User:Stitchyraven/CareyMiller

Carey Dunlap Miller was a groundbreaking scientist on nutrition and vitamin content in tropical fruits in Hawaii from 1924 until her retirement at age 65. Miller was born in 1893, near Boise, Idaho. She sailed from San Francisco in 1922 in order to assist with starting and heading the University of Hawaii Home Economics Department. Miller did research on health and vitamin content of tropical plants, while also recording and writing about the eating habits of Islanders. She also spoke extensively on the dangers over usage of salt and sugar in food - especially processed foods.

Early life
Miller was born on a ranch outside of Boise Idaho. In her personal notes she noted that the ranch was 3 miles west of Boise and she attended school in a small country school which taught all 8 grades together. Her family moved into Boise in her later school years and from which she later graduated in 1912. After high school she was offered two scholarships - one to Whitman College and one to the University of Idaho at Moscow. By the end of her first semester Miller was forced home due to the death of her Father After a short stint at a business college, Miller moved to the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated with a bachelor's degree and honors. After her bachelor's degree she taught and worked at various institutions: Washington State College, the University of California, and the University of Idaho. In 1921 she went to New York to study nutrition at Columbia University under Henry Sherman and Mary S. Rose. In 1922, shortly after receiving her master's of science degree she was asked to come to the University of Hawaii where she served as a nutritionist for the University of Hawaii Experiment Station.