Joanne Greenwood Memorial
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As children, we often marveled with our ever curious and engaged mother, at the amazing things that happened during the 20th century. From horse and buggies to the moonshot to the internet, so much occurred.
My mother's passing on February 15, 2017, in this still new millennium, brings new reason to marvel.
We marvel at the many technological achievements that have happend in my mother's 83 years. But we marvel even more at my mother's life. She embodied the ideas of dedication, love and commitment -- she and my dad we're married for 59 years!
But in addition to finding fulfillment and a sense of place with her family, my mother was also fulfilled in her profession as a Registered Dietitian.
We marvel at the growing awareness we have of the role of eating in our health. We marvel at the growing respect we have for a profession once viewed as only a doctor's assitant. We marvel at at an amazing life during an amazing time.
Born in 1933 to her parents, Dorothy Lucille and Albert Edward Tyler in Omaha Nebraska, she came of age in an interesting time. A graduate of Omaha University, she often mentioned she felt her choice of major would be either teaching or home encomics. A special branch of home economics, dietetics sounded interesting. Her major was decided. A woman ahead of her time, she left Omaha for an internship in Boston, MA at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Upon completing her internship and her certication in dietetics she moved to Denver, Colorado to serve Saint Joseph Hospital as a Registered Dietitian.
In 1959 she quit the work she loved and married my dad, Marvin (Mike) Greenwood. They moved to California to start their family. My mother chose to stay home to raise my brother and I, only returning to work as we headed to college.
But during her time at home, she still found time to support the profession she loved. She helped found and support the Orange District American Dietetic Association, serving as President in 1982. In the '60s, she and others started a Journal Club which continues to this day. The Journal Club supported non-working registered dietitians with their ongoing continuing education requirements.
In 1979, my mother returned to work as a consulting dietitian. She served many of the facilities in the Orange County area. She spent an additional 38 years as a registered dietitian. In the 80's she returned to school to receive her Masters, fulfilling a dream she'd entertained since her internship. She spent her life doing work in a field she loved helping people with their dietary needs. Her recent honor as an Honaray Lifetime Member for the Orange District of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics meant much to her.
In honor of my mother, her deep love for her profession and her colleagues, we want to give back. The California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Their focus is on grants and scholarships. My mother deeply valued education. In her honor we want to support the professional values of CAND with your donations. Thank you.
My mother's passing on February 15, 2017, in this still new millennium, brings new reason to marvel.
We marvel at the many technological achievements that have happend in my mother's 83 years. But we marvel even more at my mother's life. She embodied the ideas of dedication, love and commitment -- she and my dad we're married for 59 years!
But in addition to finding fulfillment and a sense of place with her family, my mother was also fulfilled in her profession as a Registered Dietitian.
We marvel at the growing awareness we have of the role of eating in our health. We marvel at the growing respect we have for a profession once viewed as only a doctor's assitant. We marvel at at an amazing life during an amazing time.
Born in 1933 to her parents, Dorothy Lucille and Albert Edward Tyler in Omaha Nebraska, she came of age in an interesting time. A graduate of Omaha University, she often mentioned she felt her choice of major would be either teaching or home encomics. A special branch of home economics, dietetics sounded interesting. Her major was decided. A woman ahead of her time, she left Omaha for an internship in Boston, MA at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Upon completing her internship and her certication in dietetics she moved to Denver, Colorado to serve Saint Joseph Hospital as a Registered Dietitian.
In 1959 she quit the work she loved and married my dad, Marvin (Mike) Greenwood. They moved to California to start their family. My mother chose to stay home to raise my brother and I, only returning to work as we headed to college.
But during her time at home, she still found time to support the profession she loved. She helped found and support the Orange District American Dietetic Association, serving as President in 1982. In the '60s, she and others started a Journal Club which continues to this day. The Journal Club supported non-working registered dietitians with their ongoing continuing education requirements.
In 1979, my mother returned to work as a consulting dietitian. She served many of the facilities in the Orange County area. She spent an additional 38 years as a registered dietitian. In the 80's she returned to school to receive her Masters, fulfilling a dream she'd entertained since her internship. She spent her life doing work in a field she loved helping people with their dietary needs. Her recent honor as an Honaray Lifetime Member for the Orange District of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics meant much to her.
In honor of my mother, her deep love for her profession and her colleagues, we want to give back. The California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Their focus is on grants and scholarships. My mother deeply valued education. In her honor we want to support the professional values of CAND with your donations. Thank you.
Organizer
Michelle Greenwood
Organizer
Dana Point, CA