Background
Fitch, Alanah was born on June 28, 1953 in Tucson. Daughter of Walter Stewart and Nancy Joy (Babcock) Fitch.
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Alanah Fitch
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Alanah Fitch, American Electrochemist, environmental scientist. Achievements include research in diffusive transport of pollutants thru clay beds pioneered by use clay modified electrodes, charge transport in modified electrodes. Jessie F. Hackett fellow University of Illinois, 1977-1978, Lang-Aldrich fellow, 1979-1980, 80-81.
Education
Bachelor, Antioch College, 1975; Master of Science, U. Arizona, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1981.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow in soil science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981-1982; postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982-1984; postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1984-1985; associate professor Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago. Consultant water interquality initiative USDA, Washington, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society, Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, Soil Science Society American, Women in Science, Electrochemical Society (chairman, vice chair, treasurer, secretary Chicago chapter).
Connections
Married Al Bowen Benson III, May 28, 1982. Children: Erika Fitch Benson, Adam Babcock Benson.
