Background
Harland, Barbara Ferguson was born on April 16, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank Cleveland and Dorothy Sargent (Brown) Ferguson.
Harland, Barbara Ferguson was born on April 16, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank Cleveland and Dorothy Sargent (Brown) Ferguson.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1946. Master of Science, University Washington, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1971.
Chief dietitian, Lakeview Memorial Hospital, Stillwater, Minnesota, 1946-1947; dietitian, U. Washington, Seattle, 1947-1949; nutrition instructor, Indiana U. S.E., New Albany, 1964-1965; mathematics, science substitute teacher, Montgomery County High Schools, Maryland., 1966-1967; nutrition instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1967-1970; research biologist nutrition division, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1971-1984; professor nutrition and food College Allied Health Sciences, Howard U., Washington, since 1984. Referee for Phytate Association Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, since 1980. Member Howard U. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Washington, since 1984.
Chairman administrative council Concord-St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Bethesda, Maryland, 1977-1983, 91-96, vice chairman, 1988-1991, member planning committee, 1984-1988, peace advocacy committee, 1984-1988. Fellow American Society Nutrition Inc. Member American Society Nutritional Science, American Dietetic Association, American Chemical Society, American Society Clinical Nutrition, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Nutrition Education, Congressional Country Club (chairman tennis committee 1982-1992, since 2002, chairman paddle tennis committee 1988-1997).
Married James Wallace Harland, September 6, 1947. Children: Joseph A., Jane, Janet.