Georgian Adams

Georgian Adams
Georgian Adams, from a USDA publication
Born(1897-11-26)November 26, 1897
Lead, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 1986(1986-11-14) (aged 88)
Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationsChemist, food scientist

Georgian Adams (November 26, 1897 – November 14, 1986) was an American scientist, a chemist interested in human nutrition. She worked at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a research chemist in the 1930s and 1940s.

Early life and education

Adams was born in Lead, South Dakota,[1] the daughter of Sylvester V. Adams and Isabelle A. Clarke Adams. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Nebraska, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Nebraska, in 1918 and 1919. Her master's advisor was Mary L. Fossler, and her thesis project was titled "Nitrosoresorcin dyestuffs".[2] She completed a Ph.D. in hygiene at Johns Hopkins University in 1927, with a dissertation on the use of cod liver oil to prevent rickets.[3]

In Nebraska she was president of the Lincoln chapter of Iota Sigma Pi, a women's chemistry society.[4]

Career

Adams taught chemistry and physics, chaired the physical sciences department, and advised the YWCA chapter at York College in Nebraska.[5][6][7] She worked in Washington, D.C., at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the 1930s and 1940s, as a food research chemist and senior experiment station administrator.[8][9][10] She was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11] She served on the advisory board of the Journal of Home Economics in the 1940s.[12]

In 1958, she represented the USDA in reviewing experiment station work in Hawaii.[1] The University of Nebraska presented Adams with an honorary doctorate in 1964.[7][13]

Publications

  • "Cod Liver Oil as a Source of Vitamin A" (1925, with Louis T. Anderegg and Vivian E. Nelson)[14]
  • "Cod Liver Oil as Food" (1927, with V. E. Nelson, R. L. Jones, and L. T. Anderegg)[15]
  • "A Method for the Biological Assay of Cod Liver Oil" (1928, with E. V. McCollum)[3]
  • "Proximate composition of fresh vegetables" (1931, with Charlotte Chatfield)[16]
  • "Classification of Fruits and Vegetables According to Their Carbohydrate Content" (1935, with Charlotte Chatsfield)[17]
  • "Proximate composition of American food materials" (1940, with Charlotte Chatsfield)[18]
  • "Experiment station research on war problems in the home" (1942, with Sybil Laura Smith)[19]
  • "Experiment station research on the vitamin content and the preservation of foods" (1944, with Sybil Laura Smith)[20]
  • "RMA Home Economics Research" (1948, with Ruth O'Brien)[21]
  • "Fifty Years of Home Economics Research" (1959)[22]

Death

Adams died in Orleans, Massachusetts, in 1986, at the age of 88.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Woman Scientist Starts Local Food Research". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1958-02-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Adams, Georgian (1919-01-01). "Nitrosoresorcin dyestuffs". ETD Collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 1–90. Archived from the original on 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  3. ^ a b Adams, Georgian; McCollum, E.V. (July 1928). "A Method for the Biological Assay of Cod Liver Oil". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 78 (2): 495–524. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)84008-X.
  4. ^ "Josephine Graves and Georgian Adams". Lincoln Journal Star. 1918-06-23. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Faculty" The Sandburr 20(1)(October 1, 1919): 4.
  6. ^ York College, Marathon (1921 yearbook): 112.
  7. ^ a b "Dr. Adams to Visit in Lott Home Here". The York Daily News-Times. 1964-06-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Homemakers Hear Dr. Georgian Adams; Agriculture Department Administrator is Guest Speaker". The News and Observer. 1945-05-18. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "U.S. Inspectors Visit Experiment Station". Columbia Missourian. 1950-05-26. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2025-11-02. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Soil, Weather Affect Content of Vegetables". The World-News. 1947-12-15. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "50-Year Members Acknowledged". Science. 207 (4430): 516–516. February 1980. doi:10.1126/science.207.4430.516.c. ISSN 0036-8075.
  12. ^ "Masthead". Journal of Home Economics. 38 (7): 3. September 1946 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "NU to Confer Honorary Dr. Degrees on 6". Kearney Hub. 1964-06-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Adams, Georgian; Anderegg, L. T.; and Nelson, V. E. (1925) "Cod Liver Oil as a Source of Vitamin A" Archived 2024-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 32(1), 321-322.
  15. ^ Nelson, V. E.; Jones, R. L.; Adams, Georgian; Anderegg, L. T. (1927-07-01). "Cod–Liver Oil as Food1". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 19 (7): 840–844. doi:10.1021/ie50211a028. ISSN 0019-7866.
  16. ^ Chatfield, Charlotte; Adams, Georgian (1931). Proximate composition of fresh vegetables. Circular / United States Department of Agriculture; no. 146. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  17. ^ Adams, Georgian; Chatfield, Charlotte (1935-01-01). "Classification of Fruits and Vegetables According to Their Carbohydrate Content". Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 10 (5): 383–390. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)36712-8. ISSN 0002-8223.
  18. ^ Chatfield, Charlotte; Adams, Georgian (1940). Proximate composition of American food materials. Circular / United States Department of Agriculture; no. 549. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  19. ^ Smith, Sybil L.; Adams, Georgian (1942). Experiment station research on war problems in the home. Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture; no. 503. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
  20. ^ Adams, Georgian; Smith, Sybil L. (1944). Experiment station research on the vitamin content and the preservation of foods. Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture; no. 536. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  21. ^ O'Brien, Ruth; Adams, Georgian (March 1948). "RMA Home Economics Research". Journal of Home Economics. 40 (3): 120–122 – via Internet Archive.
  22. ^ Adams, Georgian (January 1959). "Fifty Years of Home Economics Research". Journal of Home Economics. 51 (1): 12–18 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ "Out of Town (death notice)". The Lincoln Star. 1986-11-22. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
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