Person
McNaughton, Jean Wise (1919 - 2003)
- Born
- 8 August 1919
Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 April 2003
- Occupation
- Nutritionist
Summary
Jean McNaughton worked for the Blood Bank after graduating from the University of Melbourne. She later studied the effect of World War II on the diet of Australians with the Commonwealth Department of Health. Working with the nutritional division of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) McNaughton was based in Washington and later Rome. During the 1960s she returned to Melbourne and gained a Diploma of Dietetics and then a PhD at the University of Melbourne. She returned to the FAOs nutrition division and travelled widely as a consultant, lecturer and facilitator.
Details
Chronology
- 1940
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Jean McNaughton, former nutritionist, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Falloon, Lesley, 'Obituary: Jean Wise McNaughton, FAO Nutritionist and Philanthropist', The Age (2003). Details
Resources
- 'McNaughton, Jean Wise (19190808-20030414)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476453. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 24 November 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007