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Sweeney, Beatrice Marcy was born on August 11, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Henry Orlando and Eleanor Hunnewell (Nichols) Marcy.
(First observations: the patterns of plant movement; A sho...)
First observations: the patterns of plant movement; A short dictionary for students of rhythms; Rhythms that match environmental periodicities: day and night; Rhythms that match environmental periodicities: tidal, semi-lunar and lunar cycles; Rhythms that match environmental periodicities: the year; Rhythms which do not match environmental periodicities; The cell division cycle; The mechanism for the generation of oscillations, particularly those with a circadian period.
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Sweeney, Beatrice Marcy was born on August 11, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Henry Orlando and Eleanor Hunnewell (Nichols) Marcy.
AB, Smith College, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1942. Doctorate (honorary), University Umeå, Sweden, 1985.
Doctorate (honorary), Knox College, 1986.
Research biologist Scripps Institute Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 1948-1961. Lecturer Yale, 1961-1967. Professor biology University California-Santa Barbara, since 1967.
Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Director Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, 1975-1977. Member committee photobiology National Research Council, 1973-1976.
(First observations: the patterns of plant movement; A sho...)
(Great book for research, study, or review!)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (president Pacific division 1980-1981). Member American Institute Biological Sciences (governing board since 1975, president 1979-1980), American Society Plant Physiologists, Phycol. Society of America (vice president program chairman 1985, president 1986), American Society Photobiology (president 1979), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Paul Lee, November 3, 1961. Children: Eleanor Dennis, Sara Constans, Randolph Sweeney, Jay Sweeney.