Miriam Higgins Thomas | |
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Born | Miriam Mason Higgins June 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | September 15, 2002 |
Occupation | Chemist |
Miriam Mason Higgins Thomas (June 22, 1920 – September 15, 2002) was an American chemist, based in the United States Army Research and Development Command at Natick, Massachusetts.
Miriam Mason Higgins was born in Chicago, the daughter of William Henry Higgins and Mame Mason Higgins. Her mother was an alumna of the University of Chicago, dean of women at Bethune-Cookman College, and a social service consultant for the Illinois Department of Public Aid. [1] [2] Her brother, William H. Higgins, was a dentist and ordained Methodist minister. [3] Her grandfather, M. C. B. Masons, was a noted orator and Black church leader. [4]
Higgins graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1936, and earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition and chemistry from Bennett College in 1940. [5] She earned a master's degree in food chemistry from the University of Chicago. [6]
Thomas taught at the University of Chicago during World War II, and was a chemist with Food and Container Institute at the Chicago Quartermaster Depot beginning in 1945. [5] She was a research chemist at the U. S. Army Natick Develoopment Center, studying nutritional content of military rations under various conditions. [7] In 1975 she won an Army SARS Fellowship to study food processing and nutrition analysis techniques in Japan, India, the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, and Guatemala. [6] She was a consultant to the Food Research Laboratories, Inc., of Boston, and taught nutrition and food science courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research was published in academic journals including Journal of Microwave Power and Journal of Food Science. [8]
Thomas was nominated three times by the Department of the Army for the Federal Woman's Award. She was a member of the Association of Vitamin Chemists, the Society for Nutrition Education, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6]
Miriam Higgins married before 1960 and had a son, Brian. [21] Thomas died in 2002, aged 82 years. Her papers are in the National Archives for Black Women's History. [22]
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Born | Miriam Mason Higgins June 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | September 15, 2002 |
Occupation | Chemist |
Miriam Mason Higgins Thomas (June 22, 1920 – September 15, 2002) was an American chemist, based in the United States Army Research and Development Command at Natick, Massachusetts.
Miriam Mason Higgins was born in Chicago, the daughter of William Henry Higgins and Mame Mason Higgins. Her mother was an alumna of the University of Chicago, dean of women at Bethune-Cookman College, and a social service consultant for the Illinois Department of Public Aid. [1] [2] Her brother, William H. Higgins, was a dentist and ordained Methodist minister. [3] Her grandfather, M. C. B. Masons, was a noted orator and Black church leader. [4]
Higgins graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1936, and earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition and chemistry from Bennett College in 1940. [5] She earned a master's degree in food chemistry from the University of Chicago. [6]
Thomas taught at the University of Chicago during World War II, and was a chemist with Food and Container Institute at the Chicago Quartermaster Depot beginning in 1945. [5] She was a research chemist at the U. S. Army Natick Develoopment Center, studying nutritional content of military rations under various conditions. [7] In 1975 she won an Army SARS Fellowship to study food processing and nutrition analysis techniques in Japan, India, the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, and Guatemala. [6] She was a consultant to the Food Research Laboratories, Inc., of Boston, and taught nutrition and food science courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research was published in academic journals including Journal of Microwave Power and Journal of Food Science. [8]
Thomas was nominated three times by the Department of the Army for the Federal Woman's Award. She was a member of the Association of Vitamin Chemists, the Society for Nutrition Education, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6]
Miriam Higgins married before 1960 and had a son, Brian. [21] Thomas died in 2002, aged 82 years. Her papers are in the National Archives for Black Women's History. [22]
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