Background
Gaulden, Mary Esther was born on April 30, 1921 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Daniel Harley and Jessye Virginia (Carson) Gaulden.
Gaulden, Mary Esther was born on April 30, 1921 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Daniel Harley and Jessye Virginia (Carson) Gaulden.
Bachelor of Science, Winthrop College, 1942; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1948.
Research associate, U. Alabama, 1945-1946;
research associate, National Institutes of Health, 1946-1947;
instructor, U. Tennessee, 1947-1949;
lecturer, U. Tennessee, 1956-1965;
senior biologist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1949-1960;
member of staff, Cmty. Cancer Center, University Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1975-1992;
adjunct associate professor environmental science, University Texas, Dallas, 1982-1987;
assistant professor, chief radiation biology section department radiology, Southwestern Medical School University Texas, Dallas, 1965-1968;
associate professor, Southwestern Medical School University Texas, Dallas, 1968-1992;
Adjunct Professor, Southwestern Medical School University Texas, Dallas, since 1992;
medical staff affiliate, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, since 1974. Visiting professor U. North Carolina, 1954.
Consultant Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1960-1970, Research and Evaluation Associations, Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1988-1993. Member radiation bio-effects and epidemiology advising committee Food and Drug Administration, 1972-1975. Advisor to the United States Army NAS-National Research Council, 1973-1976, member commission on toxicology, 1987-1993.
Member riskassessment guidelines advising committee United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1985.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (past member council). Member American Society for Cell Biology (founding), American Society Photobiology (founding), Association Southeastern Biologists (past secretary, past president), Radiation Research Society (founding), Radiological Society North America, Environmental Mutagen Society (founding, councilor 1976-1979), American Society Preventive Oncology (founding), Sigma Xi.
Married John Jagger, October 19, 1956. Children: Thomas Alexander Jagger, Yvonne Jagger Mellinger.