Background
Pennypacker, Barbara White was born on March 3, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jonathan Winborn Junior and Rosalind (Christman) W.
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Barbara White Pennypacker
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Barbara White Pennypacker, American Plant pathologist, crop physiologist. Achievements include discovery that resistant alfalfa can act as a symptomless carrier of verticillium wilt, mechanisms of pathogenesis ofverticillium albo-atrum in alfalfa, resistance to verticillium albo-atrum in alfalfa is stable under drought.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1968; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1991.
Career
Research assistant, Department Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1968-1975; research associate, Department Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1975-1986; graduate research assistant, Department Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1986-1991; research associate, Department Agronomy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer Special Olympics, University Park, 1992. Lector Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church, Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, since 1983, eucharistic minister, since 1987, choir director, 1983-1986. Member Crop Science Society American, American Society Agronomy, American Phytopathol.
Society (secretary-treasurer NNortheastern division 1996), Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Epsilon Phi.
Connections
Married Stanley Paul Pennypacker, December 29, 1971. 1 child, Kathryn Rose.
Awards
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Recipient Richard R. Hill Achievement award North America Alfalfa ImprovementConf., 1992. Postdoctoral fellowship grantee USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grant Program, 1991, research grantee Richard C. StorkanFound., 1990. Recipient Outstanding Paper of Year award United States Reg. Pasture Research Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area, 1992.Recipient Richard R. Hill Achievement award North America Alfalfa ImprovementConf., 1992. Postdoctoral fellowship grantee USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grant Program, 1991, research grantee Richard C. StorkanFound., 1990. Recipient Outstanding Paper of Year award United States Reg.
Pasture Research Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area, 1992.