Hoobler, Icie Macy (1892–1984)
Hoobler, Icie Macy (1892–1984)
American biochemist. Name variations: Icie Gertrude Macy-Hoobler. Born Icie Gertrude Macy, July 23, 1892, near Gallatin, Missouri; died Jan 1984 in Gallatin; University of Chicago, BS, 1916; University of Colorado, MS, 1918; became 4th woman to receive PhD from Department of Physiological Chemistry of Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, 1920; m. B. Raymond Hoobler (chief of staff at Children's Hospital), 1938; children: reared her late sister Ina's daughters, Christine and Helen Wynne.
Once described as "one of the best physiological chemists of the first half of the 20th century," was a pioneer in the study of infant, child and adolescent growth and nutrition; was instrumental in determing the appropriate amount of Vitamin D to add to milk to prevent rickets; served as director of chemical and biological research at Nutrition Research Laboratory of Merrill-Palmer Institute and the Children's Hospital of Michigan (1923–30); served as director of Children's Fund of Michigan Research Laboratory (1930–54); was the 1st woman president of the American Chemical Society.