Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Nevin Stewart Scrimshaw | |
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| Born | January 20, 1918 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | February 8, 2013 (aged 95) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D.) 1941 University of Rochester (M.D.) 1945 |
| Known for | Research on human nutritional deficiency |
| Children | Susan C. Scrimshaw |
| Awards | World Food Prize (1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nutrition and food science |
| Website | Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation http://www.inffoundation.org/ |
Nevin Stewart Scrimshaw (January 20, 1918 – February 8, 2013) was an American food scientist and
Bolton L. Corson Medal in 1976 and the World Food Prize in 1991.[2] Scrimshaw spent the last years of his life on a farm in Thornton, New Hampshire, where he died at 95.[3]
Life
Scrimshaw came from New England, and spent the 1930s and 1940s there studying nutrition, especially protein combining, alongside his wife and fellow scientist, Mary Goodrich. In the 1950s and 1960s, they lived in Guatemala and India. They designed meals using local vegetables to fight against the scourge of kwashiorkor. In Guatemala they used the combination of cottonseed flour with maize, while in India they combined peanut flour with wheat.[4][5] His daughter is medical anthropologist and academic administrator Susan C. Scrimshaw.[6]
Works
- 1968: (with John Everett Gordon) Malnutrition, learning and behavior, MIT Press
- 1968: (with Carl E. Taylor and John Everett Gordon) Interactions of nutrition and infection, World Health Organization Monograph #57
- 1971: (with Alan Berg& David L. Call) Nutrition, national planning and development, MIT Press
- 1971: (editor with Aaron M. Altschul) Amino acid fortification of protein foods, MIT Press
- 1974: (editor with Moises Behar) Nutrition and agricultural development: significance and potential for the tropics, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Plenum Press
- 1975: (with Max Milner & Daniel I. C. Wang) Protein resources and technology, Avi Publishing
- 1982: (with Mitchel B. Wallerstein) Nutrition policy implementation: issues and experience, Plenum Press
Awards and honours
- American Medical Association/Joseph B. Goldberger Award in Clinical Nutrition, 1969
- Institute of Food Technologists Bor S. Luh International Award, 1969 (known then as the IFT International Award)[7]
- member, National Academy of Sciences, 1971
- American Society for Nutrition/Conrad Elvehjem Award for Public Service in Nutrition, 1976
- Bolton S. Corson Medal, 1976
- Fellow of the American Institute of Nutrition, 1985
- Bristol-MyersAward for Distinguished Achievements in Nutrition Research, 1988
- World Food Prize, 1991
References
- ^ Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H.. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ The World Food Prize Foundation. Laureates: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- Boston Globe
- ^ Scrimshaw obituary from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ISBN 9781337514194.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ Institute of Food Technologists. List of IFT past award winners. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
Further reading
- Chandler, David L. (February 11, 2013). "Nevin S. Scrimshaw, pioneer in nutrition research, dies at 95". MIT News Office. Retrieved 11 February 2013
- Baker, Billy (January 28, 2008). "At 90, he lives the lifestyle he preaches". Boston Globe. Retrieved 29 May 2012 (subscription required)
- Keusch, Gerald T. (January 1, 2003). "The history of nutrition: Malnutrition, infection and immunity". The Journal of Nutrition. Retrieved 29 May 2012 (subscription required)
- Bhargava, Alok (July, 2013) "Nelvin S. Scrimshaw (1918 – 2003) : Remembrances"
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