Jane Couffer Kaltenbach

Background

Kaltenbach, Jane Couffer was born on December 21, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert William and Frances Jane (Rayner) C.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Beloit College, 1944; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Iowa, 1950.

Career

Assistant zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1944-1947; associate zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1950-1953; assistant zoology, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1947-1950; American Cancer Society fellow, Wenner-Grens Institute, Stockholm, 1953-1956; assistant professor zoology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1956-1958; assistant professor, then associate professor zoology, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1958-1970; professor biology, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1970-1993; chair biology, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, 1980-1986; professor emeritus, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, since 1993.

Achievements

• Jane Couffer Kaltenbach has been listed as a noteworthy Zoology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, American Society Anatomists, Society Development Biology, Corporation Marine Biological Laboratory, Society Biology and Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married John Paul Kaltenbach, 1946. Married Robert Leslie Townsend, August 26, 1966.

Father:

Robert William C.

Mother:

Frances Jane (Rayner) C.

Spouse:

John Paul Kaltenbach

Spouse:

Robert Leslie Townsend