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Mary Nix grew up in Gordon County, Georgia during the late 1930s and 1940s. She started work in the School Lunch Program in the ninth grade, washing pots and pans at her high school. After graduating she went on to become School Food Service Supervisor for Gordon County, and later, after graduating from the University of Georgia in 1969, she became Bartow County’s first School Food Service Director. She worked for Georgia’s Department of Education for a number of years and then served as Assistant Director of School Food Services in Cobb County Georgia, where she resides. Nix was President of the American School Food Service Association from 1981 – 1982.
Publication Date
9-24-2004
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City
Kennesaw, Georgia
Keywords
Child Nutrition, School Feeding
Disciplines
Food Science | Other Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development
Recommended Citation
Nix, Mary and Institute of Child Nutrition, "Mary Nix" (2004). Oral History Project (all interviews). 135.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icn_ohistories/135
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