Mildred Brown Schrumpf

Mildred Brown Schrumpf
Mildred Brown Schrumpf, c. 1989
Born
Mildred Greely Brown

January 24, 1903
DiedMarch 2, 2001(2001-03-02) (aged 98)
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.S. home economics, University of Maine (1925)
Occupation(s)Home economist, food educator, food columnist
SpouseWilliam E. Schrumpf
AwardsMaine Women's Hall of Fame (1997)

Mildred Brown "Brownie" Schrumpf (January 24, 1903 – March 2, 2001) was an American home economist, food educator, and author. Named the "Unofficial Ambassador of Good Eating" by the Maine Department of Agriculture, she wrote a weekly food column for the Bangor Daily News from 1951 to 1994 promoting traditional Maine recipes. She was the main proponent of the claim that the chocolate brownie was invented in Bangor. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 1997.