Lulu G. Graves

(1874-1949) born at Fairbury, lived in Peru and Plymouth. Educator, dietician, author, was co-organizer and first president of American Dietetic Association in 1917, served as head dietician in hospitals at Chicago, Cleveland, and New York, was a consultant dietician in New York City from 1924 to 1939, author of several articles and books, including co-author of widely used Dictionary of Foods and Nutrition (1938); recipient of Copher Award in 1947 given annually to a person who has made the greatest contribution to the dietetic profession. Consult Journal of the American Dietetic Association, December 1947, p. 1061 and September 1949, p. 776 and New York Times obituary, August 3, 1949, p. 23 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 2 (1950) 218.

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