Catherine Preston Koshland

Background

Koshland, Catherine Preston was born on May 11, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edmond III and Elizabeth Miriam (Johnston) Preston.

Education

Student, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1968-1970; Bachelor in Fine Arts, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1972; Master of Science in Mech. Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech. Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1985.

Career

Assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-1992; associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1997; professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1997; Wood-Calvert chair in Engineering, University California, Berkeley, since 1995. Member Bay Area Air Quality Management District Advisory Council, San Francisco, 1988-1994, chair, 1991-1992. Board of managers Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, since 1994.

Achievements

• Catherine Preston Koshland has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Combustion Institute (director since 1994, secretary since 1996, member Executive Board Westernstates section since 1988), American Chemical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting art, travel, skiing, gourmet cooking, reading.

Connections

Married James Marcus Koshland, May 17, 1975. Children: Sarah, Margrethe, Jacob.

Father:

Edmond III Preston

Mother:

Elizabeth Miriam (Johnston) Preston

Spouse:

James Marcus Koshland

child:

Sarah Koshland

child:

Margrethe Koshland

child:

Jacob Koshland