Dean Hamburg

Authors

Dean Hamburg
Institute of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

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Description

Dean Hamburg has spent most of his life split between Washington and Alaska. Before getting involved in child nutrition, Hamburg enlisted in the United States Navy, signed aboard as a cook and baker, and spent four years as a cook and baker aboard a Fast Attack submarine in the Atlantic. After Navy service Hamburg earned a bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and went to work for hotels throughout the US. He eventually accepted a position as food service director for a small district in Washington, before becoming school meal director for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. In Alaska. The district itself is 28,000 square miles, about the size of West Virginia, for one school district – two national parks, four volcanoes, a gazillion glaciers, with an enrollment of 9,000 children.

Publication Date

9-28-2011

Relational Format

Transcript

City

Oxford, Mississippi

Keywords

Child Nutrition, School Feeding

Disciplines

Food Science | Other Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development

Recommended Citation

Hamburg, Dean and Institute of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives., "Dean Hamburg" (2011). Oral History Project (all interviews). 66.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icn_ohistories/66