Background
Sanders, Mary Elizabeth was born on March 1, 1917 in Kobe, Japan. Daughter of Thomas Henry and A. Gertrude (Schulz) Sanders. came to the United States, 1917.
Sanders, Mary Elizabeth was born on March 1, 1917 in Kobe, Japan. Daughter of Thomas Henry and A. Gertrude (Schulz) Sanders. came to the United States, 1917.
AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1938; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Smith College, 1947.
Research assistant department genetics, Carnegie Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1940-1941; teacher mathematics, biology, All Saints School, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1941-1942; research assistant department botany, Connecticut College, New London, 1942-1943; research assistant genetics experiment station, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1943-1946; instructor botany department, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1946-1947; assistant department botany, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1947-1948; instructor, research associate departments integrated liberal studies and botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1948-1954; instructor department biological science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1954-1955; research associate department agronomy, South Dakot State College, Brookings, 1955-1962; research associate Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1965; from assistant professor to professor botany, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto, Pennsylvania, 1965-1976; professor botany, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1976-1977.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.