Frances Eddy Poston

Background

Poston, Frances Eddy was born on August 19, 1923 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Andrew James and Ruth Lee (Knox) E.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Winthrop College, 1944; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1950.

Career

Dietetic intern, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1945; therapeutic dietitian, Baker Sanitorium, Charleston, South Carolina., 1944-1945; instructor School Nursing, Roper Hospital, Charleston, 1946-1949; instructor medical students, Medical College South Carolina., Charleston, 1948-1949; nutritionist Master of Surgery, South Carolina. State Department Health, Columbia, South Carolina., 1949-1950; research nutritionist Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Medical University of Southern California, Charleston, 1955; clin.instr. pediatrics, Medical University of Southern California, Charleston, 1989; district nutritionist, South Carolina. State Department Health - Master of Surgery, Charleston, 1959-1979; district director nutrition, Trident Health District, Charleston, 1979-1989.

Achievements

• Frances Eddy Poston has been listed as a noteworthy Nutritionist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Women of the Church, Presbyterian Church in America, Charleston, South Carolina., 1982, 88. Member children's advisory board Channel 2 television, Charleston, 1977. Board member South Carolina.

Lung Association, since 1984. Volunteer guide Middleton Place Gardens National History Trust. Member South Carolina.

Dietetic Association (board member, historian 1989-1991, Outstanding Dietitian of Year 1977, Meritorim Svc. award 1985), Charleston Trident Dietetic Association (Outstanding Dietitian of Year 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: watercolor painting, gardening, sewing, entertaining.

Connections

Married Ralph Beckman Poston, December 8, 1950 (deceased June 1977). Children: Frances, Kathy, Virginia.

Father:

Andrew James E.

Mother:

Ruth Lee (Knox) E.

Spouse:

Ralph Beckman Poston

child:

Virginia Poston

child:

Kathy Poston

child:

Frances Poston