Background
Sonneborn, Joan Smith Daughter of Charles Bennett Smith and Frances Mehan.
Sonneborn, Joan Smith Daughter of Charles Bennett Smith and Frances Mehan.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington. Bachelor, Bryn Mawr.
Postdoctoral fellow Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1961—1962, University California, Berkeley, 1962—1964. Research associate University Wisconsin, Madison. Professor University Wyoming, Laramie, 1971—2007, researcher, 1971—2007.
Advisory biology aging Gerontology Society of America, Washington, 1980—2009. Fellow: Gerontolgical Society of America Task Force Women, Gerontological Society of America, Biological Science (honorary. Chair 1986-1987, public policy representative 1982-1983), Research & Education Republican.
Member: Food & Drug Administration Advisory Board Toxicological Research, National Strength & Conditioning Association, Alumni Association (honorary Outstanding Faculty Member award 1994), New York Academy of Sciences, National Institute Aging Cell Resources, Alliance Aging Research, Golden Key Honorary Society, Sigma XI (national lecturer 1982-1984).
Married Norman Mabbitt. Children: Mark Andrew Sonneborn, Matthew Sonneborn.