Ulma Doyle Register

Ulma Doyle Register (4 February 1920 – 17 July 1997) was an American biochemist, nutritionist, Seventh-day Adventist and vegetarianism activist known for his research on Vitamin B12. He was chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Loma Linda University School of Public Health.

Biography

Register was born in West Monroe, Louisiana. He studied chemical engineering at Louisiana State University and obtained a B.S. degree from Madison College, Tennessee in 1942 and his M.S. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1944. He worked as a food chemist for Madison Foods, a company which manufactured meat alternatives. During his time at the company he became a vegetarian which he adopted for the rest of his life.

In 1950, Register obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Wisconsin and established a Vitamin B12 laboratory at Tulane University. Register died from an accidental fall at his home in Loma Linda, California on 17 July 1997. Register was one of seven reviewers for the 1988 position of the American Dietetic Association on vegetarian diets.

Selected publications

The Vegetarian Diet: Scientific and Practical Considerations (1973) Safe Vegetarian Diets for Children (1977) It's Your World Vegetarian Cookbook (1981) The Vegetarian Diet: Food For Us All (with Lydia Sonnenberg and Kathleen Zolber, 1981) Nutritionally Adequate Vegetarian Diets (1983) In CRC Handbook of Nutritional Supplements. Vitamin B12 Studies in Total Vegetarians (Vegans) (1994)