Clifford Clinton

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Clifford E. Clinton (August 3, 1900 - November 20, 1969) was a Californian restaurateur who founded Meals for Millions, one of two parent organizations of Freedom from Hunger, in 1946.

In 1944, Clinton asked Dr. Henry Borsook, a Cal Tech biochemist, to develop a food supplement that would provide proper nutritional values while costing no more than five cents per meal. Clinton offered $5,000 of his own money to finance the research. In less than one year, Dr. Borsook had developed Multi-Purpose Food (MPF), a high-protein food supplement that could be made for just three cents per meal. This led to the founding of Meals for Millions as a not-for-profit organization in 1946. During the next ten years, 6.5 million pounds of MPF were distributed to relief agencies in 129 countries, including the United States.

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William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi, A Special Exhibit - The History of Soy Pioneers Around the World, Soyfoods Center, Lafayette, California (2004) accessed at [1] July 28, 2006