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John Arnold van Hengel (February 21, 1923 – October 5, 2005) is credited as being the “Father of Food Banking.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John van Hengel )〕 In 1967 van Hengel, a grass roots activist and entrepreneur, founded the world’s first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona. He continued to spread the food banking concept across the United States and eventually the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Food Banking Network Annual Report )〕 ==Early Years== John van Hengel was born in Waupun, Wisconsin. Of Dutch ancestry he was the son of a nurse and the town pharmacist.〔 He graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin with a degree in Government. John then attended graduate school at University of Wisconsin〔 but moved to Southern California before finishing. Spending time as a self described “first rate beach bum”, van Hengel moved on to study broadcasting at UCLA. Odd jobs included driving a beer truck in Beverly Hills,〔 designing plastic rain wear, a sales manager for Bear Archery and a magazine publicist.〔 John married a model and had two sons.〔 In 1960 his marriage ended in divorce and he headed back to Wisconsin and went to work in a rock quarry. He became partially paralyzed while breaking up a bar fight. He was sent to Arizona for rehabilitation through the guidance of Barrows Neurological Institute.〔 John regained his strength swimming laps in a YMCA swimming pool and at the age of 44 became the oldest public lifeguard in Phoenix, Arizona.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John van Hengel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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