Marion C. Pfund
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Marion C. Pfund | |
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 Marion C. Pfund, from the 1919 yearbook of Simmons College | |
| Born | November 16, 1897 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 2000 (age 102) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | College professor, home economist, food chemist |
Marion Caroline Pfund (November 16, 1897 – January 5, 2000) was an American home economist and college professor. She was on the home economics faculty of Cornell University from 1928 to 1953, dean of the College of Family Living at Brigham Young University from 1954 to 1958, and head of the home economics department at San Jose State College from 1958 to 1965.
Pfund was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip Friedrich Pfund and Caroline Augusta Hurlebaus Pfund. Her father was born in Germany. She graduated from Simmons College in 1919,[1] earned a master's degree at Vassar College in 1921, and completed doctoral studies in organic chemistry at Yale University in 1928.[2] Her dissertation was titled "The Preparation and Chemical Properties of Iodoisatin" (1928).[3]
Career
Pfund taught at Vassar from 1919 to 1924. She worked for a year at Calco Chemical Company, then joined the home economics faculty at Cornell University, where she taught from 1928 to 1953.[4] She was co-dean of the College of Family Living at Brigham Young University from 1954 to 1958,[5] and head of the home economics department at San Jose State College from 1958 to her retirement in 1965.[2]
Pfund also spoke to community groups, including Sorosis,[6] and her food research findings were printed as advice to home cooks in newspapers.[7][8] During World War II, she taught Cornell students about poisonous gases and how to detect them.[9]
Pfund was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was president of Cornell's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.[4] In 1943 she wrote and directed an educational film, Canning at Home.[10] She represented the American Home Economics Association at Food and Drug Administration hearings on federal nutritional standards for bread in 1949.[11][12] A room at Brigham Young University was named for Pfund in 1957.[13]