Background
Phelps, Harriette Longacre was born on March 15, 1936 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Andrew and Marian Chandler (Sykes) Longacre.
Phelps, Harriette Longacre was born on March 15, 1936 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Andrew and Marian Chandler (Sykes) Longacre.
Bachelor, Carleton College, 1956. Master of Science, Mount Holyoke College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1964.
Research associate, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1968; assistant to associate professor biology, Federal City College, Washington, 1968-1978; associate professor, U. District of Columbia, Washington, 1978-1980; professor Biology, U. District of Columbia, Washington, since 1980.
Member Women's Aquatic Network, Washington. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Estuarine Research Federation, Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
American Society Lumnology and Oceanography, Sigma Xi, Beta Beta Beta.
Married John Bedford Phelps, August 30, 1958 (divorced 1973). Children: David Ernest, Elizabeth Anya.