Corinne Hogden Robinson Explained

Corinne Hogden Robinson
Birth Name:	Corinne Georgina Högden
Birth Date:	February 21, 1909
Birth Place:	Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Death Date:	January 11, 2005
Death Place:	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Education:	University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Cincinnati
Occupation:	Scientist, college professor

Corinne Georgina Hogden Robinson (February 21, 1909 – January 11, 2005) was an American scientist specializing in research on nutrition and blood analysis. She was head of the Department of Food and Nutrition at Drexel University from 1953 to 1969, and she was the author of several successful textbooks in her field.

Early life and education

Corinne Hogden was born in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Albert Julius Hogden and Nora Amanda Onsrud Hogden.^{[1] [2]} Both of her parents were born in Wisconsin; three of her grandparents were immigrants from Norway. Her father was a carpenter.^[3] Her brother Allen worked for the United States State Department in Germany after World War II, and was an administrator at the New York Public Library.^[4]

In 1926, Hodgen won $1000 as Wisconsin's female finalist in a national leadership contest sponsored by 4-H.^{[5] [6]} She attended Gale College, where she was described as "the ranking scholar of the school" in 1925.^[7] She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1930,^[8] and completed a master's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1934, with a thesis titled "Protein Metabolism in Nephrosis" (1933).^[9] In 1976, she was awarded a doctor of science degree by Drexel University.^[10]

Career

Hogden supervised dietary services at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and taught in the nursing school at Columbia University,^[11] before she married in 1944.^[12] Beginning in 1953, she was head of the Department of Food and Nutrition at Drexel University;^[13] she also taught courses at Temple University's medical school. She was recognized for excellence in teaching in 1962, with the Lindback Award. She retired from Drexel in 1969.

Robinson served on the board for the journal of the American Dietetic Association, and was president of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association. She wrote and revised two successful textbooks, Nutrition and Diet Therapy (1947)^[14] and Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition.^[15] She also lectured to community and professional groups on health topics.^{[16] [17]}

Publications

As Corinne Hogden

• "Metabolism of Adolescent Girls III. The Excretion of Creatinine and Creatine" (1936, with Chi Che Wang and Ida Genther)^[18]
• "The estimation of albumin and globulin in blood serum" (1937, with Howard W. Robinson and J. W. Price)
• "Metabolic study of five children with nephrotic syndrome" (1939, with Chi Che Wang and Ida Genther)^[19]
• "The biuret reaction in the determination of serum proteins" (1940, with H. W. Robinson)
• "The gravimetric determination of blood serum proteins" (1941, with H. W. Robinson)
• "The influence of serum proteins on the spectrophotometric absorption curve of phenol red in a phosphate buffer mixture" (1941, with H. W. Robinson)^[20]

As Corinne H. Robinson

• Nutrition and Diet Therapy (1947, with Fairfax T. Proudfit)
• Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition (1967, with Fairfax T. Proudfit and Marilyn R. Lawler)^{[21] [22] [23]}
• Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy (1980)^[24]

Personal life and legacy

Hogden married her colleague Howard West Robinson in 1944. They had a son, Glenn, who became a political scientist.^[25] She was council president of two Lutheran churches in the Philadelphia area. She died in 2005, at the age of 95, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Her papers are in the Drexel University Archives, including an unpublished autobiography in three volumes.^[26]

Notes and References

1. News: 1960-09-15 . Albert J. Hogden to be Honored . 9 . The Winona Daily News . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
2. Parents' names, birthplace, birthdate confirmed in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969; via Ancestry.
3. Parents' and grandparents' birthplaces, and father's occupation, confirmed in the 1930 United States Federal Census, via Ancestry.
4. News: 1998-09-26 . Obituary for Allen J. Hogden . 18 . The La Crosse Tribune . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
5. December 1926 . The $1,000 Winners . The Farm Journal . 50 . 12 . 72.
6. News: 2005-01-18 . Corinne H. Robinson, Nutritionist, 95 . B05 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
7. News: 1925-06-04 . Class of Sixteen Awarded Diplomas at Gale College . 4 . The La Crosse Tribune . 2023-09-26 . Newspapers.com.
8. News: 1930-05-07 . University of Wisconsin to Grant Diplomas to 300 Madison Senior Students . 8 . The Capital Times . 2023-09-26 . Newspapers.com.
9. Hogden, Corinne. "Protein metabolism in nephrosis." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1933.
10. News: 1976-05-30 . Area Students Awarded Degrees . 13 . The Winona Daily News . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
11. Book: Columbia University. Department of Nursing . Starch and Stripes . 1945 . New York: Deptartment of Nursing . Columbia University Augustus C. Long Library.
12. Columbia University, Catalogue (1945): 106.
13. News: 1967-07-07 . Prepared Meals Cost Rise Less . 23 . The News Herald . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
14. News: 1948-12-30 . Book Being Revised by Ettrick Woman . 5 . The Winona Republican-Herald . 2023-09-26 . Newspapers.com.
15. News: 1949-10-11 . Co-Author of Book on Nutrition Plans Ettrick Visit Soon . 13 . The La Crosse Tribune . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
16. News: 1958-11-22 . Dinner is Slated by Travel Club . 14 . The Bristol Daily Courier . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
17. News: 1972-11-10 . Speaks on Hypertension . 2 . Clarion-Ledger . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
18. Wang . Chi Che . Chi Che Wang . 1936-06-01 . Metabolism of Adolescent Girls III. The Excretion of Creatinine and Creatine . American Journal of Diseases of Children . en . 51 . 6 . 1268 . 10.1001/archpedi.1936.01970180014002 . 0096-8994.
19. Wang . Chi Che . 1939-07-01 . Metabolic study of five children with nephrotic syndrome . American Journal of Diseases of Children . en . 58 . 1 . 29 . 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990070041003 . 0096-8994.
20. Robinson . Howard W. . Hogden . Corinne G. . January 1941 . The influence of serum proteins on the spectrophotometric absorption curve of phenol red in a phosphate buffer mixture . Journal of Biological Chemistry . 137 . 1 . 239–254 . 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)72995-5 . 0021-9258. free .
21. Book: Proudfit . Fairfax Throckmorton . Proudfit-Robinson's Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition . Robinson . Corinne Hogden . 1967 . Macmillan . en.
22. Book: Robinson, Corinne Hogden . Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition . 1972 . Macmillan . 978-0-02-402390-2 . en.
23. Book: Robinson . Corinne Hogden . Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition . Lawler . Marilyn R. . 1977 . Macmillan . 978-0-02-402300-1 . en.
24. Book: Robinson, Corinne Hogden . Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy . 1975 . Macmillan . 978-0-02-402400-8 . en.
25. News: 2008-05-28 . Obituary for Glenn Adrian Robinson . 7 . The Dispatch . 2023-09-27 . Newspapers.com.
26. Web site: Collection: Corinne H. Robinson papers. 2023-09-26 . Drexel University Archives.