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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Barbara O. Schneeman Papers
Creator:
Schneeman,
Barbara
Identifier/Call Number: D-463
Physical Description:
8 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1934-2007
Date (bulk): 1970-2006
Abstract: The Barbara O. Schneeman Papers document UC Davis faculty member
Barbara Schneeman's career as teacher, administrator, and public servant. The papers date 1934 to 2007, with the bulk of the
material falling between 1988 and 2006. The collection includes materials related to Dr. Schneeman's teaching at UC Davis
in
the Department of Nutrition; her service as Chair of the Department of Nutrition and of Dean of the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences; and her work as Assistant Administrator for Nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service of
the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The collection also includes a small set of photographs.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
Barbara O. Schneeman received her bachelor's degree in food science and technology from the University of California,
Davis in 1970. In 1974, she recieved her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and continued on to postdoctoral
training in gastro-intestinal physiology at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California.
From 1976-2007, Dr. Schneeman was Professor of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. During this time, she
also served in several administrative roles, including Chair of the Department of Nutrition (1988-1993), Dean of the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1993-1999), and Associate Vice Provost for University Research (2001-2004). In
addition to her academic career, Barbara Schneeman has been active in many state, national, and international organizations,
including the National Academies of Science, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United Nations, the World
Health Organization, the American Society for Nutrition, and the Institute of Food Technologists.
Currently, Dr. Schneeman is Director of the Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements in the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Sources:
"Barbara Schneeman Resigns as Dean of College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences," UC Davis News and Information
23 June 1998.
http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=4164 . Accessed 14 November 2012.
Faculty website, Department of Nutrition
http://nutrition.ucdavis.edu/faculty/schneeman/index.cfm . Accessed 14 November
2012.
Stumbos, John. "UCD Ag College To Present Awards of Distinction."
Davis Enterprise10 October 2011: A1. Print.
The Barbara O. Schneeman Papers document UC Davis faculty member Barbara Schneeman's career as teacher, administrator, and
public servant. They span the dates 1934 to 2007, with the bulk of the material falling between 1988 and 2007. The collection
includes materials related to Dr. Schneeman's teaching at UC Davis in the Department of Nutrition; her service as Chair of
the Department of Nutrition and of Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and her work as Assistant
Administrator for Nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The collection
also includes a small set of photographs.
The Barbara O. Schneeman Papers are arranged chronologically by year.
Collection is open for research.
The Barbara O. Schneeman Papers arrived at Special Collections with no extant order: the papers have been grouped by year.
Manuscript Archivist Liz Phillips processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with help from student
assistant Kelley Liang. Additions to the collection were processed by student assistant Monica Doan.
This collection was processed under the
Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries.
Gift of Barbara O. Schneeman, 2007 and 2018.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
[Identification of item], Barbara O. Schneeman Papers, D-463, Special Collections, UC DavisGeneral Library, University of
California, Davis.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nutrition
University of California, Davis -- Faculty -- Archives.
University of California, Davis. Dept. of Nutrition
University of California, Davis.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences