78 years ago, in October 1946, two groups of school foodservice professionals gathered in Chicago to merge and become one organization. Gertrude Applebaum, who would go on the lead the Association as president from 1981 to 1982, was one of those attendees who went on to help shape the School Food Service Association into the organization it is today. Despite joining the profession only eight months earlier, Applebaum was already a loyal advocate for the improvement of public polices around school meals and the advancement of child nutrition programs, a trait that would blossom as her career progressed...