Edith H. Nason

For the American zoologist with a similar name, see Edith Nason Buckingham.
Edith H. Nason
Edith H. Nason, from the 1917 yearbook of Vassar College
BornJune 12, 1895
Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 1970 (age 74)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
OccupationsFood scientist, home economist

Edith Holloway Nason (June 12, 1895 – January 9, 1970) was an American food chemist. She was a professor of home economics and nutrition at Cornell University and Syracuse University. She was a vice-president of the American Home Economics Association in the 1940s.

Early life and education

Nason was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Nason and Anna Moore Hanson Nason. Her younger sister Mary married Charles Boardman Newhall, a lawyer and mountaineer who was also president of the American Badminton Association.[1][2]

Nason graduated from Vassar College in 1917, and completed doctoral studies in chemistry at Yale University in 1921,[3] supported in part by a Vassar Alumnae Fellowship.[4]

Career

Nason taught chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1921 to 1925.[5][6] She was a professor of home economics at Cornell University[7] and head of the department of foods and nutrition at Syracuse University.[8][9] In 1931 she spoke at Oklahoma A&M College about "Chemistry and Physics in Relation to Cookery and Nutrition",[8] and at the Syracuse University Club of Scranton.[10] She was a vice-president of the American Home Economics Association in the 1940s.[11]

Publications

  • "On the Dinitro Derivatives of p-Dichlorobenzene: 2,5-Dichloro-1,4-Dinitrobenzene" (1918)[12]
  • "Fractional Distillation Apparatus" (1923)[13]
  • "The Utilization of Cassia Oil for the Synthesis of Cinnamyl Alcohol" (1925, with Arthur J. Hill)[14]
  • "The importance of maintaining interest in chemistry in the teaching of students of home economics" (1925)[6]
  • "Try This on your Ice Box" (1927)[15]
  • Chemistry and Cookery (1937, with Annie Louise Macleod)[16]
  • Introduction to Experimental Cookery (1939, with Alice E. Ebersold)[17]
  • "Research in Foods" (1942)[18]
  • "Recent Trends in Frozen Foods" (1947)[19]

Personal life

Nason lived with her Syracuse colleague Annie Louise Macleod.[20][21] Nason and Macleod moved to Michigan in 1949,[22] and retired to Florida together in 1952.[23][24] Nason died in 1970, in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 74.[25]

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Kenneth A. "Charles Boardman Newhall, 1902-1984". Publications, American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  2. ^ "To Wed at Church Ceremony". The Daily Item. 1932-01-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Yale University (1927). Doctors of Philosophy of Yale University: With the Titles of Their Dissertations, 1861-1927. University. p. 40.
  4. ^ Reimer, Marie (January 1921). "Report of the Committee on Graduate Work and Publications". Vassar College Bulletin: 68.
  5. ^ "Miss Nason Resigns for Cornell Position". The Daily Illini. 1925-05-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Nason, Edith H. (1925-05-01). "The importance of maintaining interest in chemistry in the teaching of students of home economics". Journal of Chemical Education. 2 (5): 386. Bibcode:1925JChEd...2..386N. doi:10.1021/ed002p386. ISSN 0021-9584.
  7. ^ Cornell University (1925). Annual Report of [the] President. pp. 45–46.
  8. ^ a b "Home Ec Authorities on Summer Schedule". Stillwater Gazette. 1931-05-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cannot Predict Sweetening of Sugar Substitutes". Science News Letter. 42 (1): 8. July 4, 1942 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ "Annual Banquet of College Group is Well Attended". The Tribune. 1936-03-28. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Officers and Committees". Journal of Home Economics. 36 (7): 473. September 1944 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ Nason, Edith H. (October 1918). "On the Dinitro Derivatives of p-Dichlorobenzene: 2,5-Dichloro-1,4-Dinitrobenzene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 40 (10): 1602–1605. Bibcode:1918JAChS..40.1602N. doi:10.1021/ja02243a011. ISSN 0002-7863. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  13. ^ Nason, Edith H. (1923-11-01). "Fractional Distillation Apparatus". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 15 (11): 1188. doi:10.1021/ie50167a035. ISSN 0019-7866.
  14. ^ Hill, Arthur J.; Nason, Edith H. (1924-10-01). "The Utilization of Cassia Oil for the Synthesis of Cinnamyl Alcohol". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 46 (10): 2236–2246. Bibcode:1924JAChS..46.2236H. doi:10.1021/ja01675a014. ISSN 0002-7863.
  15. ^ Nason, Edith H. (August 6, 1927). "Try This on your Ice Box". Collier's. 80 (6): 13, 41.
  16. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise; Nason, Edith Holloway (1937). Chemistry and Cookery: Some Theories of Chemistry and Applications to Cookery Processes. McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated.
  17. ^ Nason, Edith Holloway (1939). Introduction to Experimental Cookery. McGraw-Hill.
  18. ^ Nason, Edith H. (October 1942). "Research in Foods". The Journal of Home Economics. 34 (8): 508–511 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ Nason, Edith H. (April 1947). "Recent Trends in Frozen Foods". Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 23 (4): 318–321. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)43711-9. PMID 20291192 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ^ "Miss MacLeod to be Syracuse Dean". Vassar Miscellany News. April 25, 1928. p. 1 – via Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers.
  21. ^ 1930 and 1940 United States censuses, via Ancestry. Nason was listed as Macleod's "lodger" in 1930, and as her "partner" in 1940.
  22. ^ "Dr. Nason Takes Post in Michigan". The Post-Standard. 1949-05-16. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Macleod and Nason lived at the same address in the Sarasota, Florida, City Directory, 1958; via Ancestry.
  24. ^ "Have You Heard? Mrs. Bryant Sees Former SU Dean". The Post-Standard. 1959-01-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Miss Edith Nason". The Tampa Tribune. 1970-01-12. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
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