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MCCAY & SOY 1 CLIVE M. MCCAY AND JEANETTE B. MCCAY - HISTORY OF WORK WITH SOYFOODS, THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY FOOD COMMISSION, IMPROVED BREAD, AND EXTENSION OF LIFESPAN (1927-2009): EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCEBOOK Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 2 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 3 CLIVE M. MCCAY AND JEANETTE B. MCCAY - HISTORY OF WORK WITH SOYFOODS, THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY FOOD COMMISSION, IMPROVED BREAD, AND EXTENSION OF LIFESPAN (1927-2009): EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCEBOOK Compiled by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi 2009 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 4 Copyright (c) 2009 by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information and retrieval systems - except for use in reviews, without written permission from the publisher. Published by: Soyinfo Center P.O. Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 USA Phone: 925-283-2991 Fax: 925-283-9091 www.soyinfocenter.com [email protected] ISBN 978-1-928914-27-3 (Clive M. McCay ad Jeanette B. McCay: Bibliography and Sourcebook) Printed 29 Sept. 2009 Price: Available on the Web free of charge Search engine keywords: Jeanette Beyer McCay Cornell Bread Cornell Triple Rich Bread Cornell Golden Triple Rich Bread Soybean Sprouts Full-fat soy flour Full-fat soybean flour Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 5 Contents Page Dedication and Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction and Brief Chronology, by William Shurtleff ....................................................................................... 7 About This Book ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Abbreviations Used in This Book .............................................................................................................................. 10 How to Make the Best Use of This Book ................................................................................................................... 11 History of Clive M. McCay and Jeanette B. McCay: 164 References in Chronological Order.......................... 13 24 photographs and illustrations on pages 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 32(4), 33(2), 34, 35, 36, 44, 46, 48, 58, 63, 83 Subject/Geographical Index by Record Numbers ................................................................................................... 72 Last page of Index ...................................................................................................................................................... 83 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 6 DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Harvard University’s Five Botanical Libraries (especially Arnold Arboretum Library): Jill Gelmers Thomas. This book is dedicated to Clive Maine McCay, PhD, and to Jeanette Beyer McCay, PhD - both of Cornell French translation: Martine Liguori of Lafayette, California, University, Ithaca, New York for ongoing, generous, and outstanding help since the early 1980s. Japanese translation and maps: Akiko Aoyagi Shurtleff. Loma Linda University, Del E. Webb Memorial Library Part of the enjoyment of writing a book lies in meeting (Seventh-day Adventist): Janice Little, Trish Chapman. people from around the world who share a common interest, and in learning from them what is often the knowledge or We would also like to thank our co-workers and friends at skills acquired during a lifetime of devoted research or Soyinfo Center who, since 1984, have played a major role practice. We wish to give deepest thanks... in collecting the documents, building the library, and producing the SoyaScan database from which this book is printed: Of the many libraries and librarians who have been of great help to our research over the years, several stand out: Irene Yen, Tony Jenkins, Sarah Chang, Laurie Wilmore, Alice Whealey, Simon Beaven, Elinor McCoy, Patricia University of California at Berkeley: John Creaser, Lois McKelvey, Claire Wickens, Ron Perry, Walter Lin, Dana Farrell, Norma Kobzina, Ingrid Radkey. Scott, Jeremy Longinotti, John Edelen, Alex Lerman, Lydia Lam, Gretchen Muller, Joyce Mao, Luna Oxenberg, Joelle Northern Regional Library Facility (NRLF), Richmond, Bouchard, Justine Lam, Joey Shurtleff, Justin Hildebrandt, California: Martha Lucero, Jutta Wiemhoff, Scott Miller, Michelle Chun, Olga Kochan, Loren Clive, Marina Li, Virginia Moon, Kay Loughman. Rowyn McDonald, Casey Brodsky, Hannah Woodman, Elizabeth Hawkins, Molly Howland, Jacqueline Tao. Stanford University: Molly Molloy, who