Elizabeth Mercy Center

Background

Center, Elizabeth Mercy was born on August 11, 1928 in Sterling, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ernest W. and Florence A. (Neary) Moothart.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Stanford University, 1957.

Career

Lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, professor biology, College Notre Dame, Belmont, California, since 1977; advisor preprofl. medical program, College Notre Dame, Belmont, California, since 1980; head department biology, College Notre Dame, Belmont, California, 1980-1989; chair division natural science and mathematics, College Notre Dame, Belmont, California, since 1984; head department life science, College Notre Dame, Belmont, California, 1989-1993. Presenter Johns Hopkins University, Santa Cruz, California, 1990, Conference on Talented Youth, Berkeley, California, 1991, 92, 93. Research assistant department anatomy Stanford University School Medicine, 1951-1961, guest lecturer embryology and histology, 1966-1967, research associate department anatomy, 1961-1969, instructor department biol.scis., 1968-1971, lecturer, 1971-1975, senior lecturer, 1975-1978, visiting assistant professor, visiting professor, 1979-1989.

Visiting scientist division anatomy University of California, SanDiego, 1984. Honorary research fellow department genetics and biometry U. College, London, 1984.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Mercy Center has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Professors, Genetics Society American, American Genetic Association, American Society Zoologists, American Association Anatomists, Histochem. Society, Teratology Society, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, travel, reading, plays, musical entertainment.

Connections

Married Hugh Lipton Center, September 9, 1951. 1 child, Hugh Stuart.

Father:

Ernest W. Moothart

Mother:

Florence A. (Neary) Moothart

Spouse:

Hugh Lipton Center

child:

Hugh Stuart Center