Background
Tidball, M. Elizabeth Peters was born on October 15, 1929 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Daughter of John Winton and Beatrice (Ryan) Peters.
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M. Elizabeth Peters Tidball
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Education
Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1951; Doctor of Humane Letters, Mount Holyoke College, 1976; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1959; Message Telecommunications Service summa cum laude, Wesley Theological Seminary, 1990; Doctor of Science (honorary), Wilson College, 1973; Doctor of Science (honorary), Trinity College, 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), Cedar Crest College, 1977; Doctor of Science (honorary), University of South, 1978; Doctor of Science (honorary), Goucher College, 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Mary-of-The-Woods College, 1986; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Regis College, 1980; Doctor of Letters (honorary), College St. Catherine, 1980; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Alverno College, 1989; HHD (honorary), St. Mary's College, 1977; HHD (honorary), Hood College, 1982; Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Joseph College, 1983; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Skidmore College, 1984; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Marymount College, 1985; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Converse College, 1985; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Vernon College, 1986.
Career
Teaching assistant physiology Department, University Wisconsin, 1952-1955, 58-59;
research assistant anatomy Department, University Chicago, 1955-1956;
research assistant physiology Department, University Chicago, 1956-1958;
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1961;
staff pharmacologist, Hazleton laboratories, Falls Church, Virginia, 1961;
associate in physiology, George Washington University Medical Center, 1960-1962;
consultant, Hazleton laboratories, 1962;
assistant research professor department pharmacology, George Washington University Medical Center, 1962-1964;
associate research professor department physiology, George Washington University Medical Center, 1964-1970;
research professor, George Washington University Medical Center, 1970-1971;
professor, George Washington University Medical Center, 1971-1994;
professor emeritus, George Washington University Medical Center, since 1994;
assistant director M of Theological Studies program, Wesley Theol Seminary, 1993-1994;
distinguished research scholar, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland., since 1994;
co-director Tidball Center for Study of Ednl. Environments, Hood College, since 1994. Lucie Stern Distinguished visiting professor natural science Mills College, 1980.
Scholar in residence College Preachers, 1984, Salem College, 1985, Wesley Theological Seminary, 1992. Distinguished scholar in residence Southern Methodist U., 1985. Visiting trustee professor Skidmore College, 1995.
Consultant Food and Drug Administration, 1966-1967, associate sci.coord. science associations training programs, 1966-1967. Member commission on National Institutes of Health training programs and fellowships National Academy Sciences, 1972-1975. Faculty summer conferences American Youth Foundation, 1967-1978.
Founder, director Summer Seminars for WomenAm. Youth Foundation, 1987-1995. Consultant for institutional research Wellesley College, 1974-1975.
Executive secretary commission on education and employment women in science and engineering Commision on Human Resources, National Research Council/NAS, 1974-1975, vice chairman, 1977-1982. Consultant, staff officer National Research Council/National Academy Sciences, 1974-1975. Consultant Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, since 1975, National Science Foundation, 1974-1991.
Board mentor Association Governing Bds. of Universities and Colls., since 1991, Gale Fund for the Study ofTrusteeship Advisory Comm., since 1992. Consultant Women's College Coalition Research Advisory Committee, since 1992. Single Gender Schooling Working Group, unites states department Education, 1992-1994, member women's colleges roundtable, 1998.
Representative to District of Columbia Commision on Status of Women, 1972-1975. National panelist American Council on Education, 1983-1990. Panel member Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, 1986-1987.
Member fellows selection committee, fellows mentor College Preachers, since 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Mount Holyoke College, 1968-1973, vice chairman, 1972-1973, trustee fellow, since 1988. Trustee Hood College, 1972-1984, 86-92, Executive Committee, 1974-1984, 89-92, trustee emerita, since 1997. Overseer Sweet Briar College, 1978-1985.
Trustee Cathedral Choral Society, 1976-1990, president of the board of trustees, 1982-1984, honorary trustee, since 1991. Trustee Skidmore College, since 1988, member Executive Committee, since 1993. Member governing board College of Preachers, 1979-1985, chairman, 1983-1985.
Member governing board Washington National Cathedral Foundation, 1983-1985, member Executive Committee, 1983-1985. Board visiting Salem College, 1986-1993. Center associate National Resource Center, Girls Club American, since 1983.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society (chairman task force on women in physiology1973-1980, commission on committees 1977-1980, member emeritus since 1994), American Association Higher Education, Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association (director) 1966-1970, 76-77), Histamine Club, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Charles S. Tidball, October 25, 1952.
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Religion
Episcopalian