Lynn Sharon Penn

Background

Penn, Lynn Sharon was born on June 18, 1945 in Iowa City.

Education

AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1966; Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1974.

Career

Chemist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1974-1978; senior scientist, Textile Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1980; senior scientist, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, New York, 1980-1983; principal scientist, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missoury, 1983-1986; research professor, Polytechnic U., Brooklyn, 1987-1991; professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1991. Chair Gordon Research Conference on Science of Adhesion, 1992.

Achievements

• Lynn Sharon Penn has been listed as a notable Materials scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Society for Composites, Materials Research Society, Fiber Society, Adhesion Society (secretary 1982-1990), Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Connections

M. Arthur Leon Penn, June 24, 1968. 1 child, Ethan.

child:

Ethan Penn