Katherine O. Musgrave

Katherine L. Ogilvie Musgrave (February 8, 1920 – June 20, 2015)[1] was an American academic, registered dietitian, and nutritional consultant. She taught food science and nutrition at the University of Maine from 1969 to 1986, and after her official retirement continued teaching for close to three decades on the university's online continuing education website, educating thousands of students. During this time she also worked as a dietitian for three Bangor physicians, conducted nutrition workshops and corporate wellness programs across the state, and appeared on a weekly radio show speaking about healthy living.

Professor Emerita

Katherine O. Musgrave
Born
Katherine L. Ogilvie

February 8, 1920
Allisona, Tennessee
DiedJune 20, 2015(2015-06-20) (aged 95)
Orono, Maine
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of food science and nutrition, registered dietitian, nutritional consultant
Spouse(s)Stanley Dean Musgrave
Children2
AwardsMedallion Award, American Dietetic Association (2011)
Maine Women's Hall of Fame (2011)
Academic background
EducationB.S. nutrition, Maryville College, 1941
M.S. nutrition, Oklahoma State University, 1968
Academic work
DisciplineFood science and nutrition

A member of the American Dietetic Association for over 70 years, she was a two-time president of the Maine Dietetic Association. She received an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Maine in 2006 and was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.

Early life and education

Katherine L. Ogilvie[2] was born in Allisona, Tennessee, to Walter William Ogilvie and his wife, Kathleen Smith Ogilvie.[1] Her mother was a Latin scholar and both her parents were college-educated.[3] She and her three brothers grew up in a farmhouse constructed by their grandfather in the 1860s.[1] She credited her affinity to food and cooking to her mother, who did not enjoy cooking and therefore let her practice as much as she wanted in the kitchen.[4] After graduating high school in 1937, she attended Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in nutrition in 1941.[1][3] She interned at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine the following year, becoming a registered dietitian.[1][3]

Career

Following her internship, Musgrave joined the staff of the dietitian division of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. In 1945, she took up a position at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, followed by posts at Burnham Hospital in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Cornell University School of Nutrition. In 1968 she earned her master's degree in nutrition from Oklahoma State University.[3] After her husband was hired by the animal science department at the University of Maine in 1968,[3] she began teaching food science and nutrition at the University of Maine as an assistant professor in 1969.[5] She retired as professor emerita in 1986.[6]

Following her official retirement in 1986, Musgrave continued to teach and speak full-time on nutrition issues for close to three decades. She presented her FSN 101 Introduction to Food and Nutrition course on the university's online continuing education website to more than 250 students per semester,[1][3] offered a nutrition course at Penobscot Valley Senior College, and appeared every Monday morning on a WZON radio show speaking about healthy living.[3][5] She also conducted nutrition workshops and the nutrition segment of corporate wellness programs in Maine and neighboring states, worked as a dietitian for three Bangor physicians, and educated patients at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor about medical nutrition therapy.[1][5][4]

Writing
My feeling is if we can get children, in the first eight years of their lives, to like food and really appreciate food, they'll eat right the rest of their lives.

–Katherine O. Musgrave[4]

Musgrave co-authored a 1984 nutrition textbook for teachers and parents. She also wrote a nutrition curriculum guide for elementary-school teachers at the behest of the Maine Department of Education, and coordinated nutrition classes reaching 2,000 teachers and school nutrition educators through the state’s Nutrition Education and Training Program.[1] She published a total of 29 papers in professional journals and produced bulletins on subjects such as "Food for Children, Nutrition Games, Snacking Patterns of Adolescents, and Breast Feeding".[1]

Positions
Whoopie pie

Musgrave was an outspoken critic of the Fit for Life diet. She subjected the weekly diet plan to a computerized nutritional analysis that found the levels of Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, zinc, and calcium to be "undesirably low" when compared to the United States Recommended Daily Allowance for women aged 23 to 50.[7]

On the other hand, she spoke at a hearing in support of a 2011 Maine Legislature bill to declare the whoopie pie as the official state dessert of Maine. Musgrave praised the chocolate pie for being rich in flavonoids and antioxidants.[6][8] Asked to clarify her position on the sugary dessert, she said, "In all food, moderation is the key word".[6] The Maine Legislature eventually approved blueberry pie as the official state dessert, and the whoopie pie as the official state treat.[9]

Affiliations

Musgrave was a Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, having joined the organization in 1942 and retained her membership for more than 70 years.[1][10] She served as president of the Maine Dietetic Association from 1973–1974 and 2006–2007.[10]

Awards and honors

In 1995, Musgrave was the recipient of the Mary Ann Hartman Award from the University of Maine.[1] She was named the 2002 Outstanding Continuing Education Faculty Member by the University Continuing Education Association, New England chapter.[11] In 2011, she received the Medallion Award of the American Dietetic Association; that same year, she was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame.[1][12]

In 1986, the Maine Nutrition Council inaugurated its Katherine O. Musgrave Award, which is awarded annually "for outstanding work in nutrition policy, education, or research".[13]

In 2006, the University of Maine awarded Musgrave an honorary doctorate of science.[5]

Personal

She married Stanley Dean Musgrave (1919–2011) in March 1944.[2] A veteran of the Army Medical Service Corps in World War II, Musgrave pursued a teaching and research career in "dairy and livestock reproductive physiology, nutrition, genetics, and management" at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Maine.[2] They had one son and one daughter.[1]

She died on June 20, 2015 in Orono.[1] She was scheduled to teach another "Trends in Nutrition Education" course at the Penobscot Valley Senior College in the coming fall semester.[14]

Selected bibliography

Books
  • Oliver, Shirley Doten; Musgrave, Katherine Ogilvie (1984). Nutrition: A Teacher Sourcebook of Integrated Activities. Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 0205080308.

Papers

References
  1. "Katherine Ogilvie Musgrave". Bangor Daily News. June 23, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. "Stanley D. Musgrave". Bangor Daily News. October 30, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2016 – via HighBeam.
  3. Bloch, Jessica (8 February 2010). "For dietitian Musgrave, life just as sweet at 90". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. McCrea, Nick (June 22, 2015). "Nutritionist, Maine Women's Hall of Fame member Katherine Musgrave dies". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  5. Gagnon, Dawn (March 6, 2011). "Nutrition, health expert Katherine Musgrave, 91, honored at University of Maine". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  6. Moll, Lucy (September 1986). "Between the Lines of Fit for Life". Vegetarian Times: 40, 42.
  7. "Whoopie-pie debate continues in Maine Legislature". The Patriot-News. Associated Press. January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  8. "It's the Law: Whoopie pie official 'treat'". Portland Press Herald. Associated Press. April 21, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  9. "American Dietetic Association to Present Medallion Awards to Eight Members for Service to ADA and Dietetics Profession (press release)". American Dietetic Association. July 26, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  10. "State Legislative Record – State Legislative Sentiment Appendix". 127th Maine Senate. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  11. Miller, Kevin (March 19, 2011). "Senator, UM professor inducted into Maine Women's Hall of Fame". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  12. "Katherine O. Musgrave Award". Maine Nutrition Council. 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  13. "The Course That Isn't Listed" (PDF). Penobscot Valley Senior College Course Catalog. Fall 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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