Background
Buschmann, Marybeth Tank was born on October 10, 1942 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Marvin H. and Elizabeth Jane (Lind) Tank.
Buschmann, Marybeth Tank was born on October 10, 1942 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Marvin H. and Elizabeth Jane (Lind) Tank.
Graduate with honor, Augustana Hospital School Nursing, 1964; Bachelor of science in nursing, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1965; Master of Science in Biology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1975.
Staff nurse, McKinley U. Hospital, Urbana, 1966-1967; staff nurse, Mercy Hospital, Urbana, 1967-1968; research director, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969-1970; United States Public Health Service predoctorate trainee nurse-scientist program, University of Illinois at Medical Center, Chicago, 1970-1975; assistant professor, University of Illinois at Medical Center, Chicago, 1975-1979; associate professor biology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1979-1984; professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1984.
Judge Lutheran Science Congress, River Forest, Illinois, 1987-1993. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, American Society on Aging, Society for Neurosci., Gerontological Society of America, National Gerontol Nursing Association, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Midwest Society Electron Microscopists (executive committee 1980-1985, president 1982-1983, board directors 1980-1981, award for leadership 1983, Founder's award 1988), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Robert J. Buschmann, September 5, 1970.