Frances Veronica Mc Cann

Background

Cann, Frances Veronica Mc was born on January 15, 1927 in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of John Joseph and Grace E. (Tuttle) Mc Cann.

Education

AB with distinction and honors, U. Connecticut, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Connecticut, 1959; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1954; Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1973.

Career

Investigator, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1952-1962; instructor physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1959-1961; assistant professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1961-1967; associate professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1967-1973; professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., since 1973; Adjunct Professor biological science, Dartmouth College, since 1974. Member, consultant physiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1973-1977, member biomedical research development committee, 1978-1982, Chairman, 1979. Consultant Hayer Institute, since 1979.

Consultant staff Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, since 1980, senior staff research Norris Catton Cancer Center, since 1980. Member National Research Council, 1982-1986. Chairman Symposium on Comparative Physiology of the Heart, 1968.

Achievements

• Frances Veronica Mc Cann has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Lebanon College, 1970-1973, Montshire Museum Science, Hanover, since 1975, Hanover Health Council, 1976, Lebanon College, since 1978. Incorporator Howe Library., since 1975. Active League of Women Voters, since 1980, Conservation Council, since 1983, History Society, since 1975, N.H. Lakes Asson., since 1992.

President Armington Lake Association, since 1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Advancement of Laboratory Animal Care, American Physiological Society, Society General Physiologists, Biophysics Society, American Heart Association (county basic science, executive county Dallas chapter 1982-1986), Society Neurosci. Marine Biological Laboratory, League of Women Voters, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, hiking, reading, keyaking, skiing.

Connections

Married Elden J. Murray, Sept.20, 1962 (deceased November 1975).

Father:

John Joseph Cann

Mother:

Grace E. (Tuttle) Mc Cann

Spouse:

Elden J. Murray