Background
Bliss, Dorothy Elizabeth was born on February 13, 1916 in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Orville Thayer and Sophia Topham (Farnell) Bliss.
Bliss, Dorothy Elizabeth was born on February 13, 1916 in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Orville Thayer and Sophia Topham (Farnell) Bliss.
AB, Brown University, 1937. Sc.M., Brown University, 1942. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brown University, 1972.
Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1952.
Science teacher, Milton (Massachusetts) Academy, 1942-1949;
teaching fellow biology, Harvard, 1947-1951;
research fellow, Harvard, 1952-1955;
assistant curator, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1956-1962;
associate curator, American Museum Natural History, 1962-1967;
curator, American Museum Natural History, 1967-1980;
curator emerita, American Museum Natural History, 1980-1987;
chairman, curator department fossil and living invertebrates, American Museum Natural History, 1974-1977. Research assistant professor anatomy Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1956-1964,visiting research associate professor, 1964-1966. Adjunct Professor biology City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta,1971-1980.
Adjunct Professor zoology U. Rhode Island, 1980-1987. Member of advisory committee respiration and circulation, biological handbooks Federation American Socs. Experimental Biology,1968-1971.
Member corporation Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section biological science 1973, member of council 1973, member committee council affairs 1973-1975, chairman nominating committee 1973-1974). Member American Society Zoologists (president 1978, chairman division invertebrate zoology 1970), American Institute Biological Sciences (Chairman of Commission Bioscience 1974-1975), Association for Women inSci., Crustacean Society, Phi Beta Kappa., Sigma Xi.