Lenora Moragne

Lenora Moragne (1931–2020) was an American nutritionist. She headed the Division of Nutrition Education and Training at the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1972 to 1977. She served on the board of directors of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics from 1981 to 1984. In the late 1970s, she worked as a staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, serving as its coordinator of nutrition policy, and was a legislative assistant for Senator Bob Dole. Moragne received her PhD from Cornell University and taught foods and nutrition at several colleges.

Early life and education Lenora Moragne was born on September 29, 1931, in Evanston, Illinois, to an African-American family. Her parents were Linnie Lee and Joseph Moragne. She graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1950. She studied hospital dietetics and earned a BS degree in nutrition from Iowa State University in 1953. She worked at Community Hospital in Evanston as chief dietician from 1955 to 1957. She earned her PhD in foods and nutrition from Cornell in 1969. She lectured in nutrition at Cornell in 1971 and 1972. During the same period, she taught foods and nutrition at Hunter College and Lehman College. and a book on infant care.

Moragne served on the board of directors of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics from 1981 to 1984. serving in that role in 1987 and 1988. She founded the newsletter Black Congressional Monitor in the late 1980s.