Ruth M. Leverton

(1908-1982) lived in Lincoln. Nutritionist, educator, author, served in human nutrition research division of U.S. Department of Agriculture, reviewed nutrition research projects supported by Food for Peace funds in eight foreign countries, authored more than 200 articles, chapters, monographs, and books, many of them original scientific papers, recipient of Borden Award of American Chemical Society in 1953. Consult Lincoln Evening Journal obituary, September 16, 1982, p. 22 and Martha Bailey, American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary (ABC-CLIO, 1994) 208-209 and Journal of Nutrition, Vol 129 (October 1999) 1769-1772 and American National Biography Online (July 2002 Update).

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