Year Inducted
1970
Career Field
Biology
Highlights
- 1959: Developed a pioneering fluorescent antibody staining technique
- Rickettsia research described in 1958 Encyclopedia Britannica under section “significant science progress”
- Conducted top-secret service during World War II with the U.S. Army Biological Laboratories
- International Women’s Year Award for Health Protection of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- Portrait hangs in International Gallery of Medical Honor of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow
- 1964: received KU’s highest honor, the Citation for Distinguished Service