Background
Coyne, Mary Downey was born on January 17, 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Mary Kate (Martin) Downey.
biologist educator endocrinologist
Coyne, Mary Downey was born on January 17, 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Mary Kate (Martin) Downey.
AB, Emmanuel College, 1959. Master of Arts, Wellesley College, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1964.
Student, Harvard/Arnold Arboretum Landscape Design Institute, 2004.
Instructor physiology, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, 1966-1967;
assistant professor, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, 1967-1968;
assistant professor, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, 1968-1970;
clinical assistant professor, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, 1970-1972;
assistant professor, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1970-1974;
chairman biological science department, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1975-1978, 82-84;
professor biological science, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, since 1980. Visiting lecturer in pharmacology Harvard Medical School, 1978-1979. Visiting scientist graduate department biochemistry Brandeis Waltham, Massachusetts, 1985-1986, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, 1991-1992, United States Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, 1998-1999.
Member endocrinology study section National Institutes of Health, 1989-1992. Consultant, reviewer high school biology texts, journal articles in field.
Board directors Citizens for Wellesley Public Education, 1985-1988. Chairman Committee on Science Education of Wellesley, 1986-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Endocrine Society, American Physiological Society.
Married John Andrew Coyne, June 24, 1961. Children: Carolyn Marie, John Andrew Junior.