Mary McLean Beck

Background

Beck, Mary McLean was born on September 14, 1946 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Clifford Keith and Mary Elizabeth (Lassetter) Beck.

Education

Bachelor, Westhampton College, 1968; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Maryland., 1980.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1980-1986; associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1986. Speaker in field, since 1980.

Achievements

• Mary McLean Beck has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary-treasurer Chancellor's Commision on Status of Women, Lincoln, 1989-1990,chairman, 1991-1992. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., Poultry Science Association (secretary-treasurer since 1994), American Association of University Professors (commission on women University of Nebraska-Lincoln chapter since 1994), American Physiological Society, New York Academy.Scis., Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: music, painting, gardening, canoeing.

Connections

Married Ron J. Johnson, June 18, 1983. Children: Lindsay Beck-Johnson, Ian Beck-Johnson, Samuel Beck-Johnson.

Father:

Clifford Keith Beck

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Lassetter) Beck

Spouse:

Ron J. Johnson

child:

Lindsay Beck-Johnson Beck

child:

Ian Beck-Johnson Beck

child:

Samuel Beck-Johnson Beck