Background
Austin, Mildred Keller was born on March 15, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Raymond Lee and Mildred Elaine (Whitney) Keller.
Austin, Mildred Keller was born on March 15, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Raymond Lee and Mildred Elaine (Whitney) Keller.
Student, Northwestern University, 1943—1944. Bachelor, Randolph-Macon Women's College, 1947. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1950.
Postgraduate, University Illinois, 1950—1955. Diploma, Burnham Hospital School Medical Technology, 1972.
Laboratory teaching assistant Goucher College, Townsend, Maryland, 1947—1948. Research assistant department physiology University Illinois, Urbana, 1949—1951, research associate, 1951—1955, department veterinary physiology and pharmacology, 1964—1971. Coordinator special procedures Burnham Hospital Laboratory, Champaign, Illinois, 1972—1973, instructor laboratory inservice, assistant educational coordinator, 1973—1974, associate education coordinator, 1975—1977, education coordinator, 1977—1980, program director, since 1980.
Lecturer in field; consultant in field. Site surveyor, team leader National Accrediting Agency Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 1980—1981, consultant, 1981.
Treasurer Kindergarten Parent-Teachers Association, 1959—1960. Den mother Boy Scouts America, 1962—1964. Member of Midwest Association Clinical Resource Sharing, Illinois Society Medical Technologists, American Society Medical Technologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists (certified member), Sigma Delta Epsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married James O. Austin, July 12, 1952. Children: James O., David T., Richard D.