Background
Hammond, Catherine Cooper was born on June 8, 1921 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Thomas Poe and Essie May (Burgan) Cooper.
Hammond, Catherine Cooper was born on June 8, 1921 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Thomas Poe and Essie May (Burgan) Cooper.
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, University Kentucky, 1943. Master of Science in Nutrition, University Kentucky, 1958.
Dietitian University Kentucky, Lexington, 1953-1954. Chief dietitian Center Baptist Hospital, 1954-1976. Consultant dietitian John Graves Ford Memorial Hospital, Georgetown, Kentucky, 1956-1958, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Lexington, 1958-1960, 1977-1986, NHE Nursing Home, Lexington, 1976-1979, Rose Manor Nursing Home, Lexington, 1977-1980, Dyneteria, Inc., Lexington, 1978-1979.
Private practice nutrition counselor, since 1976.
Member American Dietetic Association, Kentucky Dietetic Association (president 1964), Bluegrass Dietetic Association, Center Kentucky Orchid Society, Phi Upsilon Omicron.
Married Claude Ellis Hammond, June 26, 1943 (divorced October 1953). Children: Thomas Taylor, Susan Elaine. Married John Thomas Smythe, August 9, 1958 (divorced 1966).