Miriam Elizabeth Lowenberg

Background

Lowenberg, Miriam Elizabeth was born on July 22, 1897 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Daughter of J. A. and Nettie (Cunningham) Lowenberg.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1918. Postgraduate, University California, 1923. Student, University California, 1923.

Student, Washington Medical School, 1934. Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, State University Iowa, 1943.

Doctor of Science. (honorary), Hood College, 1960.

Career

Teacher home economics, high schools, Illinois and Michigan, 1918-1922; head department economics, small colleges, 1922-1927; graduate assistant foods and nutrition, Iowa State College, 1927-1929; assistant professor foods and nutrition, child development, Iowa State College, 1929-1941; chief nutritionist Kaiser child service department, Kaiser Company, Portland, Oregon, 1943-1945; nutritional supervisor, Rochester Child Health Institute, 1946-1952; head department foods and nutrition, Pennsylvania State University, 1952-1963; visiting professor department pediatrics and home economics, U. Washington, Seattle, from 1963.

Achievements

• Miriam Elizabeth Lowenberg has been listed as a notable nutritionist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Food for Young Children in Group Care

    ( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultura...)

  • Feeding Your Baby and Child

    (classic baby book)

  • Feeding Your Baby & Child - Newly Revised And Anglicised Edition
  • Food for the Young Child

Membership

Member American Association of University Women, American Public Health Association, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Eugene Field Society Writers, American Dietetic Association, Pennsylvania Dietetic Association (president 1957-1958), American Home Economics Association, Pennsylvania Home Economics Association, American School Food Service Association, Pennsylvania Health Council, Sigma Xi, Omicron Nu (president 1950-1952), Phi Gamma Mu, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta.

Connections

Father:

J. A. Lowenberg

Mother:

Nettie (Cunningham) Lowenberg