COMPOUND OBJECT (2 Items)
Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-05-19 Item Info
- Title:
- Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-05-19
- Interviewer:
- Judith Weinraub
- Interviewer Biographical Note:
- Judith Weinraub is a writer, editor, and historian. Over the course of her career at The Washington Post, she served as both a reporter and section editor, spending her final decade at the paper focusing on food coverage. Her work examined everything from food safety and farmers markets to the rise of immigrant farmers and the impact of local food movements on American culture.
- Interviewee:
- Marion Nestle
- Interviewee Biographical Note:
- Born in 1936 in Brooklyn, she spent her early years moving through different parts of New York. Her family lived briefly in Brooklyn before relocating to Northport, a small fishing village on Long Island, which she remembers fondly for its pristine waters and starfish-covered docks. They then moved to Great Neck, where she attended kindergarten through part of third grade, before settling in Manhattan on 115th Street between Broadway and the Drive. Her father worked intermittently in public relations, while her mother was a housewife.
- Date of interview:
- 2010-05-19
- Description:
- This is an in-depth oral history interview conducted by Judy Woinrob with Marion Nestle on May 19, 2009, in Nestle's office at New York University. The interview traces Nestle's life from her childhood in 1930s Brooklyn and Long Island through her pioneering academic and professional journey as a woman in science, public health, and food policy. She discusses her early memories, educational experiences at Berkeley, family dynamics, and the challenges she faced as a woman navigating academia and federal health institutions. Nestle reflects on her evolving relationship with food, the politics of nutrition science, her teaching philosophy, and her influential work editing the Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health. The conversation reveals her resilience, clarity of thought, and deep commitment to public health and food education.
- Subject:
- New York University Lee, Phil Public Health
- Source:
- Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, Fales Library and Special Collections
- Unique ID:
- MSS_309.ref76.1
- Digital Object Rights Link:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Rights Summary:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-05-19", Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat,
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-sp25.github.io/team3/items/fss_309-76-1.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/