Background
Townsend, Jane Kaltenbach was born on December 21, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Townsend, Jane Kaltenbach was born on December 21, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Beloit College, 1944. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1950.
Assistant in zoology University of Wisconsin, 1944-1947.
Assistant, instructor U. Iowa, 1948-1950. Assistant, project associate in pathology University of Wisconsin, 1950-1953.
American Cancer Society research fellow Wenner-Grens Institute, Stockholm, 1953-1956. Assistant professor zoology Northwestern University, 1956-1958.
Assistant professor to associate professor zoology Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1958-1970, professor, 1970-1993, chairman biological science, 1980-1986, professor emeritus, 1993.
Assistant in zoology University Wisconsin, 1944-1947, assistant, project associate in pathology, 1950—1953. Assistant, instructor University Iowa, 1948-1950. Research fellow Wenner-Grens Institute American Cancer Society, Stockholm, 1953—1956.
Assistant professor zoology Northwestern University, 1956-1958. Assistant professor to associate professor zoology Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1958-1970, professor, 1970-1993, chairman biological science, 1980-1986, professor emeritus, since 1993. Summer investigator Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1993.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section biological science 1974-1978). Member American Association Anatomists, American Institute Biological Sciences, Society Integrated Comparative Biology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Development Biology, Corporation of Marine Biological Laboratory, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married 1966.