Ellen Marie Lissant

Background

Lissant, Ellen Marie was born on November 4, 1922 in St. Louis. Daughter of Walter C. J. and Hedwig C. (Stroh) Kern.

Education

AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1944; Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1968.

Career

Laboratory instructor, Washington University, 1943-1945; laboratory assistant, Washington University, 1946-1947; teacher biology, Webster Groves (Missouri) High School, 1945-1946; herbarium assistant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1947; from instructor to professor biology, Fontbonne College, Clayton, Missouri, 1960-1979; department chairman, Fontbonne College, Clayton, Missouri, 1977-1979; instructor biology, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, Kirkwood, Missouri, 1982-1986; retired, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, Kirkwood, Missouri, 1986.

Achievements

• Ellen Marie Lissant has been listed as a notable biology educator, artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Botanical Society of America, Phycological Society of America, International Phycological Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Lambda Epsilon.

Interests

• Swimming, square and folk dancing, knitting, sewing, drawing.

Connections

Married Kenneth Jordan Lissant, June 14, 1947. Children: Joyce Ellen, Keith Jordan, Nathan Kern.

Father:

Walter C. J. Kern

Mother:

Hedwig C. (Stroh) Kern

Spouse:

Kenneth Jordan Lissant

child:

Keith Jordan Lissant

child:

Nathan Kern Lissant

child:

Joyce Ellen Lissant