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The Marjorie Grant Whiting Center for Humanity, Arts and the Environment (MGW Center) was established after Dr. Whiting’s death in 1995 as a way of preserving the scientific and humanistic legacy of a woman whose long and successful career as a nutritional anthropologist contributed to an understanding of the cultural interface between diet and health among people around the world. The MGW Center has donated Dr. Whiting’s research papers to the University of Hawaii’s Hamilton Library on the Manoa Campus in Honolulu to enable contemporary and future scholars to assess her contribution to an elucidation of the etiology of Guam’s Disease, a mysterious neuromuscular myopathy affecting the Chamorro of Micronesia. MissionThe Marjorie Grant Whiting Center for Humanity, Arts and the Environment conducts, sponsors and supports charitable, scientific and educational activities and programs to further the work and interests of Marjorie Grant Whiting. VisionThrough its activities and programs, the MGW Center promotes the socio-cultural, nutritional, educational and economic development of under-served population groups, with respect for their indigenous knowledge. The Board of Directors oversees a number of domestic and international projects that it believes to be in the spirit of scientific inquiry and human service that characterized the life and professional career of Dr. Marjorie Grant Whiting.
The Board would be happy to hear from Dr. Whiting’s many friends and colleagues throughout the world. Please contact the MGW Center at:
Board of Directors:President: Deborah L. Dillon-AdamsSecretary: Audrey N. Maretzki Treasurer: Helen Magnuson Past Board Members: David Barney Thomas Mullins Suzanne Vaupel |
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