For The First Time, A Nutritionist Is Named As Winner Of $200,000 World Food Prize

For The First Time, A Nutritionist Is Named As Winner Of $200,000 World Food Prize Harvard Microbiologist Huang Assumes Newly Created Post, NYU Dean of Science For The First Time, A Nutritionist Is Named As Winner Of $200,000 World Food Prize Nevin S. Scrimshaw, director of the Food, Nutrition, and Human Development Program for the United Nations University of Tokyo and a member of Harvard University's Center for Population Studies, has been named the recipient of the 1991 World Food Prize.

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For The First Time, A Nutritionist Is Named As Winner Of $200,000 World Food Prize

Nevin S. Scrimshaw, director of the Food, Nutrition, and Human Development Program for the United Nations University of Tokyo and a member of Harvard University's Center for Population Studies, has been named the recipient of the 1991 World Food Prize. The prize, which includes a cash award of $200,000 and a sculpture by Saul Bass, will be given to Scrimshaw at a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa, today. It is the largest prize given for accomplishments in food and agriculture.

Scrimshaw's selection as the 1991 World Food Prize laureate marks the first time that the five-year-old award has honored a nutritionist. Previous winners have been botanists or biologists whose work has helped increase the world's food supply. "There is a natural tendency to think of world hunger as due to lack of food, and ...

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