Laurel Smith Collins

Background

Collins, Laurel Smith was born on October 23, 1952 in Louisville. Daughter of Harold Franklin and Dorothy Ann (Stansel) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Maryland., 1974; Master of Science, George Washington University, 1985; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1988.

Career

Predoctoral fellow department paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1987-1988; postdoctoral fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama, 1988-1990; visiting assistant professor department geological science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990-1991; assistant research scientist Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1991.

Achievements

• Laurel Smith Collins has been listed as a noteworthy Micropaleontologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lecturer able learner program Patengill School (elementary), Ann Arbor, 1992. Mentor able learner mentorship program Ann Arbor Middle Schools, 1991. Fellow Cushman Foundation.

Member Paleontological Society, Society for Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Sigma Xi (grantee 1988).

Interests

• Avocation: painting.

Connections

Married Timothy Michael Collins, June 10, 1983.

Father:

Harold Franklin Smith

Mother:

Dorothy Ann (Stansel) Smith

Spouse:

Timothy Michael Collins