Background
Hunscher, Helen Alvina was born on August 5, 1904 in Gates Mills, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Ernest Henry and Cora Annis (Knapp) Hunscher.
Hunscher, Helen Alvina was born on August 5, 1904 in Gates Mills, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Ernest Henry and Cora Annis (Knapp) Hunscher.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1925. Postgraduate (fellow in nutrition research), Merrill-Palmer School, Detroit, 1926-1927, Laura Spelman Rockefeller fellow, 1927-1928. Doctor of Philosophy (National Research Council fellow), University of Chicago, 1932.
And Children’s Hospital Michigan, 1928-1929. Instructor home economics University of Chicago, 1930-1931. Associate in research Children’s Fund Michigan, Detroit, 1931-1937.
Professional lecturer in nutrition Wayne University, Detroit, 1931-1937.
Professor, chairman home economics Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1937-1963, chairman nutrition, 1963-1974, professor emeritus, consultant, 1974-1978.
Member special medical advisory group Virginia, 1948-1954. Member American Board Nutrition, American Dietetic Association (Copher award 1958, president 1947-1948), American Home Economics Association (chairman food and nutrition division 1945-1946), American Institute Nutrition, American Chemical Society, Public Health Association, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society for Research in Child Development, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Kappa, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omicron Nu, Iota Sigma Pi.
Married Howard Paul Wilkinson, December 23, 1939. Children: Jeanne (Mistress Mark East. Goebel), James H. Assistant in nutrition research Merrill-Palmer School.