Mary Klicka

Mary Victoria Richardson Klicka (April 30, 1921 – August 26, 2007) was a Canadian-American registered dietitian and food technologist for the United States Army.

Her father, a civil engineer, was from England, and her mother was born in North Dakota; the family moved to Kelso, Washington when she was a girl.

[8][9] In 1958, she was assigned to the United Nations to work on rations issues of the UN's Emergency Force in Gaza.

[2][10] In 1969 she received the Woman of Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.

She was a member of the American Dietetic Association, the National Council on Aging, and the Institute of Food Technologists.