Background
Merriam, Esther Virginia was born on April 9, 1940 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Harold Powell and Esther Margaret (Westerman) Wills.
Merriam, Esther Virginia was born on April 9, 1940 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Harold Powell and Esther Margaret (Westerman) Wills.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Elizabethtown College, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Washington, 1966.
Postdoctoral fellow, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1966-1967; postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1967-1969; visiting assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1971; professor, Loyola Marymount U., Los Angeles, since 1971.
President California Women in Higher Education, 1979. Member American Women in Science, Genetics Society of America, Sigma Xi.
Married John Roger Merriam, August 30, 1963. Children: Andrew, Jeffrey.