Background
Struthers, Barbara Joan was born on May 4, 1940 in Bend, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Homer Hans and Elizabeth Ruth (Wilson) Oft.
Health/medical products executive
Struthers, Barbara Joan was born on May 4, 1940 in Bend, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Homer Hans and Elizabeth Ruth (Wilson) Oft.
Bachelor of Science, Washington State University, 1962; Master of Science, Oregon State University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 1973.
Project leader, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, 1973-1975; senior project leader, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, 1975-1978; associate scientist, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, 1979-1981; manager of toxicology, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, 1981-1982; associate director Office of Science Affairs, G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1982-1987; director gynecological products, G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, 1987-1988; director GI and anti-infective products, G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1988-1990; senior scientific advisor, G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, since 1990. Speaker on sexually transmitted diseases to local high schools, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, 1984-1990.
Judge Illinois Science Faris, Deerfield/Wheeling, Illinois, 1983-1990. Reader Reading for the Blind, Chicago, 1989-1992. Member Society Toxicology (ethics committee 1987-1989), Society for Advancement Contraception (chairman annual meeting Chicago 1986, board directors since 1985), American Institute Nutrition, American Oil Chemists Society, Midwestern Regional Chapter Society Toxicology (councilor 1986-1988, president-elect 1991, president 1992).
Married Allen B. Struthers, August 29, 1959 (divorced May, 1970). Children: Debra S., Leslie J., Brent A.