Background
Sanford-Mifflin, Katherine Koontz was born on July 19, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William James and Alta Rachel (Koontz) Sanford-Mifflin.
Sanford-Mifflin, Katherine Koontz was born on July 19, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William James and Alta Rachel (Koontz) Sanford-Mifflin.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1937. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1942.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1974. Doctor of Science (honorary), Catholic University America, 1988.
Teaching assistant, Brown U., Providence, 1937-1939; research assistant, Brown U., Providence, 1939-1941; instructor biology, Western college, Oxford, Ohio., 1941-1942; instructor biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1942-1943; assistant director, Johns Hopkins Nursing School, Baltimore, 1943-1947; research biologist National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1947-1974; head cell physiology and oncogenesis section, Laboratory Biochemistry, Bethesda, 1974-1977; chief in vitro carcinogenesis section National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1979-1995.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Charles Fleming Richards Mifflin, December 11, 1971.