The faculty members want to stay connected with you and want you to stay connected with each other. While you were at KU Med Center, you challenged us academically and professionally. We loved the challenge. Now, you keep us informed of your professional activities in the real world, train our students, hire our graduates, recruit new students for our programs, give guest lectures, network with each other, etc. We appreciate you.

« Ruth Gordon, RD, was Director and Chairperson of the Department of Dietetics & Nutrition 1941-1972.

We hope that you enjoyed your educational experience in the Department of Dietetics & Nutrition and that you increasingly value that education. Staying in touch with other alumni and with the department can be beneficial to you.

Brief History of the Department

• 1906 First hospital associated with KU established
• 1943 ADA-approved Dietetic Internship established
• 1960 Combined Dietetic Internship/MS Degree Program started
• 1976 School of Allied Health established
• 1998 Hospital Public Authority separated from the University of KS
• 2001 DI Graduate Certificate Program approved
• 2001 MS Degree – Non-thesis Option approved

» In 1976, Bell Memorial Hospital plans were reviewed by Elizabeth McCune Frakes, MS, RD, Chair and Director, 1972-87, and James F. Halling, MS, RD, Chair and Director 1987-99.