economics in 1956. After a brief career as an Assistant Extension Agent, she moved to Roanoke, where she taught Special Ed for Roanoke County Schools. She was soon persuaded to take on the role of Cafeteria Supervisor and credits her state agency with offering valuable training. She returned to Virginia Tech in 1972 and earned her Masters in Nutrition. By now a firm believer in the value of training, …
George Sneller, George Sneller, Institute Of Child Nutrition
George Sneller, George Sneller, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
George Sneller has built a child nutrition career on both coasts. George, who hails from Jacksonville, Fl, was State Director of Child Nutrition Programs for the state of Florida before taking early retirement, moving across the entire United States, and taking the same position with the state of Washington. Read George’s story to see some of the similarities and differences in how child nutrition programs are administered from state to state.
Doris (Yaeko) Mau, Doris Yaeko Mau, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Doris (Yaeko) Mau, Doris Yaeko Mau, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Doris Mau is a retired School Food Service Manager and a past president of the Oahu School Food Service Association. Mrs. Mau was President-elect of her association when Hawaii hosted the Annual National Convention in 1976. The youngest of Mrs. Mau’s three daughters followed her into the school food service profession and is currently a School Food Service Manager on Oahu.
Sue Uyehara, Sue Uyehara, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Sue Uyehara, Sue Uyehara, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Sue Uyehara is a Louisiana native and a registered dietitian. She worked with the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) in Louisiana, before relocating to Hawaii, where she works with the Office of Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs.
Donna Matsufuru, Donna Matsufuru, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Donna Matsufuru, Donna Matsufuru, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Donna Matsufuru is currently the School Food Service Supervisor for the state of Hawaii, and has held a variety of positions within the child nutrition field during her thirty-five years of service.
Nancy Miura & Peggy Nakamoto, Nancy Miura, Peggy Nakamoto, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Nancy Miura & Peggy Nakamoto, Nancy Miura, Peggy Nakamoto, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
After Nancy Miura & Peggy Nakamoto finished their individual oral history interviews they felt they had more to share, and sat down later the same day for a join interview.
Nancy Miura, Nancy Miura, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Nancy Miura, Nancy Miura, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Nancy Miura is a retired School Food Service Manager and a past president of the Oahu School Food Service Association, having served several terms as president of the Oahu association. Nancy remains very interested in child nutrition and continues to attend the School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conventions, along with Peggy Nakamoto, another Oahu School Food Service Association past president.
Peggy Nakamoto, Peggy Nakamoto, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Peggy Nakamoto, Peggy Nakamoto, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Peggy Nakamoto is a retired School Food Service Manager and a past president of the Oahu School Food Service Association. Peggy is very interested in child nutrition and continues to attend the School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conventions.
Janice Low, Janice Low, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Janice Low, Janice Low, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Janice Low is a former Food Service Manager who started her career on the island of Lanai. Janice now works with the School Food Authority for the State of Hawaii. Janice is based in Honolulu.
Sadie Booker, Sadie Booker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Sadie Booker, Sadie Booker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Sadie Gilmore Booker has been actively involved in the education process since graduation from Louisiana Tech University in 1945 with a BSE in home economics followed by an MS-R.D. in 1969. Her first job was as an extension home economist teaching nutrition to 4-H and Home Demonstration Club women. After a 10 year hiatus during which she married and had three children, she returned to her career from 1959 to 1995. She taught elementary school, Jr. High Home Economics and science and high school Home Economics for the El Dorado School District #15. She taught the first Occupational Home Economics …
Charles Cole & Pat Deckert, Charles Cole, Pat Deckert, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Charles Cole & Pat Deckert, Charles Cole, Pat Deckert, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Charles Cole served the state of Texas as a math teacher, school principal, and finally as a Texas Education Agent, where he eventually oversaw the state child nutrition programs. Pat Deckert was a food service director and later a food broker before finishing her career as a consultant with the Texas Education Agency.
Elizabeth Beavers, Elizabeth Beavers, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Elizabeth Beavers, Elizabeth Beavers, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Elizabeth Beavers is an Oklahoma native who dedicated many years of service to child nutrition in both Oklahoma and Texas. Her double major in home economics and business gave her a solid base on which to build a long and highly rewarding career.
Karen Johnson, Karen Johnson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Karen Johnson, Karen Johnson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Karen Johnson is a retired child nutrition director in Arizona and a past-president of the American School Food Service Association.
Paula Barletta, Paula Barletta, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Paula Barletta, Paula Barletta, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Born in the Sudetenland, Paula Barletta left Germany after surviving World War II, and later moved to Yuma, Arizona, with her American husband, where she became the food service director.
Mary A. Hill, Mary A. Hill, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Mary A. Hill, Mary A. Hill, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Mary A. Hill, Executive Director of Food Services for Jackson Public School District in Jackson, MS. She is a native of Jackson, MS, has both BS and MS degrees in Home Economics and a minor in Secondary Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and is credentialed as a Specialist (SNS) in the School Nutrition Association. Prior to beginning a career in school nutrition in 1983, she was a Commercial Food teacher who taught courses to vocational/technical students in Laurel Public Schools in Laurel, MS. Hill has directed the Child Nutrition Program in Jackson, MS for 33 years. The districts’ …
Thelma Becker, Thelma Becker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Thelma Becker, Thelma Becker, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Thelma Becker, a native Pennsylvanian, grew up in Philadelphia. Becker served as a school food service director in Pennsylvania and is a past-president of the American School Food Service Association, now the School Nutrition Association.
Penny Mcconnell, Penny Mcconnell, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Penny Mcconnell, Penny Mcconnell, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Penny McConnell, a Canada native, had no experience in school nutrition until she moved to Virginia and took a job as food service manager in a local elementary school. McConnell has worked her way up through the Fairfax child nutrition programs, working as a manager in several high schools before becoming a supervisor, and eventually director of Food and Nutrition Services. She has also been active in the American Dietetic Association and the former American School Food Service Association, now the School Nutrition Association.
Clarice Higgins, Clarice Higgins, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Clarice Higgins, Clarice Higgins, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Clarice Higgins grew up in Waynesboro, Mississippi, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of Alabama, studying with Dr. Neige Todhunter. She then interned at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York and earned her master’s from Columbia Teacher’s College. Dr. Mary de Garmo Bryan was her major advisor. In 1964 she became the School Food Service Director in Gadsden County, Florida, and held this position until her retirement in 1993. Mrs. Higgins served as President of the American School Food Service Association in 1983.
Marcia Smith, Marcia Smith, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Marcia Smith, Marcia Smith, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Marcia Smith was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Florida when she was two years old. Ms. Smith graduated from Florida State University with a degree in food nutrition specializing in school lunch administration. She later earned masters and Ph.D. degrees from Webber College and Kennedy Western University. She started her career in school foodservice in Polk County, Florida, working with Helen Walker, School Food Service Director and President of the American School Foodservice Association (ASFSA) at that time. “Within the first two weeks of being on the job, I was going to Chicago to the national conference where she …