Background
Wolgamot, Irene Herschler was born on February 21, 1905 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Lewis Clifford and Freda Elizabeth (Marsch) Herschler.
Wolgamot, Irene Herschler was born on February 21, 1905 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Lewis Clifford and Freda Elizabeth (Marsch) Herschler.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1926. Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, 1929.
Nutrition supervisor Parma (Ohio) School Board, 1929-1931. Assistant home management department Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1931-1932. Principal Dingess (West Virginia) School Board, 1932-1933.
Teacher home economics Delbarton (West Virginia) School Board, 1933-1934. Associate state director home management Farm Security Administration for State of Ohio, United States Department of Agriculture, Columbus, 1935-1943. Executive secretary nutrition com Ohio State Nutrition Commission, 1943-1945.
Assistant club director American Red Cross, London, 1943-1945, club director Aix-en-Provence, France, 1945, director nutrition service, eastern area Alexandria, Virginia, 1946. Assistant chief technical services National School Lunch Program, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1947-1948. Director home economics National Association Food Chains, 1948-1949.
Food economist department Human Nutrition & Food Economics Research United States Department of Agriculture, 1949-1954. Extension specialist in foods and nutrition, professor Rutgers University, United States Department of Agriculture, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1954-1962. Assistant to director consumer and food economics research division Rural Areas Development program, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1962-1970.
Chairman New Jersey Nutrition Council, 1961-1962.
Member, secretary Arlington (Virginia) Retirement Housing Corporation Board, 1983-1989. President Continental Association Funeral and Memorial Societies, Washington, 1986-1990. Member American Association Family and Consumer Sciences (official delegate to White House Conference 1964, 71, national coordinator low income family program 1966-1967, national coordinator aging, 1967-1973), District of Columbia Home Economics Association (president 1968-1970).
Married Maxwell E. wolgamot, September 25, 1926.