Phil Sokolof

(1921-2004) born in Omaha. Industrialist, consumer advocate, health reformer, national spokesman to create public awareness of danger of cholesterol and saturated fats in food products which promote heart disease, aided the U.S. Congress in passage of Nutrition Labeling and Education Act in 1990, the first federal law that required publication of nutrition facts on every packaged food; spent more than $12 million to educate the public nationwide, recipient of several awards, including an “unsung hero” award in 1997 by America’s Awards. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, June 25, 1989, pp. 10-11, 14 and Time, March 25, 1991, pp. 56-58 and Omaha World Herald, June 24, 1996, pp. 1-2 and Phil Sokolof, Add Years to Your Life! Maintain or Regain A Healthy Heart (National Heart Savers Association, 2002) and Lincoln Journal Star, October 12, 2003, pp. C-1, C-2 and obituaries in Omaha World Herald, April 16, 2004, p. B-4 and New York Times, April 17, 2004, p. A-13.

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