GATCHELL, DANA KING, 1888-1960
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.