Rena Sarah Eckman
American dietitian
Rena Sarah Eckman (March 30, 1868 – November 8, 1946) was an American dietitian, a founding member and leader of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and founder of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association. She was co-author of a 1916 book on a dietary protocol for the treatment of diabetes.
Early life
Serena Sarah Eckman was born in Schenley, Pennsylvania, one of the six daughters of Andrew L. Eckman and Elizabeth Jane Seevers Eckman. Her parents were farmers. She trained to be a teacher at Indiana State Teachers College, and studied domestic science at Drexel University. She earned a master's degree at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Career
Eckman was a hospital dietitian. She was director of dietetics at Massachusetts General Hospital until 1915, and at Columbia University in 1918. In 1921 Eckman was chief dietitian at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1923 she was associated with Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
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