Background
Menzel, Margaret Young was born on June 21, 1924 in Kerville, Texas, United States. Daughter of Walter Patterson and Mary (Hightower) Young.
Menzel, Margaret Young was born on June 21, 1924 in Kerville, Texas, United States. Daughter of Walter Patterson and Mary (Hightower) Young.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Southwestern U., 1944; Doctor of Philosophy (Blandy fellow 1945-1949), University of Virginia, 1949.
Instructor chemistry and bacteriology, Lamar College, Beaumont, Texas, 1944-1945; instructor agronomy, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, 1949-1954; plant geneticist, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee, 1956-1962; research geneticist, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1962-1963; research associate department biological science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, part-time, 1955-1963; associate professor, Florida State University, 1963-1968; professor biological science, Florida State University, 1968-1986; associate chairman graduate affairs, Florida State University, 1972-1973; university service professor, Florida State University, 1986-1987. Visiting research scientist Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1974-1975.
Member American Genetic Association, American Society Plant Taxonomists, American Society Cell Biology, Association Tropical Biology, Association Southeastern Biologists (vice president 1967-1968, Research prize 1950, Meritorious Teaching award 1985), Botanical Society of America, Genetics Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Sigma Xi (chapter president 1971-1973), Society Study Evolution.
Married Robert Winston Menzel, April 9, 1949. Children: Robert W., Gary Patterson, Mary Linda.