John van Hengel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Father of the Food bank
Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1923
Place of Birth: Waupun, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 05-Oct-2005
Profession: social reformer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John van Hengel
- John Arnold van Hengel (February 21, 1923 – October 5, 2005) was a grassroots activist and entrepreneur credited as being the "Father of Food Banking".
- In 1967, van Hengel founded St.
- Mary's Food Bank, the world's first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona.
- He would later go on to create Feeding America, helping to spread the food banking concept across the United States, and eventually the rest of the world.
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