| SVU CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Biographies of SVU Officers MILOSLAV RECHCIGL, JR. Mila Rechcigl, as he likes to be called, a scientist, scholar and amateur historian, is current President of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU). He is a native of Mlada Boleslav, Czechoslovakia, who has lived since 1950 in the US. After receiving a scholarship, he went to Cornell University where he studied from 1951-58, receiving his B.S., M.N.S., and Ph.D. degrees there, specializing in biochemistry, nutrition, physiology, and food science. He then spent two years conducting research at the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral research fellow. Subsequently he was appointed to the staff of the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute. During 1968-69 he was selected for one year of training in a special USPHS executive program, in research management, grants administration, and science policy. This led to his appointment as Special Assistant for Nutrition and Health in the Health Services and Mental Health Administration. In 1970 he joined the Agency for International Development as Nutrition Advisor and soon after was promoted to the position of Chief of Research and Institutional Grants Division. Later he became a Director with the responsibility for reviewing, administering and managing AID research. He is the author or editor of over thirty books and handbooks in the field of biochemistry, physiology, nutrition, food science a technology, agriculture, and international development, in addition to a large number of scientific articles and book chapters. | |
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