Background
Pardue, Mary-Lou was born on September 15, 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Louis Arthur and Mary Allie (Marshall) Pardue.
Pardue, Mary-Lou was born on September 15, 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Louis Arthur and Mary Allie (Marshall) Pardue.
Bachelor of Science, William and Mary College, 1955. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1970.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bard College, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008.
Postdoctoral fellow Institute Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1970—1972. Associate professor biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1972—1980, professor, since 1980, Boris Magasanik professor biology, since 1995. Summer course organizer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1971—1980.
Member review committee National Institutes of Health, 1974—1978, 1980—1984, national advisory general medical science council, 1984—1986. Science advisory committee Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1976—2004. Member health and environmental research advisory committee United States Department Energy, 1987—1994.
Board trustees Associated Universities, Inc., 1995—1997. Member Burroughs Wellcome Advisory Committee on Career Awards in biomedical Sciences, 1996—2000, board directors, 2002—2008. Chair Institute of Medicine Committee on Biological Basis of Sex and Gender Differences, 1999—2001.
Member review committee American Cancer Society, 1990-1993, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Advisory Board, 1993-2000. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Master of Arts Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (chairman genetics section 1991-1994, council 1995-1998), American Academy Arts and Science (council member 1992-1996). Member National Research Council (board on biology 1989-1995), Genetics Society of America (president 1982-1983), American Society Cell Biology (council 1977-1980, president 1985-1986), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.