Nevin Scrimshaw papers

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, publications, reports, professional writings, and notes concerning Scrimshaw's work in international nutrition and public health and with the World Health Organization,and the United Nations. Also his study of public health issues in Asia, Africa, Central America, and the United States.

Includes articles, reports and memos concerning breastfeeding.

Dates

1950-1985.

Creator

Scrimshaw, Nevin S. (Person)
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Nutrition, MIT. Dr. Scrimshaw did his undergraduate work at Ohio Wesleyan University and received an M.A. in biology and a Ph.D. in physiology from Harvard in 1941. He attended the University of Rochester medical school and received his M.D. in 1945.

Biographical / Historical

In 1949 he became the founding director of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP). He helped develop INCAP into one of the world.s most comprehensive and productive institutions devoted to the study and alleviation of global malnutrition. In 1961 he resigned from INCAP to become a professor of Human Nutrition at MIT and head of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science.

Biographical / Historical

An authority on international nutrition, his interests range from nutritional anthropology to food science and technology. He is a member of a number of professional societies and he has been active on a number of advisory committees as well as the UN and WHO. Dr. Scrimshaw has published over 350 scientific articles and has received numerous awards.