Background
Kass, Lee B. was born on May 23, 1946 in Bronx, New York, United States. Daughter of David Gary and Shirley (Schleifer) Basevin.
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Lee B. Kass, American Botanist, educator. Achievements include founding of Elmira College Herbarium, 1985; rediscovery of the T.F. Lucy Upper Susquehana Herbarium prepared for the Elmira Academy of Sciences in 1896. Grantee Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador Island, 1985. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1997-2004.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology, City College of New York, 1969;
Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1975;
Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, Cornell University, 1975.
Career
Research fellow Girton College, Cambridge (England) University, 1975-1977;
demonstrator, supervisor Botany School, Cambridge (England) University, 1976-1977;
National Science Foundation research fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1977-1978;
lecturer in biology, U. Tennessee, Nashville, 1978-1979;
lecturer in biology, Elmira (New York) College, 1979-1981;
assistant professor, to professor botany, Elmira (New York) College, 1982-2000. Adjunct Professor Cornell University 1991-present; Adjunct Professor West Virginia University, 2008 to present. Consultant Nature Conservancy, Albany, New York, since 1988. Reviewer, examination writer Edu.Testing Svc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1989-1990, 91-92. Visiting associate professor L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1990-1991. Program chair 5th symposium on Natural History of Bahamas, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Program chair 5th Symposium on Natural History of Bahamas, 1993. Member Botanical Society American, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Fern Society, Association Tropical Biology, Sigma Delta Epsilon (chapter treasurer 1980-1981).
Connections
Married Thomas Lewis Kass, September 18, 1968 (divorced 1978). Married Robert Emmett Hunt, October 6, 1981.
