Biography:

Home economist; University professor. Born–November 20, 1888, Snowden; raised in Selma.  Parents–Edward Samuel and Minnie Taylor Gatchell. Columbia University Teachers College, B.S., 1923; M.S., 1928.  Professor in  Foods and Nutrition Department, School of Home Economics, Auburn University, 1923-56. Died February 22, 1960.

Source:

Owen’s The Story of Alabama, Vol. 3; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

Handbook of Menu Planning. Atlanta; Smith, Hammond & Co., 1927.

Know Your Table Linen and Laces. Ann Arbor; Edwards Brothers, 1946.

Know Your Tableware. Ann Arbor; Edwards Brothers, 1945.

Manual of Food Preservation. Ann Arbor; Edwards Brothers, 1942.

Who’s Who in Delta Kappa Gamma of Beta State, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1945.

Papers;

The Special Collections Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University holds a collection of the papers of Dana King Gatchell.