Louise A. Giblin
| Louise A. Giblin | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1895 Boston, Massachusetts |
| 💀Died | September 15, 1973 (aged 77) Waco, TexasSeptember 15, 1973 (aged 77) |
| Other names | Louise A. Sallaway |
| 🎓 Alma mater | |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Contribution to the baby formula Similac |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | George Henry Sallaway |
| 👶 Children | George Henry Sallaway Jr, Justin Louis Sallaway |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Mary Ellen O'Connor Giblin, Thomas J. Giblin |
Louise A. [Giblin] Sallaway (December 24, 1895 – September 15, 1973) was a chemist who significantly contributed to the baby formula Similac.
Born in 1895, Giblin graduated from Simmons College in 1917 with a degree in science.[1] Just a year later, Giblin co-published two articles with milk chemist Dr. Alfred W. Bosworth and Boston pediatrician Dr. Henry I. Bowditch. The studies were completed at Boston Floating Hospital, which is now part of Tufts Medical Center. The articles, entitled “Studies of Infant Feeding” and “The Casein of Human Milk” detail their search for a substitute to breast milk.[BBG][BG] The trio repeatedly experimented with the ratios of oils, calcium, and salts to proteins and carbohydrates. After 200 tests, the formula was marketed and bottled in 1924 by Moores and Ross Milk Company of Columbus which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories. In 1926, the formula was named Similac, a portmanteau word suggested by Morris Fishbein as a contraction of "similar to lactation".[2]
Giblin moved to New York where she received a Masters in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1925.[3] She was the first woman admitted to Kappa Mu Sigma, “a society for graduate students in chemistry” that aimed to “raise the standards of professional chemistry among women by insisting on the importance of (graduate) chemical training for a professional career.” While a member of Kappa Mu Sigma in 1927, she protested the New York City section of the American Chemical Society because of their exclusion of women at the dinners held at The Chemists' Club by surveying forty-five female section members of their interest of admittance and attendance at the dinners, of which the majority responded favorably. Her efforts, however, did not seem to have a substantial impact.[4][5]
Giblin was working toward her PhD when she gave up academia for marriage and raising her two sons. She died in 1973, but is remembered for her significant contribution which has nourished millions of infants around the world.
Personal[edit]
Louise A Giblin was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Mary Ellen O’Connor, age 36, and Thomas J Giblin, age 34. Her parents were both born in Massachusetts, but her grandparents immigrated from England and Ireland during the mid 19th century. She was the eldest of six children. She had three sisters, Catherine, Mary and Constance, and two brothers, John and Thomas.
In 1919, when Giblin was 24 years old, her father died.
She married George Henry Sallaway in April 1928 at the age of 32 in their hometown of Boston, Massachusetts and they honeymooned in Bermuda. George was a salesman who worked for the magazine and print industry. Shortly after, they moved to Mount Vernon, New York. In 1930, Louise and George had their firstborn, George Henry Sallaway Jr. Two years later, Louise gave birth to their second son, Justin Louis Sallaway.
Selected publications[edit]
| BBG. | Bosworth, A. W.; Bowditch, H. I.; Giblin, Louise A. (March 1918). "Studies of Infant Feeding. X. The digestion and absorption of Fats. I. Calcium on its relation to the absorption of fatty acids". American Journal of Diseases to Children. 15: 397–407. |
| BG. | Bosworth, A. W.; Giblin, Louise A. (July 1918). "The Casein of Human Milk". The Journal of Biological Chemistry: 115–117. |
References[edit]
- ↑ Simmons College Reunion Book. 32nd Reunion of the Class of 1917. 1949.
- ↑ Schuman, Andrew J. (February 2003). "A concise history of infant formula (twists and turns included)". Contemporary Pediatrics: 91–103.
- ↑ Columbia University Archives.
- ↑ Rossiter, Margaret W. (1984). Struggles and Strategies to 1940: Women Scientists in America. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 301. Search this book on
- ↑ “Kappa Mu Sigma, National Directory and Constitution, 1920-1927,” pamphlet in Florence Siebert Paper, American Philosophical Society.
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