Thanks, Pamela, it is a very nice tribute. Joanne will long be remembered
as one of food composition's great figures.
Barbara Burlingame
On Oct 3, 2014 9:22 PM, "Pehrsson, Pamela" <[log in to unmask]>
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> In memory of Joanne Holden, MS
> Retired from ARS-USDA June 30, 2012
> Passed away October 2, 2014
>
> Joanne Holden received her BS in Foods and Nutrition from the University
> of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. She worked for the University of Maryland
> (UMD) Cooperative Extension Service in Frederick County before enrolling in
> the UMD Graduate School.    She joined the Beltsville Human Nutrition
> Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA in 1969 as a Support
> Scientist in the Carbohydrate Metabolism Laboratory where she conducted
> research on the effects of carbohydrate intake and metabolism while
> completing the MS degree in Human Nutrition Research. Ms. Holden assisted
> in the conduct of some of the first (BHNRC) human feeding studies and the
> analysis of human biological samples.  She then worked as a Research
> Nutritionist in the Food Composition Laboratory (now FCMDL), BHNRC for 20
> years.  She worked with Dr. Wayne Wolf and others to sample and analyze
> various types of foods for nutrient content, the results of which were
> included in the Human Nutrition Information Service (HNIS) National
> Nutrient Databank.  Joanne developed food sampling plans for use in various
> FCL research projects as well as expert systems for evaluating the quality
> of analytical data for both inorganic and organic components in foods. This
> led to her interest in the assessment of data quality for newly recognized
> bioactive compounds such as flavonoids in foods.
>
> Joanne joined the Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) as Research Leader in
> 1995, providing leadership and coordination in the acquisition, evaluation,
> compilation and dissemination of food composition data and related research
> efforts.  This included the National Nutrient Database for Standard
> Reference (SR), the authoritative source of U.S. food composition data.
> Her research interests in food sampling, bioactive compounds and the
> evaluation of data quality led to the development and coordination of the
> National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP), which has supported
> the generation of current, accurate original analytical data for ~2000
> foods targeted as the most significant contributors of nutrients in the US
> diet.  She authored many publications and presentations on USDA food
> composition research.
>
> Joanne served as the Co-Director of the International Postgraduate Course
> for the Production, Management, and Use of Food Composition Data between
> 1994 and 2005, which is coordinated and supported by the Food and
> Agriculture Organization (INFOODS), Rome, Italy, the Wageningen
> Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands and the European Food
> Information Research Program (EuroFIR), Norwich, U.K.  This international
> course has trained more than 400 scientists from 85 countries since 1992;
> she taught in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa to groups of
> analytical chemists, data compilers, and users of food composition data on
> the topics of food sampling, data quality evaluation, and the development
> of food composition databases and will be remembered all around the world.
>
> Joanne was, above all, a loving mother, sister, grandmother, partner, aunt
> and friend and is survived by her devoted sons Jeff and David, three
> beautiful grandchildren and loving partner Larry Brown.
>
> Memorial arrangements:
> Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park
> 7250 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD 21075
> Visitation: Sunday, October 5, 2014 @ 2pm-4pm, 7pm-9pm
> Funeral: Monday, October 6, 2014 @ 10am
>
> I apologize for duplicate sends to some of you.  This is a difficult time
> for USDA and the wonderful network of INFOODS friends and colleagues.
> Joanne fought bravely against MDS and leukemia since her retirement in
> 2012.  She will be missed so much.
>
> Pamela
>
> Pamela R. Pehrsson, Ph.D.
> Research Leader
> USDA, Agricultural Research Service
> Nutrient Data Laboratory
> Room 105, Building 005, BARC-West
> 10300 Baltimore Avenue
> Beltsville, MD 20705
> 301.504.0630 (voice)
> 301.504.0632 (fax)
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