Fay Woodruff

Background

Woodruff, Fay was born on January 23, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Lorande Mitchell and Anne (Fay) Woodruff.

Education

Registered Nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital School Nursing, Boston, 1966; Bachelor, Boston University, 1971; Master of Science, University of Southern California, 1979.

Career

Research associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1978-1981; research faculty, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1981-1996. Keynote speaker 4th International Symposium on Benthic Foraminifera, Sendai, Japan, 1990.

Achievements

• Fay Woodruff has been listed as a noteworthy Paleoceanographer, geological researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Life member The Nature Conservancy, Washington, 1992. Board directors Friendsof Friendship Park, Inc., 1995-1999. Co-founder Resources Families Adopted Eastern European Children, Inc., Los Angeles, since 1996.

Member American Geophysical Union, Geological Society American, International Union Geological Sciences (international commission on stratigraphy, subcommission on Neogene stratigraphy 1991-1997), Society Woman Geographers (secretary Southern California chapter 1990-1996), Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (secretary, editor North America Micropaleontology section 1988-1990), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Alexander Whitehill Clowes, May 20, 1972 (divorced October 1974). Married Robert G. Douglas, January 27, 1980. Children: Ellen, Katerina.

Father:

Lorande Mitchell Woodruff

Mother:

Anne (Fay) Woodruff

Spouse:

Alexander Whitehill Clowes

Spouse:

Robert G. Douglas

child:

Katerina Woodruff

child:

Ellen Woodruff