Faith Robinson Lanman Gorrell (1881 – October 9, 1966) was an American home economist and educator. She was director of the School of Home Economics at Ohio State University from 1929 to 1945.
Faith Lanman Gorrell | |
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 Faith Lanman Gorrell, from a 1920 publication | |
| Born | Faith Robinson Lanman 1881 New London, Connecticut |
| Died | October 9, 1966 Columbus, Ohio |
| Occupation(s) | Home economist, educator |
| Relatives | Charles Rockwell Lanman (uncle) |
Early life and education
editLanman was born in New London, Connecticut, the daughter of Jonathan (or John) Trumbull Lanman and Charlotte Elizabeth Stilwell Lanman. Her uncle Charles Rockwell Lanman was a professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1903.[1] She earned a second bachelor's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1907.[2]
Career
editGorrell taught school in Florida as a young woman.[2] She was appointed director of domestic science in the Columbus public schools in 1907.[3] She worked on food conservation projects for the Ohio State College of Agriculture during World War I.[2] She joined the faculty of the School of Home Economics at Ohio State University in 1920, succeeding Edna Noble White as the head of the home economics department.[4] When the department became the School of Home Economics, she became the new school's director. In 1941, she was chair of a conference titled "Nutrition in Defense", held on the Ohio State campus.[5]
Gorrell resigned from the director post in 1945, but remained on the faculty until 1957, and worked on building a placement service for the school's alumni.[6] A Faith Lanman Gorrell scholarship was established in her honor in 1952, by the Ohio State University Home Economics Alumnae Association.[7]
Publications
edit- Handbook of Recipes (1918)[8]
- "The Effect of the Use of Salt in Cooking Vegetables" (1927, with Elsie Steiger Minton)[9]
- The Family's Food (1937, with Hughina McKay and Frances Zuill)[10]
- Foods Workbook (1939, with Hughina McKay)[11]
- Food and Family Living (1947, with Hughina McKay and Frances Zuill)[12]
Personal life
editLanman married Edmund Morgan Gorrell in 1932. Her husband died in 1948, and she died in 1966, at the age of 84, at a nursing home in Columbus, Ohio.[13]
References
edit- ^ Neely, Ruth (1939). Women of Ohio: A Record of Their Achievements in the History of the State. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 246.
- ^ a b c "Faith Lanman, '03, is New Home Economics Head" Ohio State University Monthly (October 1920): 34.
- ^ Education, Columbus (Ohio) Board of (1908). Financial Report of the Board of Education of the City School District of Columbus, Ohio for the Fiscal Year... p. 118.
- ^ "New Head for Women's Department at O.S.U." Ohio Farm Bureau Monthly. 6 (2): 1. August 1920.
- ^ "Miss Mary Valerio to Represent Cincinnati at 'Nutrition in Defense' Conference". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1941-06-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Home Ec Expert to be Here for Guidance Day". Chillicothe Gazette. 1949-11-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bombeck, Erma (1952-12-04). "Dayton Woman Wins Top Award for Homemaking". The Journal Herald. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gorrell, Faith Lanman (1918). Handbook of Recipes as Used in the Course in Home Economics in Columbus Public Schools. Stoneman Press Company.
- ^ Lanman, Faith R.; Minton, Elsie Steiger (July 1927). "The Effect of the Use of Salt in Cooking Vegetables". Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin (406): 1–17.
- ^ Gorrell, Faith Lanman; McKay, Hughina; Zuill, Frances; Andrews, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Richard) (1937). The Family's Food. University of Alberta Libraries. Chicago, Philadelphia [etc.] J. B. Lippincott company.
- ^ Gorrell, Faith Lanman (1939). Foods Workbook. J.B. Lippincott Company.
- ^ Gorrell, Faith Lanman; McKay, Hughina; Zuill, Frances (1947). Food and Family Living. J.B. Lippincott Company.
- ^ "Ex-Educator Dies". Dayton Daily News. 1966-10-10. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.