Katharine Parker Riddle

Background

Riddle, Katharine Parker was born on May 21, 1919 in Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, India. Daughter of Allen Ellsworth and Irene (Glasgow) Parker. (parents American citizens).

Education

Bachelor with honors, Park College, 1940; Master of Science in Nutrition, University of Chicago, 1942; certified Chinese language and culture, Yale University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Union Graduate School, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1974.

Career

Nutritionist Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, Chicago, 1942-1944. Missionary United Presbyterian Church, Peiping, China and Punjab, India, 1944-1965. Associate director, home economist Agricultural Missions Division Overseas Ministry National Council Churches, New York City, 1965-1969.

Research consultant Morehead (Kentucky) State University, 1970-1974. Assistant professor nutrition Pennsylvania State. University, State College, 1974-1976.

Director Nourishing Space for Women, Vail, Arizona, 1976-1978. Adjunct professor, researcher Department Family and Community Medicine, College Medicine University Arizona, Tucson, 1978-1981. Nutrition specialist, officer women in development Cooperative Extension International Programs University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1981-1986, professor emerita, since 1986.

Consultant Church Women United, New York City, 1966-1969, others. Visiting scholar College Business Administration, University Nebraska, 1988.

Achievements

• Katharine Parker Riddle has been listed as a noteworthy Nutrition educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Food with dignity;: A survey presentation of major U.S. Protestant efforts to combat world hunger

Membership

Member Task Force on Voluntary Action by Women, White House Conference Food, Nutrition, and Health, Washington, 1970, Governor's Commission on Elderly, Kentucky, 1972. President board directors International Center, Lincoln, 1986-1988. Researcher, program director Papago Breast Feeding Project, Sells, Arizona, 1979-1981.

Project director Nebraska in the World, Lincoln, 1983-1988. Board directors Doté Foundation, San Antonio, Texas, since 1989. Founder (with United States Department of Agriculture, United States Agency for International Development, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, World Hunger Organization, Food and Agricultural Organization) Task Force on Women's Participation in Rural Development.

Member American Home Economics Association, International Federation Home Economics, Society Nutrition Education, Association Women in Development (founder 1982).

Connections

Married Charles W. Riddle, September 2, 1941 (divorced October 1976). Children: Dorothy Irene, William Parker, Patricia Karen.

Father:

Allen Ellsworth Parker

Mother:

Irene (Glasgow) Parker

Spouse:

Charles W. Riddle

child:

Patricia Karen Riddle

child:

Dorothy Irene Riddle

child:

William Parker Riddle