Eleanor Anne Young | |
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| Born | (1925-11-08)November 8, 1925 Houston |
| Died | July 13, 2007(2007-07-13) (aged 81) San Antonio |
| Alma mater | Incarnate Word College, St. Louis University, University of Wisconsin |
| Awards | Texas Women's Hall of Fame |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | Incarnate Word College, University of Texas Health Science Center |
Eleanor Anne Young (October 8, 1925 – July 13, 2007) was aCatholicreligious sister, research scientist, and educator. She was inducted into theTexas Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.[1][2]
The daughter of Carl Young and Eleanor Hamilton, she was born inHouston. Young joined theSisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1946. She received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry (1947) fromIncarnate Word College, a master's in nutrition education (1955) fromSt. Louis University and aPhD in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology (1968) from theUniversity of Wisconsin.[1] She was an associate professor at Incarnate Word College and then a professor in medicine at theUniversity of Texas Health Science Center.[2] Young often asked her students to eat the same food as was being served to patients to help them appreciate the patient's viewpoint.[3] She also served on the staff at the Health Center Hospital as an associate consulting member and as a consultant in nutrition at theAudie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital.[2]
Young led the first studies to show a hereditarylactase deficiency inHispanic people.[3] The nutrition curriculum that she established at the University of Texas Health Science Center was hailed by theNational Academy of Sciences as a model for this type of program.[2]
In 1982, she was named Texas Dietician of the Year. In 1991, she was named a fellow of theAmerican Institute of Nutrition.[2]
She died at the Incarnate Word Retirement Community inSan Antonio.[1] Young donated her body to science.[3]