Background
Kraft, Lisbeth Martha was born on May 16, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. Came to United States, 1923, naturalized, 1929. Daughter of Rudolph and Marie F. (Mikota) Kraft.
Kraft, Lisbeth Martha was born on May 16, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. Came to United States, 1923, naturalized, 1929. Daughter of Rudolph and Marie F. (Mikota) Kraft.
Bachelor of Science, New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University, 1942. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, New York State College Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 1945.
Research assistant department parasitology New York State Veterinary College, Ithaca, 1945-1946, New York State Veterinary College (division of nutrition), Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1946. Bacteriologist New York State Department Health, Albany, 1947-1949. Research assistant Yale Medical School New Haven, 1949-1950, instructor preventive medicine, 1950-1952, assistant professor department microbiology, 1952-1955, research associate department of pathology, 1957-1961.
Veterinarian Yale Medical School New Haven (Medical Center), 1960-1961. Assistant director New York City Department of Health (Bureau of Laboratories), 1961-1965. Associate member department laboratory diagnosis Public Health Research Institute, New York City, 1961-1965.
Associate professor microbiology School Veterinary Medicine, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965. Consultant to Bioquest, division of Becton Dickinson & Company, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1965-1966. Research veterinarian, consultant medical division of Oak Ridge Associate Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1966-1967.
Founder L.M. Kraft Associates (consultants in laboratory animal science), Goshen, New York, 1968-1972. Director research and development Carworth division of Becton Dickinson & Company, New City, 1972-1973, also manager special services, 1972-1973. Associate scientist department physics University San Francisco, 1974-1977.
Research scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Consultant to Sloan Kettering Insurance, Walker Laboratories, Rye, New York, 1958-1959, World Health Organization, Azul, Argentina, S. American, 1965, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Ames Research Center), Moffett Field, California, 1972-1988.
Member American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (director 1960-1967, chairman awards committee 1967, editorial board 1964-1965, associate editor since 1966, Griffin award 1972), American Veterinary Medical Association (Charles River prize 1981), Association for Applied Gnotobiology, American Society Microbiology, American Society Laboratory Animal Practitioners, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Research Council (advisory council Institute Laboratory Animal Resources 1966-1967), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.