The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services appointed her Public Health Nutritionist. died a few years after their son was born. Marriage to James Leon Brewer took place in 1953. She moved to Los Angeles to become a staff dietitian for the Los Angeles County General Hospital (now Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center). Fellow of the American Public Health Association status was conferred in 1952. Virgin Islands as Director of Nutritional Services for the Department of Health. The next four years were spent working in the U.S. Her title was now Public Health Nutritionist, She also earned additional distinction after completing additional studies at Columbia University. After completing the degree she became Head Dietitian at Hubbard Hospital as well as an instructor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. In the early 1940s, she returned to Iowa State and completed a Master of Science in Nutrition. She was as a cafeteria manager and nutrition instructor at Lincoln High School in Kansas City. From there she went back to Missouri and began her first real job in the field. She completed her dietetic internship at Freedman’s Hospital at Howard University in Washington, D.C. According to her obituary, she once said, “they were shocked when I arrived and they discovered I was black.” She was one of the first Blacks to earn this achievement. She also became a member of the Alpha Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.Īfter graduation, she attended Iowa State in Ames to fulfil the requirements for American Dietetic Association certification. Two years after transferring to Lincoln University, she earned Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. She went to high school and finished two years of college at Alcorn College in Lorman, Mississippi. Trandailer “Tran” Jones Brewer was born in Percy, Mississippi. One of the early chapter efforts was awarding a scholarship to the young woman who graduated from Lincoln University High School with the highest honors. at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, was organized on February 13, 1930. The Alpha Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. On January 29, 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha was incorporated. The first “Ivy Week” took place in May 1909 and ivy was planted at Howard University’s Miner Hall. They did not partake in an initiation ceremony and all 16 women are considered founders. A group of seven sophomore women were invited to become members. Additionally, they chose salmon pink and apple green as the sorority’s colors and ivy as its symbol. After choosing a name for their sorority, the nine women wrote a constitution and a motto.
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