Mercedes Bates was receiving the Distinguished Service Award from President Robert MacVicar. Mercedes Bates graduated in 1936 with a degree in Food and Nutrition. In 1967, Bates was appointed the Vice President of the General Mills Betty Crocker Division, becoming the first female corporate officer of General Mills. Bates created the Mercedes A. Bates Family Study Center in 1992, the first center to study entire lifespans of families. Bates has received the Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Alumni Award.
Photo part of the Extension Oral History Project. Robert W. Jacobson was a Marine Extension Agent at the Marine Science Extension Center in Newport for 28 years, 1967-1995.