has been of special help on Slavic-language documents. Special thanks to Tom and Linda Wolfe of Berwyn Park, Maryland. National Agricultural Library: Susan Chapman, Carol Ditzler, John Forbes, Winnifred Gelenter, Henry Gilbert, Finally our deepest thanks to Tony Cooper of Alamo, Kim Hicks, Patricia Krug, Veronica Lefebvre, Julie Mangin, California, who has kept our computers up and running Ellen Mann, Josephine McDowell, Wayne Olson, Mike since Sept. 1983. Without Tony this series of books on the Thompson, Tanner Wray. Web would not have been possible. Library of Congress: Ronald Jackson, Ronald Roache. This book, now doubt and alas, has its share of errors. These, of course, are solely the responsibility of William Lane Medical Library at Stanford University. Shurtleff. Contra Costa County Central Library and Lafayette Library: Carole Barksdale, Kristen Wick, Barbara Furgason, Sherry Cartmill, Linda Barbero. Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center MCCAY & SOY 7 INTRODUCTION Chronology of Clive & Jeanette McCay 1942 – Work on sprouting soybeans starts at Carnell. Clive works with a Chinese woman Ph.D. student, and they 1898 March 21 – Clive Maine McCay is born on a farm in develop an automatic sprouter. Soy sprouts are sold at the . Winamac, Indiana, the oldest of three children and the only University meat shop and the Co-op. son of Lewis J. McCay, a country school teacher, and May Crim. Both of his parents die when he is young – his 1943 May – Governor Dewey appoints the New York State mother in 1909 and his father in 1914. Emergency Food Commission. 1920 spring – Clive graduates from the University of 1943 June – Governor Dewey holds a special luncheon in Illinois with an A.B. degree specializing in chemistry and Albany for publicists featuring the work of the Emergency physics. Food Commission. Serves soy sprouts, open specification bread, etc. 1923 – Clive graduates from Iowa State College with an M.S. degree in biochemistry. 1943 – Jeanette B. McCay is put in charge of publications for Emergency Food Commission. Multilith machine is 1925 – Clive graduates from the University of California, obtained for publishing leaflets. 10,000 sent to New York Berkeley, with a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry under C.L.A. City, mailing room is set up and thousands are used by Schmidt. clubs, home bureaus, etc. 1927 – Studies nutrition at Yale University on a National 1943 July 19 – Article about Governor Dewey and his Research Council Fellowship under L.B. Mendel, a leading luncheon. featuring soybean foods appears in Life magazine, nutritionist of the day. Nutrition had with numerous photos. interested Clive even as a boy. 1943 Sept. – Article appears in Reader’s Digest magazine 1927 – The young McCay accepts an invitation to become titled “Are you neglecting the wonder bean?” assistant professor of animal husbandry and assistant animal nutritionist in the Experiment Station in the 1943 – Hundreds of meetings, demonstrations, training Department of Animal Husbandry at Cornell University. schools. 250 community soybean dinners attended by 7,500 people. 35,000 people taught to use soy. 300,000 people McCay’s most important early contribution was the receive printed recipes sent out by the Food Commission. demonstration that restriction of calories in a diet otherwise adequate extends the lifespan of many species of animals. 1943 July – Clive M. McCay leaves Cornell for the U.S. He was a pioneer in life extension research. Navy in Bethesda, Maryland. He conducts research on nutrition. 1927 July 11 – Clive marries Jeanette Beyer of Iowa just before they move to Cornell University. She has earned a 1943 Oct. 6 – Article in New York Times titled “Americans B.S. degree from Iowa Sate College in foods and nutrition. urged to eat less meat.” The Emergency Food Commission She later pursued graduate studies in nutrition and child “will probably go down in history as being famous for the development at Cornell where she was awarded an M.S. promotion of the soybean,” says Jeanette B. McCay. degree in 1934 and a Ph.D. degree in 1939. 1944 mid – Program ebbing. Bread taken off the market at 1941 Dec. – World War II begins. Co-op; poor baker. 1942 fall – Dean Carl E. Ladd (of the N.Y. State College of 1945 Feb. – “Soybeans: An old food in a new world” (by Agriculture) appoints a bread and soybean committee with Jeanette B. McCay et. al) published as Cornell University, Clive M. McCay as chairman. At this time the Ithaca Co-op Extension Bulletin No. 668. 65 p. A very innovative and Food Store sells soy flour, Lucile Brewer bakes “Open- important document. Recipe Specification Bread” with 5% soy flour, and a local bakery makes this bread and it is sold at the