Background
Shepard, Beatrice L. was born on May 15, 1919 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Daughter of James Wesley Shepard and Ona Ola Kinney.
Shepard, Beatrice L. was born on May 15, 1919 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Daughter of James Wesley Shepard and Ona Ola Kinney.
Bachelor of Arts in Zoolog., University California, Berkeley, 1940.
Regional laboratory director Los Angeles County Health Department, Los Angeles, 1945-1946. Senior biologist, senior chemist Southeast Regional Laboratory, Juneau, Alaska, 1946-1967. Acting chief of laboratories Alaska Department Health & Social Services, 1967-1970.
Microbiologist in charge Southeast Regional Laboratory, Alaska Department Health and Social Services, 1967—1977. Retired, 1977
Chemist Los Angeles County Health Department, 1944-1945, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1943-1944. Director public health laboratory Health Department Riverside (California) County, 1942-1943.
Docent Alaska State Museum, 1992—2004. Member Juneau Borough Commission on Aging, 1997—2009. Curator Alaska State Museum, 2003.
Member general commission archives and history United Methodist Church Archives Center, Madison, New Jersey, 1988—1996. Historian Alaska Methodist Church, Alaska Missionary Conference, Anchorage, 1980—2008. Board directors, advocacy chair Museum Alaska, 1992—2005.
Secretary board directors Eagle River Methodist Camp, 1955—2005. Board directors Western Jurisdictional Commission on Archives and History, 1984—2005. Chair Alaska Missionary Conference Commission on Archives and History, 1980—2004.
Member of Friends of Alaska State Museum (honorary. Life), Museums Alaska (honorary).