Background
Hollinshead, May Block was born on November 28, 1913 in New York City. Daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Markle) Block.
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May Block Hollinshead
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AB, Hunter College, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1951.
Career
Research assistant, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1942; laboratory assistant, Statistics Hospital/Army Air Field, Amarillo Shepard Field, Texas, 1943; assistant in anatomy, Bowman Gray School Medicine/U. North Carolina Medical School, Winston-Salem/Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1943; assistant in anatomy, University of Southern California School Medicine, Los Angeles, 1945; assistant in anatomy, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1949-1951; instructor in anatomy, New York University College of Medicine, New York City, 1951-1956; assistant professor anatomy, Seton Hall College Medicine and Dentistry, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1956-1961; associate professor anatomy, New Jersey College Medicine and Dentistry, Jersey City/Newark, 1961-1972; professor anatomy, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 1972-1990; retired, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, CAJAL Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, National Organization for Women, National Women's Health Network, Gray Panthers of Northern New Jersey (chair), New Jersey Peace Action, Amnesty International, Sigma Xi.
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Connections
Married Merrill Taylor Hollinshead, May 10, 1942 (deceased 1994). 1 child, Richard Clark.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient grant-in-aid Columbia University, 1941, Curtis Scholarship, 1948. Named Woman of the Year, American Medical Womens's Association (branch 4, New Jersey), 1979.Recipient grant-in-aid Columbia University, 1941, Curtis Scholarship, 1948. Named Woman of the Year, American Medical Womens's Association (branch 4, New Jersey), 1979.