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Graduate students at Virginia Tech may qualify for one of two endowed scholarships which have been established by the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Collection Committee. The scholarships are intended to encourage students to use the Collection in their studies.
The scholarships honor Janet Lowe Cameron and Jean Allen Phillips. The Committee raised the funds for the scholarships which are invested by the Virginia Tech Foundation. Earnings are used to fund annual scholarships. Members of the Committee review scholarship applications and select the recipient(s). Two $1,000 scholarships are available for the 2005 Fall semester. Applicants must be 1) graduate students, currently enrolled or who have been accepted for graduate work at Virginia Tech, 2) interested in studying food culture, and 3) one who achieved an undergraduate QCA of 3.0 in her/his major area. Students in any department or college may apply.
"Food culture" is broadly defined as the Committee is interested in promoting use of the materials in the Peacock-Harper Collection--now almost 2000 volumes. Books and periodicals in the Collection date from 1745 and address a variety of topics--nutrition, food availability and how that has changed food preparation methods, equipment and how that affects food preparation, ethnic influences on food selection and preparation, kitchen design to incorporate new equipment, menus of various periods, etc.
The application process is simple--completion of the application form, preparation of a written statement about why the student is interested in studying food culture, and a statement regarding financial need. The student also needs to arrange for one letter of recommendation to accompany the application.
Janet Lowe Cameron served with distinction as a Foods and Nutrition Specialist with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service from 1931 until her retirement in 1964. She was known throughout Virginia and the nation for outstanding programs in foods and nutrition. She taught rural women and 4-H club members about the kinds of foods needed by family members. She taught them how to plan and grow or to buy foods to meet those needs, and demonstrated healthy, tasty ways of preparing the foods. She also taught these groups food preservation techniques. Miss Cameron was also known for her work with professional organizations and agencies in Virginia. She was presented the John G. Kolbe Memorial Award by the Virginia Dietetic Association in recognition of her outstanding service and achievements in the field of dietetics in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Janet Lowe Cameron was born in Atlanta, Georgia, one of eight children. She attended Georgia State College for Women, transferred to Columbia University Teacher's College, New York State, and received a Bachelor's Degree in 1926. She began her professional career in 1924 as a Home Demonstration Agent in New York. She received a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition from Columbia University in 1931.
Jean Allen Phillips was a member of the faculty in the Department of Human Nutrition and Foods at Virginia Tech from 1969 until her retirement in 1986. She taught hundreds of undergraduate students in the then College of Home Economics about the physical and chemical properties of foods in one or more of the courses she taught--Food Selection and Preparation, Meal Management, Science of Foods, Experimental Foods, and Food Demonstration Methods. She also taught graduate courses in the Department.
Jean Allen Phillips was a native of Tennessee and received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the Ph.D. at Purdue University. She taught high school home economics in West Virginia and Tennessee, served as a dietitian at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and taught foods courses at Purdue University and the University of Tennessee-Martin before coming to Virginia Tech.
Dr. Phillips assisted Dr. Gladys Vail with the 6th edition of the classic text Foods and was the principal author of the 7th and last edition of Foods published in 1978. She developed the lab manual used with the text. Dr. Phillips received the W. E. Wine Award in 1974 given in recognition of outstanding teaching and was the first woman to serve as president of the Virginia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi, a scientific honorary. She was an active member of the American Home Economics Association and the American Dietetic Association.
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