Elizabeth Letitia Beard

Background

Beard, Elizabeth Letitia was born on April 2, 1932 in New Orleans. Daughter of Howard Horace and Irene (Handley) Beard.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Texas Christian U., 1952; Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, Texas Christian U., 1953; Master of Science in Medical Technology, Texas Christian U., 1955; postgraduate, Smith College, 1953-1954; postgraduate, Vanderbilt University, 1954-1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Physiology, Tulane University, 1961.

Career

Instructor department biological science, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1955-1958; assistant professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1958-1962; associate professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1962-1968; professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, since 1969; chairman premedical committee, Loyola University, New Orleans, since 1978; research associate department physiology, School Medicine Tulane University, New Orleans, 1960-1963; professor biology medical reinforcement and enrichment program, School Medicine Tulane University, 1968-1994. Visiting professor department physiology and biophysics Medical School Harvard University, 1983-1984. Visiting scientist American Indian Research Opportunities Programs at Montana State University, 1994.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Letitia Beard has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member project review committee New Orleans Health Planning Council, 1974-1977, board directors, 1975-1978. Soprano soloist Holy Name of Jesus Church, since 1978, president school board, 1976-1979. Member graduate research committee Louisiana chapter American Heart Association,1970-1972, 81-83, member undergraduate research committee, 1978-1981, 89-93.

Member Metropolitan Museum Art, New Orleans Museum Art. Participant medical mission Christian Medical and Dental Society, Tepic Navjarit, Mexico, 1993, La Esperanza, Honduras, 1994, 95, Muisine, Ecuador, 1996, Tena, Ecuador, 1997, Medical Missions International, San Jose de Pos Matas, Domincan Republican, 1998. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Father:

Howard Horace Beard

Mother:

Irene (Handley) Beard