Background
O'Hern, Elizabeth Moot was born on September 1, 1913 in Richmondville, New York, United States. Daughter of Carl Melvin and Margaret Esther (Dibble) Moot.
O'Hern, Elizabeth Moot was born on September 1, 1913 in Richmondville, New York, United States. Daughter of Carl Melvin and Margaret Esther (Dibble) Moot.
Bachelor in Bacteriology, University California, Berkeley, 1945. Master of Arts in Bacteriology, University California, Berkeley, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology (graduate fellow), University Washington, 1956.
Instructor State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1957-1962. Assistant professor, microbiology George Washington University, Washington, 1962-1965. Principal investigator research Bionetics Research Laboratory, kensington, Maryland, 1965-1967.
Administrator research grants microbiology/genetics/anesthesiology National Institutes of Health, National Institute General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, 1968-1975, special assistant to director, 1975-1977, administrator special programs, 1977-1986, also programs administrator. Member board examiners in basic science Commission on Licensure to Practice Healing Arts in District of Columbia, 1974-1975. Panel member Washington Area Office, United States Civil Service Commission, 1977-1986.
Program consultant University California, 1990. Member People-to-People Microbiology Delegation to China, 1983.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology. Member American Association of University Women (president Washington branch 1967-1969, trustee education foundation 1976-1981), American Institute Biological Science, American Public Health Association, American Society Cell Biology, American Society Microbiology (chairman status of women in the profession 1975-1978), American Society Cell Biology, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Medical Mycology Society of America, Mycological Society of America, New York Academy of Sciences (honoree 1998), Washington Academy of Sciences, Association Women in Science, Astronomical Society Pacific, Planetary Society, Sigma Delta Epsilon (Graduate Women in Science) (national secretary 1974-1977, chapter president 1979-1980, historian 1994-1997), Sigma Xi.
Married William J. O'Hern, January 4, 1952.