Background
Shearer, Ruth Evelyn Whisler was born on March 23, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Hugh Levan and Alice Gertrude (Gilstrap) Whisler.
Shearer, Ruth Evelyn Whisler was born on March 23, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Hugh Levan and Alice Gertrude (Gilstrap) Whisler.
Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, 1953. Master of Science, University Washington, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University Washington, 1969.
National Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellow in pathology University Washington, Seattle, 1969-1971. Head department molecular biology Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, 1971-1976. Assistant member Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1973-1976.
Program director cancer research Issaquah (Washington) Health Research Institute, 1976-1980, also board trustees, 1982-1986. Member science council Pacific Science Center, Seattle, 1972-1977, consultant in genetic toxicology for public agencies and citizens' groups, since 1977.
Board directors Seattle Country Day School, 1975-1979, Issaquah Valley Community Services, since 1986. Elected commissioner Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District, Issaquah, since 1981. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, Pacific Northwest Association Toxicologists, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jack Eric Shearer, December 29, 1951. Children: Daniel Jack, Alice Joy, Donald Hugh, James Edward.