Background
Lane, Meredith Anne was born on August 4, 1951 in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Robert Ernest and Elva Jewell (Shilling) Lane.
museum director Botany educator
Lane, Meredith Anne was born on August 4, 1951 in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Robert Ernest and Elva Jewell (Shilling) Lane.
Bachelor of Science, Arizona State University, 1974. Master of Science, Arizona State University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1980.
Assistant professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1980-1988;
associate professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1988-1989;
associate professor, curator division botany Natural History Museum,, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1989-1996;
professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1997. Visiting assistant professor of University Wyoming, Laramie, 1985-1986. Visiting scholar U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1989.
Consultant editor McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, New York City,1985-1992. Program director National Science Foundation, 1995-1997. Research associate Smithosonian Institute, since 1995.
Agency representative National Science and Technology Council, 1997.
Member American Society Plant Taxonomists (secretary 1986-1988, program director 1986-1990, councillor 1993-1996, Cooley award 1982), Botanical Society of America (section chairman 1984-1986, section secretary 1986-1990), International Organization for Plant Biosystematics (councillor 1989-1992), International Association Plant Taxonomists, California Botanical Society.
Married Donald W. Longstreth, April 6, 1974 (divorced February 1985).