Mary Ruth Swope

Mary Ruth Swope received a Master of Science degree in foods and nutrition from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She also has a doctorate from the Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City. After serving as a nutritionist with the Ohio Health show more Department, a member of the Foods and Nutrition faculty at Purdue University, and the Head of Foods and Nutrition at the University of Nevada, Dr. Swope took early retirement to begin a new ministry, Nutrition with a Mission. Through lectures and seminars, she encourages audiences to deny themselves unneeded calories, save the money the calories would have cost, and give it to Great Commission programs and projects. show less